Cloud Computing's role in it positioning is questionable

A recent survey found that as the reliance on cloud computing increased, it executives were beginning to wonder about the role of it, but they were planning to make the necessary investments in cloud computing for employees and IT equipment. The cloud Computing survey was commissioned by the ScienceLogic company and carried out independently by Gatepoint research consulting firm, with more than 100 North American http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/1698.html "> It director of large and medium-sized enterprises above the position of the company's management personnel survey.

"The findings are not surprising, given the complexity of the task of managing the data center and cloud environment," said >steve Harriman, vice president of marketing at ScienceLogic company. Companies are thinking about how cloud computing will affect the company's internal operations and service delivery. With no excessive it involvement, it is becoming easier for end customers to use cloud services, so the role of it will be weakened. For most businesses, however, support for the technology will become increasingly important and challenging as services move further towards cloud computing, and IT operations are at the crossroads of IT services and main business. ”

All in all, the research shows that it executives support and want to benefit from cloud computing, but they are also questioning the role of IT operations:

79% of respondents said they applied cloud computing to the production process, but 64% said they used cloud computing only in less than One-fourth of their production activities.

More IT executives expect cloud computing to simplify or even reduce it functions.

At the same time, a larger number of executives believe that cloud computing will reduce it's isolation and promote synergies among different functions.

The respondents also predicted that as the shift to cloud computing, IT operations costs (human and equipment) would fall slightly.

Other findings clearly show that it executives want IT operations functions to play an important role in managing cloud resources and service delivery, especially for organizations that rely on multiple data centers and cloud computing environments:

47% of respondents want to train their existing employees in cloud skills rather than recruiting new employees, but 31% want to recruit new employees with cloud skills. 22% said they were unsure.

65% of respondents plan to use preset tools to monitor the performance of cloud computing services delivery. Only 17% are willing to rely entirely on cloud computing providers to provide performance metrics.

64% of people believe that as systems and services move towards cloud computing, they will need new management tools. Nearly one-third are unsure of their future needs. (China ccpit Electronic Information Industry branch compiled: Chen)

July 14, 2011: "Us" cloud computing Weekly

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