Survey Predicts that Cloud’s Full Impact is Still About Three Years Away
October 3, 2012
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Joe McKendrick.
Cloud computing is poised to reshape and disrupt the way organizations use information technology, right? Ultimately, yes — but a new industry survey says it may be a few years before the disruptive effect of cloud is fully felt across the business landscape.
These are part of the conclusions of a new survey of 252 cloud users, providers, consultants and integrators jointly conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA, an IT certification group. The survey finds the cloud market has not yet reached a level of maturity that will support major industry disruptions. “Instead, the survey participants believe that platform and infrastructure service offerings are still in the infancy stage of maturity, while software service offerings are just emerging from infancy and are in the early stages of market growth. The respondents estimate that it will take approximately three years for cloud platform and infrastructure services to be firmly placed within the growth stage, and at least two years for software services to reach that stage.”…
What’s holding back cloud computing from reaching its full potential? Survey respondents say that viewing cloud purely as a technology rather than as a business issue constrains cloud market maturity. The study reveals while technology executives understand the value and potential risks of cloud, “board and executive management do not have a realistic understanding of cloud computing benefits or risk.” Nearly all respondents feel that cloud computing is far from reaching maturity, with only software as a service (SaaS) cautiously placed at the earliest state of growth level, with infrastructure and platform services still considered in the infancy stages. Satisfaction is also highest with SaaS arrangements:…
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