Exploring the Cloud discusses the perceived benefits and challenges of cloud computing environments and highlights how governments around the world are beginning to adopt cloud.
The report is based on a survey of 430 public sector executives in 10 countries, as well as 808 private sector executives, on their cloud expectations and strategies.
- Governments are cautiously adopting cloud with 56 percent already testing or implementing cloud solutions. Only 1 in 10 are not considering it at all.
- 47 percent consider security as their most significant challenge, however almost 80 percent admit that they would be more confident if cloud services were certified by a government body.