IDC Releases the Industry Security Reports

Cloud computing is one of those technological shifts that triggers enthusiasm and, at the same time, concern for the changes that are occurring. Now that organizations are evaluating implementation of cloud in lieu of cost benefits, concerns like security and budget allocation still remain. Recently, IDC Insights conducted a survey of IT decision makers on their use of cloud. The survey was conducted across 14 countries in Asia/Pacific, Western, Central and Eastern Europe with respondents from the energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing and retail industries.

The authors of the reports are listed below. Click on their names to view their biographies.

Energy
Roberta Bigliani	Gaia Gallotti	Luiza Semernya
Milan Kalal

Financial Services
Cyrus Daruwala	Michael Araneta	Li-May Chew
Ho Sui-Jon	Rachel Hunt	Alex Kwiatkowski

Government
Frank Levering	Jan Duffy	Mark Yates
Jan Petruj

Healthcare
Sash Mukherjee	Silvia Piai	Heather Keyes

Manufacturing
Christopher Holmes	William Lee	Wendy Li
Pierfrancesco Manenti	Craig Simpson


Retail
Kumar Das	Ivano Ortis	Christine Bardwell
Luca Bonacina	Hana Chmelova	Mark Yates

"Cloud computing, together with mobile, Big Data, and analytics, is transforming the utilities IT landscape. New offerings are being introduced in the market on a regular basis, often defining new functional segments and new deployment options."

Roberta Bigliani, Head, EMEA, IDC Energy Insights
"Budget allocation for cloud is not yet a priority for utilities, so it is important to see through the hype and understand how cloud can best be applied to the industry and how to remove barriers for deployment."

Roberta Bigliani, Head, EMEA, IDC Energy Insights
"Given the expectations of many that cloud computing will play a major role in government computing, it is a big surprise that the increases expected in cloud budgets over the next three years are so small."

Jan Duffy, EMEA Research Director, IDC Government Insights