Many Executives Still Confused About the Cloud
A new survey finds that 62% of business executives admit they are confused by the concept of cloud computing. As big a number as this is, perhaps the more surprising stat from the survey: 23% of IT executives also say they’re confused about cloud computing. The study surveyed Canadian companies (those Canadians!), but the results hold insight for us, their neighbors to the south, as well.
Read more about survey here.
What seems most cloudy for these execs is how the Cloud applies to – and can be best used by – their organizations. Yet while confusion persists, what’s clear to these same execs is that cloud computing is the real deal – only 7% of the execs polled perceive cloud computing as primarily hype.
Those surveyed were also clear on benefits of adopting the Cloud: cost savings, efficient use of resources, and flexibility/scalability of IT.
So what’s the take-away from this study? Perhaps a couple things.
First, cloud computing has significant cost and efficiency benefits to your business and allows you to focus on your core business and get free from the distraction and inertial drag IT often seems to many business leaders.
Second, like many technologies in their early stages, cloud computing remains confusing – even to many IT professionals. Finding a trusted firm specializing in cloud computing to help you determine how best to leverage this technology for your business will provide huge dividends for you.
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