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IaaS early adopters named telcos best cloud providers
Yankee Group found that 24% of large US enterprises are already deploying IaaS -- a strong hint that cloud deployments are no longer confined to SaaS. Despite most cloud adopters saw systems integrators as their most trusted partners, early IaaS adopters said telcos were best positioned for cloud services.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 24-Aug-2010
APEJ enterprise cloud adoption up 22% from 2009
Cloud adoption rose sharply across all APEJ countries in the last 12 months, with 45% of organizations in the APEJ either currently using or planning cloud initiatives -- up from 22% in 2009, according to Springboard's latest research.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 16-Aug-2010
Survey: 75% of backup storage consists of infinite retention
Symantec's latest survey results found that 87% of respondents believe in the value of a formal information retention plan, but only 46% actually have one.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 10-Aug-2010
Survey: Enterprise cloud adoption to double by 2012
A newly released survey conducted by Stratecast on 253 IT decision makers in US enterprises found that enterprise adoption of cloud services is expected to double over the next two years, spearheaded with cloud-based applications and services.
by: Carol Ko 28-Jul-2010
Survey: Cloud proponents outnumber skeptics for first time
Yankee Group's latest survey results showed that more enterprises are considering cloud computing a viable technology, with nearly 60% saying they view it as a business enabler--a huge jump from 37% last year.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 28-Jul-2010
Survey: 68% confident about cloud in business growth recovery
IT decision makers were positive about cloud computing's ability to deliver budget savings. Commercial and public sector respondents predicted cloud use will decrease IT budgets by an average of 15%, with some respondents expecting savings of more than 40%.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 22-Jul-2010
Research: 78% of clients have discussed cloud internally
TPI's newly released survey results indicated that 78% of enterprises have had internal discussions about cloud computing. Right now, most of those are working on pilot projects or low risk services to test the waters.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 22-Jul-2010
Survey: 1 in 4 Singapore companies trust IT security cloud
Of those who are currently using hosted security services, at least 73% use it to get more robust protection from security experts, 36% for optimized costs, 20% for vendor consolidation of security services, and 16% for compliance reasons.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 17-Jul-2010
Conflicting surveys reveal cloud hang-ups
Demand for private cloud computing has stayed steady from last year—28% in a survey still said they wanted to change some of their infrastructure to more closely match the capabilities and efficiencies of services.
by: SearchCloudComputing.com staff 15-Jul-2010
ISACA survey: Less than 20% of HK, China firms plan to use cloud
Less than one-fifth of firms in Hong Kong and China plan to use cloud computing, said ISACA Monday.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 14-Jul-2010