Do small businesses really need the cloud?
Interesting…
The smaller a business, the less likely it is to make use of cloud computing services, according to a new report.
The poll by developer GFI Software found that while 86 per cent of businesses employing between 100 and 249 people use IT services hosted offsite or managed by a third party, such services were used by just 39 per cent of companies with less than 10 employees.
The survey, released yesterday, canvassed the views of up to 250 small organisations with fewer than 250 employees.
The main reasons cited by businesses for not taking up hosted or managed services was either that their needs were met by their existing in-house infrastructure, or that the cloud service was too expensive.
With cloud computing commonly regarded as a way for businesses to save money – due to the fact the organisation no longer needs to buy and maintain its own back-end IT infrastructure – the finding that SMEs believe a move to the cloud would be too expensive suggests a lack of understanding about the cloud computing model.
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