virtualisation &
cloud computing
The Fear
Mass cloud migration is continuing globally, despite security being the number one concern
amongst senior business executives when it comes to cloud adoption. According to new
research, a significant amount of business critical data is likely to reside in the cloud in two
years’ time. Mike Whelan, head of product management, international region at Teradata,
discusses why businesses shouldn’t be held back by security fears.
T
he Teradata Global Trends
Report 2017 was conducted
across nine countries:
Australia, France, Germany,
Japan, UK, US, India, Spain
and Russia, with 100 executive
respondents from each. The
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research has revealed that eight
out of ten executives globally cite
security as a deterrent when it
comes to storing data in the cloud,
yet clearly that has not stopped a
huge rise in the amount of critical
data being sent there. Looking ahead
to 2019, executives predict that over
half of IT (56 per cent), customer
(53 per cent), and financial data (51
per cent) will reside in the cloud.
The study highlights that
although businesses want to invest
in cloud storage and many plan to