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Cloud Computing: Where the Biggest Shifts to the Cloud Are Occurring
Cloud Computing is taking Enterprise IT by storm, but certain areas are seeing heavier rains than others. The move to the cloud has been accelerated by the across-the-board cutbacks in budgets as businesses seek to shift/slash their internal IT costs. The results from a survey of company executives taken by Bloomberg Businessweek identifies cloud application areas that are seeing the largest growth.
Not too unexpectedly, the largest growing area in the cloud is with non-critical business application, particularly in the area of HR. Until issues around security and loss of control of data are fully resolved, this is to be expected. The percentage of executives that think that they will have moved an application fully to the cloud by 2012 are as follows:
- 44% Benefits Administration
- 42% Recruitment Systems
- 39% Talent Management
- 39% Payroll
- 37% Customer Service
- 36% Sales Automation
- 36% Supply Chain Management
- 35% HR System of Records
- 34% Time and Attendance
- 33% Marketing
- 32% Treasury
- 31% Accounts Payable/Receivable
The report showed clear trends by industry, with high tech and professional service companies making the move to the cloud faster than manufacturing companies and nonprofits.
The report also asks executives, on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest, what their biggest worry around cloud computing is. As expected, security tops out at number one, followed closely by “difficult integration” and governance.
