Non-IT Barriers to Cloud Computing Adoption
October 10, 2013
Grazed from ImprovedDataRecovery. Author: Gene De Libero.
According to an article in CIOinsight.com, a new report from 451 Research, in conjunction with the Uptime Institute and the Yankee Group, indicates that while cloud computing adoption is becoming more common, a number of barriers to entry still exist. 83% of the respondents participating in the study said they faced significant roadblocks when deploying projects. But what surprised me most about the results of the research was that, according to the article, IT roadblocks have declined while non-IT roadblocks have increased by 68%.
Some of the more prevalent non-IT issues cited by respondents centered on people, processes, budgets, time, politics, security challenges, contractual agreements and change management issues. Each one of the challenges cited here is significant when taken individually; when taken together, they can absolutely crush an initiative…
I understand that different industries have varying requirements (e.g., the substantial regulatory and security requirements of the financial industry versus a cloud-services vendor blog) that can prevent projects from getting the traction they need or deserve within an enterprise, but the non-IT roadblocks above can apply to any vertical…
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