Cloud concerns: the safe route to adoption

A number of years in, and cloud computing is still a hot topic. Gartner's 2011 CIO Agenda Survey says that by 2020 the majority of organisations will rely on cloud technology for more than half of their IT services. 1 The reasons behind this are simply the many benefits that cloud can offer. For example, reduced costs with monthly, ‘pay per seat’ cost models allow companies to budget their costs over time, providing them with opportunities to invest in other areas of the business.