ISACA survey reveals power struggle over cloud computing
December 23, 2012
Grazed from WorksManagement.co.uk. Author: Editorial Staff.
Businesses remain sceptical over cloud services, especially public cloud computing, and while they see the benefits of adoption, perceived risks are causing concern. That’s chief among findings just release by global IT professionals organisation ISACA, which conducted research among 4,500 senior IT people across 83 countries.
Commenting its 2012 IT Risk/Reward Barometer report, Marc Vael, international vice president of ISACA, says: "What is apparent from this study is the perception of control. Private cloud scores better than both public and hybrid cloud, when asked if the benefit outweighs the risk, yet take up is still relatively low."…
And he adds: "My thought is that enterprises are facing a similar dilemma as they did when first contemplating outsourcing. It is the psychology of relinquishing control that needs to be addressed." Vael believes that is why there is more faith in private cloud services, where the business retains management over both hybrid and public alternatives, "However, this solution offers less advantages," he warns…
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