Overcoming institutional fears of cloud computing
May 6, 2014
Grazed from ThoughtsOnCloud. Author: Allan Tate.
In my previous post, I addressed some of the inherent fears that some organizations have regarding cloud computing. Today, I’d like to take a look at why these institutions, and the people who lead them, might fear the cloud. I propose that it comes down to four basic concerns:
Fear of the Unknown: What is cloud computing? Is it just a place to store music files? If you asked a room full of ten IT specialists, you’d get ten different answers. Further, if you searched the web, you’d find answers, but many of them would be wrong. Cloud is a concept that is quickly evolving, and behind this concept are hardened data centers that follow best practices for security and regulatory compliance. Both shared and dedicated machines are available to be provisioned at a moment’s notice. You can decide where your data resides, how it is protected and how it is accessed. Like electric power, the cloud provides access to compute power on demand. Unlike electric power, the source can be specified down to the exact physical machine dedicated to running your workloads…
Fear of losing control: People think that using the cloud means losing control of their applications and data. Who is responsible if something goes wrong? Banks can get robbed, but laws, policies and practices have evolved to make the banks a safe choice for storing money. This is the same with the cloud. Today, you can choose the center that will host your data. You can keep your data within national boundaries. You can encrypt your data in transit and at rest. You can monitor your servers on your computer or mobile device. You can be sure that regulatory and security best practices are being followed. Working with a partner like IBM, that has just invested $1.2B dollars to build 15 more state of the art data centers, bringing the worldwide total to 40, gives you as much or more control and security than building a data center on your own…
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