Compliance fears inhibit cloud adoption

According to a new survey, 88 percent of IT decision makers at mid- to large-sized companies think having to meet compliance standards in the cloud inhibits further cloud adoption within their company. The study from Wakefield Research and Logicworks, finds that among senior management -- those most close to and responsible for cloud execution and performance -- the figure is even higher, with 97 percent agreeing that compliance inhibits cloud adoption. Across companies of all sizes, 77 percent of IT decision makers think that they would not pass all of their compliance audits for cloud resources. This problem is compounded… [Continue Reading]