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CTRM in the Cloud
So what are the perceived benefits that the respondents associate with SaaS/cloud deployment? We asked the
respondents to rank a number of potential benefits and pitfalls on a scale of 1 to 5 where five represented strong
agreement, one strong disagreement and 3 being neutral or average. In general, the respondents ranked all
potential benefits of cloud deployment of CTRM higher than average but they particularly believed that lower
total cost of ownership is a strong benefit. In fact, the anticipated lower costs of cloud deployment were the
most
highly
ranked
Figure 8: Perception of Benefits of SaaS and the Cloud
attributes across the
Relatively easy to replace if or when necessary
board, with lower entry
costs and lower demand
More secure backup, recovery and cyber security
on IT resources, and lower
Ease of version upgrade
implementation
costs
filling the top four spots.
Faster deployment
The lowest ranked benefits
Lower implementation costs
were that CTRM deployed
Lower demand on internal IT resources
via the cloud would be
easier to replace and
Lower entry cost – server and system costs
would provide a more
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
secure
backup
and
recovery and improve
3
3.5
4
4.5
cyber security (Figure 8).
In reviewing potential
Figure 9: Pitfalls of SaaS and the Cloud
pitfalls of SaaS and the
cloud, the respondents
Less secure backup and recovery
were most focused on
Loss of agility for competitive advantage
integration difficulties and
security issues although,
Inability to customize
when it comes to security,
Lack of control
the main challenge seems
to be about security of
Security concerns (access and data)
access and data security as
Difficulties in integrating with other systems
opposed to backup and
3.5
recovery. As with the
benefits, all of the potential
pitfalls were ranked above average (Figure 9).

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.5

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