Security concerns are the biggest thing holding back cloud adoption, but Intel says it\u2019ll take it and its pricey $7.68 billion McAfee acquisition at least another five years to bring cloud security up to the best-in-class traditional enterprise security available now.
\nNot very reassuring is it.
\nIntel also says, \u201cA private cloud added to your IT infrastructure is like adding another door to your house \u2013 it\u2019s another entry point for bad guys to get in.\u201d
\nOh, great, just what we need.
\nDespite those sobering thoughts Intel is still expecting more than three billion connected users \u2013 that\u2019s a B, dear, as in billion \u2013 and 15 billion connected devices to be driving more than 1,500 exabytes of cloud traffic by 2015, and IDC figures that about 20% of all digital data \u2013 roughly, say, 1,400 exabytes \u2013 a mammoth load \u2013 will be stored or processed in the cloud. <\/p>\n