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Cloud computing offers clear benefits in terms of efficiency, function and cost, which is why most organizations are already using cloud services or planning to do so in the near future. However, cloud hurdles like security remain top of mind for many verticals such as healthcare.
While Cisco predicts cloud usage will quadruple by 2019, as we saw in Cisco's Cloudy Forecast, some organizations and sectors are still holding back. The question is: What is keeping them back? (See
Cisco's Cloudy Forecast.)
To gain insight into the current hurdles and headways of cloud adoption, The New IP spoke with Sarah Lahav, CEO of
SysAid Technologies, and John Grady, senior manager of product marketing for
XO Communications Inc. Although both agree that security is the primary concern for organizations that have yet to adopt the cloud, there are other factors at play, as well.
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