IDG Cloud Computing Survey: Security, Integration Challenge Growth, By Louis Columbus (@louiscolumbus). In this review of IDG’s “Cloud Computing: Key Trends and Future Effects Report,” Louis covers the most relevant findings, including the fact that 49% of executives see cloud computing as transformational to their business strategies, likely due to the top four drivers of cloud computing technology. These top drivers include enabling business continuity, greater flexibility to react to changing market conditions, speed of deployment and improving customer support or services. It’s also important to note that accelerating business value by providing access to critical business data and applications is currently the top cloud benefit enterprises enjoy, but with better cloud and hybrid integration, their access to critical business data would improve even more. Critical to successful cloud adoption is an understanding that “The top three challenges to implementing a successful cloud strategy in enterprise vary significantly between IT and line-of-business (LOB).” For IT these challenges include concerns regarding integration stability and reliability, while LOB leaders are more concerned than IT about measuring the ROI of cloud solutions. Read the full article at Forbes.com!
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