Published on the 29/09/2009 | Written by Newsdesk
Poll finds corporate concerns about security and data privacy continue to be the major barriers to enterprise adoption of cloud computing…
Security and data privacy concerns remain the most significant impediment to the adoption of cloud computing among enterprise users, according to an online poll conducted by Unisys.
Of the 312 respondents, 51 percent cited security and data privacy concerns when answering the question, “What do you see as your greatest barrier to moving to cloud?”
The next-highest barrier to adoption of cloud computing, cited by 21 percent of the respondents, was integration of cloud-based applications with existing systems.
Concerns about the ability to bring systems back in-house and regulatory/compliance issues were cited by 18 percent and 10 percent of respondents, respectively.
Unisys says the poll results corroborated the outcome of another online poll it conducted in June.
“These poll results confirm what we continue to hear from our clients as well as industry analysts,” says Sam Gross, the company’s vice president, global IT outsourcing solutions.
“Until they are convinced that there is ‘industrial-strength’ security in the cloud, CIOs will remain reluctant to move more than development and test systems into that environment. This is why we have made comprehensive security and data protection integral parts of the Unisys cloud computing strategy and solutions,” Gross says.
