What are the barriers to cloud computing?
The top issue overall was a perceived lack of security and service level agreements (SLAs), with 45% of respondents referring to it. Lock-in to a specific infrastructure vendor was revealed to be the second biggest barrier (cited by 40% of respondents) — and a bigger issue for small companies than concerns about security and SLAs.
Regulatory concerns were ranked number three, with 39%. Service providers need to ensure their infrastructure is designed and segmented in such a way that they can provide reassurance that data is stored in a geographical location that meets customers’ requirements.
Source: http://www.interxion.com
Related:
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/01/infographic-whats-driving-investment-in-cloud-computing/
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/01/infographic-whos-using-cloud-today/
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/01/infographic-most-commonly-used-cloud-applications/
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/01/infographic-biggest-security-concern-with-cloud-computing/
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