Why CIOs have problems with cloud computing: Sunk costs in legacy IT
October 4, 2012
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Jessica Scarpati.
Are customers scared of cloud security breaches? Absolutely. Are they uncomfortable with their lack of control over cloud providers’ infrastructure? You bet. But do businesses see these two issues as their biggest problems with cloud computing? Not exactly, according to a new TechTarget survey.
More enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) say they are delaying public cloud adoption because they’ve sunk too much money into legacy IT, according to TechTarget’s recent Cloud Pulse survey, which polled 1,497 IT professionals about their use of and attitudes toward cloud services…
If cloud providers want to overcome this problem, they should stop marketing their services as replacements for IT infrastructure. Of the 569 respondents who reported they were not currently using cloud services, the plurality (38.1%) said they have delayed any adoption of cloud services and applications because they have "too much capital already invested in internal IT infrastructure." Concerns about security took second place (36.4%) while "not enough control over the environment" trailed closely behind in third place (33%)…
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