| Cloud computing will be a transformative technology in the industry and can drive financial benefits. This is the result of Deloitte’s webcast “Cloud Computing in the Enterprise: Not If, But When and How?” A majority of executives also believe that cloud computing is at least useful for certain kinds of enterprise services.
Executives’ concern over security and privacy tempered cloud computing enthusiasm so far. 34.6 percent cited these issues as the largest considerations for adopting cloud computing in their organisations. Further key adoption issues have been data controls and ownership, as well as assurance and audit.
“Adoption and demand for cloud services is growing as companies see a real revolution happening on the business side. Expectations for agility and flexibility in business operations have grown in response to the downturn, and in preparation for what comes next,” said Mark White, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and webcast moderator.
“Cloud services create the possibility of rapid business model innovation, improved services levels and new ways of controlling costs. Executives can also realise financial benefits, including reduce capital expenditures. In addition, business leaders responding to the poll clearly articulated security and data privacy issues as near-horizon hurdles to their viable cloud adoption strategy,” White noted.
Only 3.8 percent believed cloud computing would have no real short-term impact and that it is overhyped according to the survey.
Cloud computing can also offer opportunities for new business models in the IT industry. “Cloud computing is emerging through the convergence of a variety of trends in information technology – utility computing, virtualization and IT service management model,” said John Hagel, co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge. “Today, it is generally viewed as an attractive new form of low cost IT outsourcing that can also help to turn a fixed cost into a more scalable variable cost.”
by Sarah Ostheimer
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