{"id":3984,"date":"2013-08-26T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2013-08-26T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T15:00:55","slug":"cloud-computing-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: Businesses Weight the Pros and Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Cisco and PC Connection Cloud Computing survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/wp\/2013-cloud-computing-survey-results-223906\" target=\"_blank\">Cisco and PC Connection<\/a> have done a new survey on Cloud Computing. \u00a0The answers to most of the survey questions are consistent with other similar surveys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driver: \u00a0What Drives Businesses to be Interested in the Cloud?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>42 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Improved Backup and Disaster Recovery<\/li>\n<li><strong>40 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Always Available Application Access<\/li>\n<li><strong>40 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Cost Savings<\/li>\n<li><strong>38 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Reduction of on-site Infrastructure<\/li>\n<li><strong>35 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Easier Scalability in Capacity<\/li>\n<li><strong>33 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Improved Workforce Mobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Obstacle: What are Businesses Chief Concerns about the Cloud?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>65 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Security<\/li>\n<li><strong>34 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Inability to integrate current systems\/applications\/networks<\/li>\n<li><strong>33 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Performance<\/li>\n<li><strong>32 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Legal and Regulatory Compliance<\/li>\n<li><strong>28 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Lack of Cloud Standards<\/li>\n<li><strong>27 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Lack of Visibility into Future Cost<\/li>\n<li><strong>20 percent<\/strong> &#8211; Managing a Vendor\/Partner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One 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