Four in 10 Small Businesses Plan Cloud Computing; 8 in 10 Want Local Provider

PC World  reports approximately 40% of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) expect to utilize one or more cloud computing service within 3 years, according to a recently released Microsoft report.

Microsoft’s annual worldwide study on the cloud included more than 3200 companies from 16 countries.  Other key take-aways:

  • More than 80% of SMBs say an IT provider with a local presence is important to their choice of a cloud computing provider.
  • The 3-year projection represents significant growth in cloud computing services by SMBs.  Currently, 29% of SMBs use cloud services, meaning SMBs implementing cloud computing services will grow by an annualized 10+% rate each of the next 3 years.

Read more of the PC World  article here.

Learn more about local cloud computing from this creative short video.

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