Cloud Computing: Fast Facts

Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Leiden Johnson.

Making the switch from hardware to the cloud is a decision that requires a lot of thinking. While there are a lot of pros that can be said, there are also some cons which may affect the way a business runs. Before any major changes, a business must look into what they are potentially going to invest in.

There are so many services based on the cloud these days, from Google Drive to RingCentral but being well-informed is not a difficult task. Here are a few factoids from Vorsite, Nuage Consulting Group, D Cloud Computing, and Capgemini regarding cloud computing that may help make any decision-maker’s task a little bit easier while learning some trivia in the process…

• 41% of the head executives and employees claim to be using some kind of cloud in their company.
• 64% of the companies have reduced waste and has low energy consumption levels after shifting to Cloud Computing.
• 65% of the US companies shifted to cloud in 2011.
• 80% of the companies have experienced immense progress just within half year i.e. six months after moving to cloud.
• A new server is added to the cloud for every 120 tablets or 600 smartphones.
• According to Larry Ellison of Oracle, “Cloud computing is not only the future of computing, but the present and the entire past of computing.”
• Adoption of the Cloud is maturing. Companies are allocating more resources towards cloud computing.70% of the 2,000 mid – size companies are actively pursuing cloud based analytics for greater efficiency, upgrades and insights…

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