Companies can't resist the lure of cloud services: the number of companies using cloud services increased from 18 percent in February 2009 to 30 percent in October 2010, a leap of 67 percent, according to a survey.
But in their rush to save time and money, many are neglecting such bread-and-butter fundamentals as integration, security, connectivity, monitoring, continuity planning and long-term staffing. This shortsightedness makes them vulnerable to potential failure.
Other findings:
-- Another 13 percent of respondents say they plan to use cloud services within 12 months.
-- Only 29 percent of firms using or planning to use the cloud have evaluated its impact on their existing architectures.
-- Just 20 percent of those polled say they monitor cloud applications and throughput.
-- 40 percent say they don't have any monitoring program in place for cloud services.
Comment from Lorna Garey, content director of InformationWeek Analytics: The up-front cost savings and speed to market you get from the cloud make it extremely tempting. And that's great - you should take advantage of it. But first you have to put some processes in place so cloud services - and responsibility for those services - are integrated into your existing set-up. Cloud applications must be monitored and measured just like any other application.
About the survey: The survey was conducted by InformationWeek Analytics, which provides peer-based IT research and analysis. The report, "State of Cloud 2011: Time for Process Maturation," includes analysis of cloud computing survey results and includes an ROI analysis and customizable worksheet to calculate costs of internal vs. cloud deployments. More than 600 business technology decision makers responded to the survey.
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