Cloud computing still faces application hurdles

The lack of misinformation and understanding has slowed the progress of some companies in acquiring cloud computing advantages.





with the information explosion associated with cloud computing, many people think there is more to know about technology than they want. However, according to many IT solution providers who collaborate with customers and help them transition to cloud computing, the biggest problem in stopping them is a lack of understanding of what cloud computing really means.





's "Knowledge of cloud computing is preventing them from developing." Connie Arentson, president of Heartland Technology Solutions, said: "The real situation is that they put their own data on the internal infrastructure." There are security issues in understanding its positioning. ”





Arentson believes that when the customer's existing internal hardware life is up and needs to be replaced, it will begin to really consider cloud computing.




Greg Onoprijenko, president of
E-ternity Business Continuity advisor, agrees.





He said: "Education has always been a big problem because people are generally trying to wrap themselves in the cloud." They don't know what they don't understand, so we're spending a lot of time educating them about the real meaning of cloud computing, because there's a lot of confusion in the cloud. ”





Onoprijenko that the best way to overcome the lack of customer cloud education is to show them case studies from companies and IT departments that profit from the cloud computing infrastructure transition.


 


Ingram Micro Cloud services director Jason Bystrak suggests that users ' cloud troubles are stimulated by people trying to sell their products to them.





"There is a vague notion of what is cloud in the cloud, because it seems that everyone who deals in it wants to label themselves with cloud computing." "Some mouse vendors call themselves cloud suppliers," Bystrak said. This is actually rooted in marketing. ”





Cloud Education is the result of an instinctive distrust of unknown factors, and an instinctive resistance to a functioning model to another untested model, even if it promises to save money and become more efficient.





"cloud computing barriers--slowing down factors--for people to learn, and people can move selected systems without interfering with the enterprise or end users, and learn the curve to see that the data is secure and stable." "Cloudstrategies chief executive Pete Zarras said.





Zarras believes that as users learn enough about the security and reliability of cloud services, cloud applications will accelerate, and customers will no longer focus on technology and focus on the business goals they seek to achieve.





"It's only a matter of time before you evaluate the cloud in the context of core enterprise solutions, drivers, and initiatives." "This is not just a question of the cloud," Zarras said. It's a question of how the cloud calculates in other businesses. You have the corporate and technical goals to achieve, so cloud computing is the right way to reach your goals. ”





now, for many businesses, security concerns and concerns about data in the cloud are the biggest problems. But many companies also see a glimmer of hope.





"When we begin to truly explore security, perception is greater than reality." "From the point of view of IT security, most cloud providers have better security practices and policies than end customers," said Ingram Micro's Bystrak. From a physical security perspective, the data centers of those vendors are shrinking. ”





Other concerns include the reliance on Internet access caused by all services obtained from the cloud. Vendors are attempting to offer and install multiple Internet access services from multiple carriers and combine them to provide higher-end services in standard cases.





Once the carrier service is aborted, the network failure shifts to other services.





Another potential concern is the hidden concerns about ownership, liability and compensation for loss or damage to user data. Although recent data on large numbers of user data have been stolen or otherwise compromised, no case law has been provided to provide a precedent for data owners and data-responsible persons. The problem arises, for example: "What happens if a customer terminates the payment of cloud services?" Will cloud providers be grateful for customer data access? If someone steals customer data from the cloud vendor store, who does the customer turn to?




The reason why cloud computing is so obscure is the
of cloud symbolism itself.





everyone refers to cloud computing as just another way of submitting IT services. There is nothing mysterious about cloud computing. Instead of user-run sites, the servers and storage in the data center are operated by the company that manages the data center. Users can focus on what they do for the enterprise and give it to others.





This may provide a glimmer of hope for companies that need to apply cloud technology.


 

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)