{"id":4210,"date":"2013-10-09T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4210"},"modified":"2013-11-12T02:25:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T10:25:23","slug":"cloud-computing-six-reasons-enterprises-are-moving-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-six-reasons-enterprises-are-moving-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: Six Reasons Enterprises are Moving to the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses are buying into the idea of cloud computing in a big way.  A <a title=\"Verizon Report on Cloud Computing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/VerizonEnterpriseSolutions\/2013-state-of-the-enterprise-cloud-report?ref=http:\/\/www.verizonenterprise.com\/about\/news\/?nu=\/news\/2013\/08\/2013-state-enterprise-cloud-report\" target=\"_blank\">recent Verizon report <\/a>on cloud computing found that over the last 18 months that the average amount spent by enterprises on cloud services has increased 45 percent.  Among Verizon business cloud customers, they&#8217;re reporting a 90 percent increase in the use of cloud-based storage and a 100 percent increase in the use of cloud-based memory.  Deployment of virtual machines among their customers is up 35 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The six chief reasons why the trend has been towards the cloud are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cost<\/li>\n<li>Provisioning speed<\/li>\n<li>Compliance<\/li>\n<li>Focus<\/li>\n<li>Performance<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Verizon reports that the most typical trend they&#8217;re seeing across businesses is to begin using the cloud for applications like electronic commerce and email, and once they&#8217;ve gained some experience with cloud delivery, to begin moving back-office applications like ERP to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that &#8220;organizations are now using the cloud for more than development and testing.  They\u2019re running external-facing and critical business applications in the cloud&#8211;production applications now account for 60 percent of cloud usage.&#8221;  ERP applications account for about a quarter of all Verizon customer application traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Verizon sees many organizations reaching a &#8220;tipping point&#8221; where they&#8217;ve begun to investigate moving more applications into the cloud. The report noted that &#8220;organisations have seen the benefits cloud can provide \u2013 both in efficiency and cost \u2013 and are ready to move an increasing number of mission-critical applications to cloud-based infrastructure&#8230;  However, in order for this to happen, cloud service providers must deliver to enterprise-grade availability and security.&#8221;<\/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-six-reasons-enterprises-are-moving-to-the-cloud%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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