Theme: Cloud power – for industry, commerce, social networking, at home and on the street.
Most major companies already use the cloud – cloud computing, that is – or are planning to do so within the next few years. Although many of these companies expect to increase their spending on services delivered through the cloud, most are seriously concerned about what services they will use the cloud for, the service providers they will use and the risks they will face – the potential loss of control over their own data and operations and especially the security of their data.No one doubts the savings cloud-based services can provide, the efficiencies it can bring or even the ‘green’ benefits to be derived, but CIOs and CTOs the world over are beset by doubts regarding both known risks and imponderable possibilities.
Issue: Global-ICT 2011 Article no.: 13 Topic: All about the cloud: The view from…