{"id":1764,"date":"2010-12-20T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2010-12-20T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T15:00:05","slug":"cloud-computing-where-the-biggest-shifts-to-the-cloud-are-occurring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-where-the-biggest-shifts-to-the-cloud-are-occurring\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing:  Where the Biggest Shifts to the Cloud Are Occurring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud Computing is taking Enterprise IT by storm, but certain areas are seeing heavier rains than others. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0The results from a survey of company executives\u00a0taken by <a title=\"Bloomberg survey on cloud applications\" href=\"http:\/\/itmanagement.earthweb.com\/features\/article.php\/3914976\/12-Hottest-App-Categories-for-Cloud-Computing-Shift\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a> identifies cloud application areas that are seeing the largest growth.<\/p>\n<p>Not too unexpectedly, the largest growing area in the cloud is with non-critical business application, particularly in the area of HR. \u00a0Until issues around security and loss of control of data are fully resolved, this is to be expected. \u00a0 The percentage of executives that think that they will have moved an application fully to the cloud by 2012 are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>44% \u00a0Benefits Administration<\/li>\n<li>42% \u00a0Recruitment Systems<\/li>\n<li>39% \u00a0Talent Management<\/li>\n<li>39% \u00a0Payroll<\/li>\n<li>37% \u00a0Customer Service<\/li>\n<li>36% \u00a0Sales Automation<\/li>\n<li>36% \u00a0Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n<li>35% \u00a0HR System of Records<\/li>\n<li>34% \u00a0Time and Attendance<\/li>\n<li>33% \u00a0Marketing<\/li>\n<li>32% \u00a0Treasury<\/li>\n<li>31% \u00a0Accounts Payable\/Receivable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The report also asks executives, on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest, what their biggest worry around cloud computing is. \u00a0As expected, security tops out at number one, followed closely by &#8220;difficult integration&#8221; and governance.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blogimages\/cloudworries.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fcloud-computing-where-the-biggest-shifts-to-the-cloud-are-occurring%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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