Private clouds on the rise say survey - but security might still be a stumbling block

Research from Platform Computing, taking in the responses of more than 100 senior managers at the International Supercomputing Conference in June, has discovered that the adoption of private cloud technologies will increase steadily as 2009 progresses. The reason is simple: companies are looking to cut costs without impacting performance. When citing potential stumbling blocks, 21% of the responding companies cited security as an obstacle. Security, however, does not need to be a hurdle. Publi... [More]