SMB Customers Turn to Cloud for Increased Agility, Competitiveness

Grazed from ChannelPartnersOnline. Author: TC Doyle.

A new study of SMB customers by Techaisle suggests that cloud computing has become a strategic platform for small and midsize (SMBs) customers, not just a tactical tool used for saving a few bucks. The new report, which is entitled “SMB & Mid-Market Cloud Computing Adoption Trends," highlights seven distinct developments underway in this important customer segment.

Among them: SMB customers who once turned to cloud computing as a means to save money now do so with the expectation that it will increase their agility and competitiveness. In addition to why the cloud is being adopted, the study also zeroed in on other trends, including who inside SMB companies drives adoption, what kinds of clouds they use, why cloud usage patterns change and how, who is responsible for security, what are the attributes of successful cloud implementations and what are the inhibitors to broader adoption…

When it comes to cloud adoption, Techaisle?s research finds that traditional IT decision makers (ITDMs) still take charge for platform technologies such as virtualization and mobile-device management, but yield to business decision-makers when it comes to identifying and deciding on software used as a service (SaaS)…

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