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As promised, here are some more results from the MIT/”Cloud Musings” on-line survey!
Total responses – 121
Type of Respondent Organization
Federal Government – 41%
Industry – 37%
State/Local Government – 20%
Educational Institution – 2%
Familiarity with Cloud Computing
Somewhat familiar – 63%
Not at all – 21%
Very familiar – 17%
Geographic Distribution
North East – 41%
North Central – 17%
West – 15%
Southeast – 9%
South Central – 9%
OCONUS – 9%
Challenges to address with Cloud Computing
Capital Budget Limitations – 24%
Storage Limitations – 15%
Event driven information requirements – 13%
Ubiquitous information access – 13%
Composite application requirements (Mash-ups) – 10%
Data center limitations- 9%
Operational spikes exceed IT infrastructure capacity – 9%
Other – 7%
Main Concern
Security – 54%
Finance/Budget – 12%
Unfamiliar with technology – 12%
Access – 8%
Adoption by organization – 8%
Contracting vehicle – 4%
Use with existing grid – 4%
- The federal government is definitely interested in cloud computing technology. State agencies are exploring the possibilities as well
- 21% of the respondents knew nothing about cloud computing.
- Respondents were concentrated in the northeast US.
- Capital budget limitations is the leading driver of interest in cloud computing
- Security is the main concern
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