What is your cloud concern?

Hesitant About the Cloud? 100 047 099 046 098 045 097 044 We shed some light on what bothers people about the cloud. We asked over 100 people what their top eloud concern was and here's what they said. 043 042 041 093 040 092 | 039 091 038 090 i 037 089 036 088 035 087 034 086 033 "Security. I want to make sure l'm the only one oable to access my data through the cloud." 085 032 084 031 083 030 "How do I extract my data, and in what format?" 082 029 08 028 080 027 079 026 40% Information Security 078 025 47% Mostly Want Security Most concerns were over the security of the cloud service. 077 024 Security, security, security is mostly what this group was interested in, 076 023 075 02 074 i 021 073 020 13% Data Control 072 019 071 i 018 070 i 017 "Who else can access/hack into it??" How the data moves is important. Can it be exported or imported easily? 069 016 31% Privacy & Hackers 068 015 "Is my information safe?" & "The security of my credit card info is important" 067 014 This group wants the right to keep their data for themselves 066 i 013 065 012 064 011 & no one else. 15% Personal & Financial Info 063 010 Will sensitive personal and financial data be exposed? 062 009 06 008 060 007 059 006 058 05 057 004 056 003 055 002 054 i 001 053 02 "That it will confuse me" 052 021 051 020 050 i 019 50% It Should Just Work 049 018 "That i will run out of space." 048 017 047 i 016 046 i 015 045 014 There are enough things in our lives to frustrate us. Cloud 22% Mostly Want Ease of Use People want their cloud services to be easy to use. shouldn't be one of them. 044 013 043 i 012 042 i 011 21% Storage Size "Being able to share my content between all my devices." 041 010 Will there be enough space as demands for the service increase? 040 009 039 008 29% Cross Platform Access 038 007 On their work PC, on their laptop, or on their phone. Users want to use them all. 037 006 036 05 035 004 034 003 033 002 032 01 031 02 030 i 021 029 020 "That it will somehow crash and I'll lose my stuffi" 028 019 027 018 22% Mostly Want Quality Cloud services should be reliable. 026 i 017 54% Data Los 025 016 024 015 Will their data be where it needs to be when it needs to be there? 023 014 8% Data Redundancy 022 i 013 Is 1, 2, or 3 copies enough? When it comes to data the more copies the better. 021 012 "Have a save place, just in case somethings happens to your device." 020 11 019 010 018 009 017 008 25% Internet Connection 016 13% Reliability 007 Fibre-optic internet would be great but it's not here for most. Internet speed impacts the quality of cloud services. 015 006 It may work once but will it continue to work? 014 005 013 004 "Upload speed" & "Internet connectivity" "Reliability, will it really be there whenI need it?" 012 003 11 002 010 001 009 009 008 i 008 007 007 ..* "Being charged money." "Full utilization of the service. Am I getting what I paid for?" 006 006 005 005 9% have other concerns about cloud services. 004 i 004 003 i 003 002 i 002 "I don't honestly have any." 01 001 000 i 000 About the data. Every month we ask a cloud related question on our blog at www.nirix.com/smb/blog/. Those that answer it are entered into our monthly giveaway. The data above was gathered from the responses of one of these monthly questions. Total Replies This figure American Replies represents |5 people. 13 Other Countries India Replies Canadian Replies Computing Differently. NIRIX