While cloud computing continues to increase it is interesting, but not surprising, that more firms are choosing private clouds than public ones. As reported in ComputerWorldUK, Gartner surveyed 1,587 CIOs and other senior IT decision makers about general IT spending trends, with 484 respondents providing answers relating to questions on cloud computing. The survey wnet across 40 countries, from April to July 2010, and found that 39 percent of respondents allocated some IT budget to the cloud.
ComputerWorld quoted Bob Igou, research director at Gartner, “One-third of the spending on cloud computing is a continuation from the previous budget year, a further third is incremental spending that is new to the budget, and 14 percent is spending that was diverted from a different budget category in the previous year,”
The Gartner analysts said that this investment trend shows a “shift towards the ‘utility’ approach for non-core services, and increased investment in core functionality, often closely aligned with competitive differentiation.” In addition some 43 percent of respondents expected an increase in spending for private cloud implementations designed for internal or restricted use of the enterprise compared to 32 percent looking at public cloud implementations. This later trends shows the flexibility of the cloud and a desire to combine utility with security.
The benefits and risks of using the cloud are well known: flexibility, agility, and cost savings versus security and control concerns. Building private clouds seems a logical approach.
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