Will cloud outage fears send customers running for the hills?

June 21, 2012 Published by  SearchCloudProvider.com Cloud Provider Essentials Cloud outage fears slow global cloud adoption, survey says Gina Narcisi, News Writer Cloud service outages never fail to make headlines, and this feeds the fears of potential customers. Cloud outage and cloud performance concerns can drive away customers who demand stability and end-to-end availability for important data and applications. Enterprises are starting to perceive local network carriers and smaller, local cloud providers as more reliable than large, pure-play cloud providers. Alcatel-Lucent's recent global cloud adoption survey of 3,886 enterprises found that enterprises increasingly favor local network carriers' cloud deployments. MORE ON CLOUD OUTAGE FEARS Big data, cloud and SMBs: How they fit together Cloud providers hesitate to declare that big data analytics will be the next big adoption driver for cloud analytics, but the area still hints at opportunity. BIG DATA ANALYTICS: THE NEXT BIG THING? Tackling cloud security risks Cloud security is a decisive factor when potential customers are selecting a cloud provider, which is why a savvy, security-minded cloud provider will come out ahead of the competition. READ THE FULL CLOUD SECURITY GUIDE ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchCloudProvider.com, part of the TechTarget network. TechTarget provides IT professionals with the resources they need to perform their jobs: Web sites, newsletters, forums, blogs, white papers, webcasts, events and more. Copyright 2012 TechTarget. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. If you no longer wish to receive Cloud Provider Essentials from SearchCloudProvider.com click to unsubscribe. Unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. Contact Us: SearchCloudProvider.com Member Services 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 Contact: Webmaster@techtarget.com When you access content from this newsletter, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content as described in our Privacy Policy.