Social Media Study Reveals Positive Cloud Comments Outweigh
Negative by 23:1
Farmington Hills, MI, October 25,
2011 – Is the cloud living up to CIO & CTO
expectations? There has been a lot of speculation about what
top computing experts think of the cloud and its advantages.
To clear things up, Logicalis, an international provider of
integrated information and communications technology (ICT)
solutions and services (http://www.us.logicalis.com/),
analyzed more than 35,000 online forum and social media posts from
CIOs and CTOs over the past 60 days, and found their comments to be
overwhelmingly in favor of cloud computing. “Positive” and
“very positive” comments outweighed “negative” and “very negative”
comments by a dramatic 23:1.
“The majority of these cloud conversations
were held on tech-centered message boards and forums, followed
closely by Twitter and industry blogs,” says Lisa Dreher, vice
president of marketing and business development for
Logicalis. “That means, we went to the very places that CIOs
and CTOs are having open, frank conversations to find out what they
really think about the cloud. Knowing how CIOs and
CTOs view the cloud can help us shape our cloud offerings in a way
that works well for them. This data also gives us a direct
line-of-sight into the point of view of IT leaders on the cloud
market and where it is going.”
Nearly all of the comments were a combination
of neutral and factual critiques delivered by C-level IT pros that
offered real substance into the general acceptance of the cloud by
key decision makers; terms like “CEO,” “enterprise” and “executive”
were among the most frequently used in the conversations,
indicating higher level organizational conversations are taking
place.
Positive posts cited cloud computing as “cost
effective,” a means of increasing capacity beyond a current IT
environment and an effective way to free up internal staff,
resources and budget. Negative posts included concerns about
the difficulty of transitioning and managing applications in the
cloud as well as the perceived legal, regulatory and business risks
associated with the cloud.
“We’re encouraged to confirm what we have
heard from our own customers - that CIOs and CTOs are finding their
forays into the cloud to be a significantly positive experience,”
says Mike Martin, vice president of cloud solutions for
Logicalis. “Moving into the cloud is not an easy decision at
the enterprise level, and it’s important that CIOs and CTOs
carefully assess the kinds of data they move into the cloud,
the
regulatory requirements for that data, and work with their
cloud provider’s auditors and legal teams to outline a plan for how
their specific data will be managed and protected. When a
solution provider offers that level of support, the decision to
move into the cloud – be it public, private or a hybrid solution –
will be that much easier for the client.”
Logicalis Answers CIO/CTO Cloud
Concerns
- What is Cloud Computing? Find
out all about public, private and hybrid options here.
- There are six critical
questions CIOs should ask before entering the cloud. Find out
what they are
here.
- There are five common mistakes companies make in their cloud
strategies. Read about them
here.
- What are the top four decision points that determine a
company’s data security in the cloud? Logicalis identifies them
here.
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international provider of
integrated information and communications technology (ICT)
solutions and services founded on a superior breadth of knowledge
and expertise in communications & collaboration, data center,
and cloud computing and managed services.
Logicalis Group employs nearly 2,500 people
worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design,
specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the
needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To
achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with
technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.
The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of
over $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South
America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of
the leading IT and Communications solution integrators,
specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and
services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec
Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges,
with revenues of approximately $5 billion.
For more information, visit http://www.us.logicalis.com/.