Research shows cloud computing reduces time and cost to manage security

Security is often one of the biggest concerns or impediments to using cloud computing. To help dispel this concern, Microsoft today released a study showing that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMB) are increasingly attracted by the importance of IT security with cloud computing.

The study, commissioned by Microsoft's research firm comscore, polled a number of SMB companies in the US, Singapore, http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/38399.html "> Malaysia, India and Hong Kong markets."

US results show benefits in three main areas:

Before using cloud services, SMBs is investing time and money in security management to grow their business and become more competitive.

Read more detailed case studies from Microsoft News Center and Trustworthy Computing blog.