Small Businesses Moving to the Cloud -- But Slowly

Wondering about whether your small business should be moving to cloud computing?  You're not alone.  More and more businesses are looking to the cloud for at least some of their needs, whether it be email through a service like GMail, word processing or spreadsheets through Google Docs, or on-line backups through services like Carbonite or Mozy.  But a recent survey by CDW, a major electronics distributor, found that cloud adoption was lower than what industry buzz would lead you to expect.  Although many companies use cloud services on an ad-hoc basis, fewer had any kind of corporate cloud strategy.  Only 21% of small businesses were using the cloud in any kind of planned way (CDW didn't consider ad hoc usage by single individuals as being part of a business's cloud strategy).  Security questions continue to be a major impediment.  Nevertheless, most businesses see the cloud as having a place in their future strategy, although few expect it to completely replace on-premises services.  Here's a link to the article: http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=26853

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