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Hosting.com Surveys Over 600 Individuals Finds Striking Similarities in
How, When and Why Small and Large Businesses Will Utilize Cloud Computing.
February 25, 2009 (LOUISVILLE, KY) Hosting.com, the first name in
global hosting solutions and services, today released their 2009 Cloud Computing
Trends Report. Hosting.com completed this report based on data it collected over
a five-week period by conducting an open survey targeting company executives and
IT professionals. Over 600 individuals responded to the survey.
The 2009 Cloud Computing Trends Report introduces new data into the cloud
marketplace. This survey provided insight into the expectations small, medium
and large businesses have of Cloud Computing, their intended uses, reasons for
adopting, and expected time-frames for implementing cloud-based solutions.
The report revealed that there is little difference between how larger companies
and small businesses will utilize Cloud Computing. Key findings include:
- Driving Factors for investing in Cloud Computing were similar
regardless of company size, including Reduced Costs, Uptime, Scalability and
Performance.
- Adoption Rates are not impacted by company size larger companies, 33%
in the next 12 months; small companies, 34% in next 12 months.
- Obstacles services providers must overcome are predominantly Security
and Administration/Support. 64% of all respondents and 75% of larger companies
list Security as the top concern.
- Utilization is greater among small businesses over 50% of IT Services
delivered from a cloud platform.
Compared with previously published Cloud Computing research, our survey
illustrates a shift in SMB utilization and consumer adoption in just the last 6
months, stated Aaron Hollobaugh, Hosting.com Director of Communications. The
survey results confirm our intent when we created CloudNine. We architected a
solution that is robust and secure enough to support the worlds largest
companies, while keeping in mind the masses that will adopt the solution most
small and medium businesses.
Since the September 2008 Cloud Computing study by InformationWeek, the
likelihood of organizations to deliver their IT services on a Cloud platform has
doubled. InformationWeek found that 13% of companies expected greater than 25%
of their IT services to be in the Cloud, in this study 26% of companies expected
25% or more of their IT services to be delivered from a Cloud indicating that
Cloud Computing is trending upward. An appealing aspect of Cloud Computing is
little knowledge is required to set up, configure and maintain the technology
and the supporting infrastructure.
Darren King, President and CEO of Hosting.com added, The bottom line is simple
Cloud Computing provides a high level of service, availability and redundancy
at a price point traditional managed solutions cannot match. Cloud Computing is
drastically impacting the technology industry and over the next 18 months will
forever change how technology services and solutions are delivered.
The survey can be downloaded online at 2009 Cloud Computing Trends Report. For
more information about the survey and report, contact us today at
survey@hosting.com.
Contact a Hosting.com Account Specialist to discuss CloudNine, Hosting.coms
Cloud Computing Hosting Solution, at
sales@hosting.com, 800-446-7627, or Live Chat.
About Hosting.com
Hosting.com provides enterprise colocation, cloud computing, dedicated hosting,
managed hosting, disaster recovery and business continuance services to a global
customer base demanding a high level of security, reliability and
responsiveness. Hosting.com monitors, manages, and enhances the web based
platforms of Web 2.0 companies, software as a service providers (SaaS), content
distribution networks (CDN), and medium to large enterprises whose web presence
is crucial and high availability mandatory.
Hosting.com currently operates SAS 70 certified data centers in Louisville,
Kentucky; Irvine, California; San Francisco, California and is currently
expanding into Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.
For more information, please visit
www.hosting.com or call the company at 800-446-7627.
About CloudNine
Hosting.com proudly introduced its Cloud Computing Hosting Solution, CloudNine,
in the Fall of 2008. The dynamic CloudNine infrastructure recognizes a
businesss evolving needs and reacts instantly to provide the most effective
solutions.
CloudNine delivers Innovation, Reliability, Value and Flexibility.
CloudNine is an innovative solution providing flexibility and scalability in a
controlled and secure environment. Key components of CloudNine include: root
access to private and secure virtual servers, self-serve web-based Customer
Portal, hosting in Hosting.coms fully redundant and geographically-dispersed
data centers, and guaranteed 100% uptime and 24/7 support.
For more information, please visit
www.hosting.com or call the company at 800-446-7627.
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