Firms desire cloud computing control
Fri, 30 Oct 2009
Business users are looking for greater levels of control where cloud computing is concerned, it has been suggested.
According to research conducted by Platform Computing, control is a bigger issue for firms than security concerns.
Martin Harris, director of product management at the firm, said some of businesses' worries were perhaps justified.
He commented: "Everybody talks about the security being a major issue, so were surprised that lack of control was the number one.
"What we've seen there is that IT, especially [outsourced] IT, does not have the same levels of control, like standard builds, refresh processes, upgrades, et cetera."
Mr Harris said that while cloud computing uptake is increasing, most companies are waiting for more control of how they use outsourced environments.
"Without that control level there's really no way to ensure the service level that the business is achieving and they are looking for a central control mechanism to enable that," he added.
Despite the findings, a study conducted by business technology services provider Avanade has indicated that the number of global companies planning for, and testing, the cloud has increased dramatically.
A 320 per cent rise in the number embracing cloud computing was witnessed between January and October 2009.
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