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SOUTHAMPTON, UK, 23 October 2009: A study commissioned by PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX: PIX), the global online business hosting  provider has found that 88% of IT decision makers do not use cloud technologies, with 39% of respondents claiming that lack of knowledge is putting them off. The independent study which canvassed the opinions of over 200 IT decision makers reveals that concerns about security put off 24% of would-be cloud users, whilst 21% perceive that lack of control outweighs the benefits of cloud hosting.

Despite the concerns, 49% of those surveyed say that they are considering the technology. The availability and reliability of cloud computing are viewed as key benefits for 69% of respondents, whilst another 63% are attracted to its performance benefits. Scalability and flexibility are both factors that appeal to over 60% of potential cloud hosting users, with 43% citing security as being a reason to choose cloud hosting.

Dominic Monkhouse, Managing Director of PEER 1 UK commented: “PEER 1 commissioned this research to gain a better understanding of IT decision makers’ perceptions of cloud hosting. The results clearly illustrate that there is lot of confusion around the benefits and limitation of cloud hosting.  A case in point here is feedback on the security of cloud: 23% cite a perceived lack of security as a deterrent, whilst 43% see security as a benefit. There are some very mixed messages out there.

I wonder how much of this is to do with compliance or regulation as much as process, oh you can’t do that and here are seven olden days reasons why not coupled with viewpoints from the business, buying in a service for some specific activities might appear directly cheaper, but we have to look at the indirect, the not quoted costs. So to outsource the restores costs £50,000 a year, but what is the per restore cost £350? Could I not hire a guy full time to do that and know that because he/she is working for our organization the level of effort and site knowledge would be higher than using a bought in service? It’s a dual way thing and requires quite a lot of business and IT intelligence around what is core to our business and operations, what we want to achieve, how this affects our business and employees and therefore how we ’sell it’ within our business remains key. An interesting study, do check it out.

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