Cloud Services Are 'Money'

Could businesses finally be shaking off the security jitters and giving the two thumbs up to cloud computing services?

A Cloud Computing Adoption Survey released on Feb. 4th by email solutions provider Mimecast indicates that not only are companies satisfied with cloud-powered services and applications but at least 70 percent are saying they want more.

The primary reason for adopting is cost savings according to more than half of the 565 IT professionals surveyed in the US and Canada. Running the business with more agility by reacting better to unexpected changes and the ability to scale or easily add on services when required are also proving to be huge benefits. Nearly 50 percent of the respondents supported that notion.

Microsoft’s study, SMB IT and Hosted IT Index 2010, released on Feb. 3rd showed that a definite correlation exists between financial performance and the use of hosted/cloud computing services. In this global survey of about 3,200 SMBs, more than 40 percent of the respondents using hosted or cloud technology reported revenue increases of 30 percent or more. Conversely, decreases in yearly revenue were reported by 90 percent of respondents not using hosted technology.