Many enterprises are intrigued by cloud computing’s attractive benefits, including elastic scale, low cost and fast implementation. They should not, however, fail to consider the risks involved. Gartner has identified what it believes are today’s top five most critical inhibitors to adoption and the common approaches to reducing the risks.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20091207/management03.shtml
None of the risks discussed here is a “showstopper” for all enterprises and for all specific use cases within any single enterprise, but they will be for some. Confirm that these inhibitors are understood and reasonably mitigated to get stakeholder approval for investments in cloud computing services. Then tackle others that may also apply.
Many enterprises are intrigued by cloud computing’s attractive benefits, including elastic scale, low cost and fast implementation. They should not, however, fail to consider the risks involved. Gartner has identified what it believes are today’s top five most critical inhibitors to adoption and the common approaches to reducing the risks.
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20091207/management03.shtml
None of the risks discussed here is a “showstopper” for all enterprises and for all specific use cases within any single enterprise, but they will be for some. Confirm that these inhibitors are understood and reasonably mitigated to get stakeholder approval for investments in cloud computing services. Then tackle others that may also apply.