Open Group cloud survey shows a lack of IT preparedness, especially on measuring cloud’s true costs and benefits
May 10, 2011 No CommentsBlog post by Dana Gardner
While more than 90 percent of companies are using — or plan to use — cloud computing, the cloud model is raising some concerns, as well as some paradoxes.
Unsurprisingly, security is the leading concern, while integration and governance issues are close behind. The paradox arises because industry executives know that cloud computing will impact their business, but are not yet prepared to handle that impact and, in many cases, don’t yet know how to measure it.