Cloud computing security is not cheap

Vendors want to tailor patterns-and eliminate the need to manage and update software hardware-to be attractive, but cost is not the deciding factor.

The new study found that over the past three years, companies wishing to reduce their investment in safe management have increased five times-fold.

As part of the marketing strategy for small and medium-sized Enterprises, Microsoft has released the research results of cloud security. The survey of small and medium-sized enterprises, whether Microsoft or other suppliers, has found that over the past three years, companies that want to reduce security investments have increased five times times. They also spent 32% less time on safety management.

SkyWire started using Microsoft's cloud Security Service, Windows Intune, 14 months ago, and the company has developed and sold web-based marketing tools in a number of industries, so it's not hard to understand its cloud-safe services.

Castleberry said the cuts to the company's internal security software had been slashed from 90000 dollars in the past six months to $330 a month, a Intune annual fee. Intune protects the company's laptops, desktops and mobile phones from malware and provides updates.

All applications used and sold by the company are used as Internet services. Essentially, the company uses Microsoft Office 365来 to secure productivity, mail, and schedule. SkyWire's sales staff use the software developer's online customer relationship management system.

"Using cloud security is actually something we've been waiting for," said Thomas Castleberry, the company COO. "We are ready to eliminate existing internal anti-virus, Anti-malware and Windows Update servers." ”

According to Gartner market researcher, SkyWire's earnings were 2 million dollars last year, with the exception of security investments compared to other small businesses. But because everything that SkyWire does is done online, the company cannot ignore security.

Of course, suppliers ' research tends to be justifiable for the advantages of products and services.

However, because of the low acceptance of security services in small businesses, vendors want cloud computing to provide protection to customers through custom mode, while at the same time eliminating the hassle of software and hardware management and updates.

Castleberry said the shift was not difficult for SkyWire because the company had invested in Internet technology to sell its Web services, so it did not need to hire people familiar with cloud security or increase bandwidth.