Jim Seward (@VersionOne) asked me to take a look at this research study (by Version One, UK) about the confusion surrounding cloud computing amongst senior IT professionals – I’m not sure it includes your boss ! This high-level study was conducted with a group of 60 Senior IT professionals at UK….. has revealed some interesting findings.
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41% of senior IT professionals admit that they “don’t know” what cloud computing is !
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59% of IT professionals who profess to know what cloud computing, that include:
- 17% of these understand cloud computing to be internet-based computing
- 11% believe it is a combination of internet-based computing, software as a service (SAAS), software on demand, an outsourced or managed service and a hosted software service
- The remaining respondents understand cloud computing to be a mixture of the above.
More interesting to note, Only 2% of respondents mentioned that their company is “definitely” going to invest in cloud computing in the next 12 months…. I would suggest you to read the complete study visiting VersionOne and their findings are right here.
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