Four out of five executives agree: choosing the cloud is a smart value proposition.
\nResearch from Host Analytics and conducted by Dimensional Research found that for four out of five business execs, the cloud is chosen for its value over any other factor, according to an article on CloudComputingNews.net.
\nA similar number of employees surveyed said that it\u2019s beneficial for them to use cloud applications.
\nThe research talked to more than 300 CIOs and business executives and found various benefits to cloud adoption, which may perhaps shift the balance as IT budgets are being prepared for 2013.
\nWhen asked for the reasons a cloud app was chosen over other, on-premise options, the disparity between business executives and CIOs was stark.
\nValue was the obvious factor for execs (80%), whereas compliance was the most important component for CIOs (58%); value (53%) and greater competitive advantage (51%) completed the top three.
\nCompliance is a vital and underrated reason for utilizing the cloud. Sixty-one percent of survey respondents said they have out-of-date, business-critical software, and 14% said their on-premise software hadn\u2019t been upgraded in four or more years.
\nMore than one in three CIOs stated that while their company didn\u2019t have plans for any solution, the cloud seemed a better fit.<\/p>\n