Cloud Computing for You?

Avanade Cloud Survey Executive Summary (pdf file)

Avenade commissioned Kelton Research to find out what Fortune 1000 type enterprises plan to do with technology spending and how much of that spending would be Cloud computing.

Guess what.. IT people are concerned over security and privacy. Sounds reasonable to me. If there is anything I've learned, nothing is 100%. You need to realistically assess your existing systems uptime and cost, then do your best to find out the true, real world uptime and cost of your cloud options. You can't count on marketing stats. Find out from engineering, or better yet, existing customers.

Just like any other technology - cloud has great promise, but must be approached with care and skepticism. We live in a world of hype. Don't be a volunteer.