I've long been a believer that a judgement gap, influenced largely by negative media coverage, is what continues to hold back cloud adoption among small organizations. And judging from the results of a recent study completed by comScore, my intuition has been fairly on track. . The biggest issue surrounding cloud uptake, at least for small businesses worldwide, seems to be none other than an issue of perception. How so? The study, which surveyed companies with between 25 to 499 computers in the USA, Germany, France, and the UK, found that 42 percent of small businesses which had yet to adopt cloud technologies were concerned about reliability/uptime. Likewise, a full 60 percent had cited issues with data security as reasoning for staying cloud-free. The link for this article located at Beta News is no longer available. . Local enterprises encounter image challenges that impede their transition to cloud solutions, primarily revolving around trust and dependability of data.. cloud Adoption, perception Issues, small Enterprises, reliability Concerns. . Dave Wreski
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