IT Departments Move Low-Risk Services to the Cloud
Posted by brennels on July 29, 2010
By Stephanie Overby, CIO July 28, 2010 04:21 PM ET
I”T departments continue to proceed with caution when it comes to cloud computing, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by TPI.
The outsourcing consultancy polled 140 corporate IT decision makers about their cloud computing perspectives and plans and found that nearly four out of five companies are considering cloud computing solutions. Three out of five are actually implementing them.
“They aren’t convinced that these [cloud] services are ready for the prime time requirements of their core operations,” Smilie says. “They are testing non-critical portions of their infrastructure to learn about cloud services and their own management of them while limiting their operational risks.”
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