Cloud Computing Security Concerns.
Cloud Computing is picking up but the IT enthusiasts would have liked its rate of progress a little bit better. Cloud Computing has seen more takers in small and medium sized segments compared to big industries which are still grappling with security concerns. Lot of chief information officers have expressed concerns about storing their data on public clouds.
Cloud computing allows companies to use services, software and applications on a pay-per-use model without actually owning any hardware infrastructure or licence. This helps companies save on setting up IT infrastructure or purchasing licences.
Bigger organizations ideally should move to cloud for backup purposes. Banks and big organizations need to have a two or three layer backup for the data. First layer ideally should be their own IT space. On the other hand SMBs may benefit by resorting to Software applications on pay-per use model. There are IT solutions in the market which provides data leakage protection (DLP) solutions.
Indian Cloud Computing market has been estimated at 200 million USD. But the most important issue with clouds today is security and safety of data. Amazon, Google and Microsoft all have jumped on to the Clouds and are just waiting for the concerns to abate and market to mature. Battle for the market pie may then begin with all its fierceness.
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