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Business Cloud Summit: The CIO and the Cloud - threat or opportunity?

Posted by Gina Dyer in on Wed, 02/12/2009 - 14:26
  • In some cases the biggest inhibitor to Cloud development in both private and public sector organisations is the CIO themselves
  • Security continues to be a concern for CIOs when it comes to Cloud Computing
  • Some of the perceptions about the Cloud affect the regulation of the sector

Despite the well-publicised benefits of Cloud Computing, it could be battling an enemy within - the CIO. A panel of CIOs debated the key challenges and obstacles to implementing Cloud technologies across their businesses.

 

IT decision-makers from leading end-user organisations shared their experiences of Cloud Computing deployments in a panel discussion at the Business Cloud Summit.

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