New Survey Reveals What Entrepreneurs Need Most from Cloud-Based Services

Cloud Computing Insights TAB Small Business Pulse Survey On a scale from 1-10, rate your understanding of cloud computing. What are your top reasons for integrating cloud systems into your business? 100% 22 21 60% 13 11 10 40% 8. 0% High Grasp of The Cloud, Answered 1-5 High Grasp of The Cloud, Ans wered 6-10 Low Grasp of The Cloud, Answered 1-5 Low Grasp of The Cloud, Answered 6-10 Up-to-date Technology Competitive Advantage When did your company first begin to move IT systems into the cloud? Easier Access to Data Increase Revenue Serve Customers Efficiently 2014 or Later 19 What was the greatest difficulty you experienced when migrating to the cloud? 2010-2013 39 7 2005-2009 12% - Poor Employee Training 2 2004 or Before 10% - Poor Transition / Integreation 9% - Poor Technical Support We Have Never Used The Cloud 33 5% - Wrong Security Settings NOTE: 87% migrated within the past 5 years 4% - Low Return on Investment 3% - Wrong platform On a scale of 1-10, how satisfied are you with the cloud system your company is using? 3% - Poor Mobile Solution 57% - There were no problems migrating On a scale of 1-10, how secure did/do you consider the data stored in the cloud? 7-9: 66% 4-6: 17% BEFORE SWITCHING 10: 15% AFTER SWITCHING 1-3: 3% 1-3 5 1-3 4 13 14 20 10 18 What do you consider to be the biggest concern or risk when using cloud-based systems? 10 4-6 4-6 HIGH GRASP OF CLOUD 7-9 29% 7-9 32% 23% 7% 5% 4% LOW GRASP OF CLOUD 62 65 40% 21% 7% 7% 22% 3% I Data Compromised I Can't Access When Internet Down IDependence On 3rd Party Can't Access With Vendor Outage I Cost To Switch To Another Medium I Gov. Access With Warrant What do you consider to be the most important benefit to cloud systems? Easy access to important info 35% Reduce Flexible 25 TAB Mobile workforce 16% expenses 21% Data Source: Small Business Pulse Only the top answers from each question are displayed View the entire report:http://bit. ly/10j4IPL mgmt. of data 20% THE ALTERNATIVE BOARD Visit us online: TheAlternativeBoard.com Shared Wisdom, Bottom Line Success YEARS Workforce More Productive Reduce Risk Lower Costs Not Considering The Cloud Efficiency 8%