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loud-based services
continue to appear
in growing numbers.
Tey can be found
in any feld and
industry. Te widespread adoption
of cloud applications continues to
accelerate because — from the user
perspective — they save money,
provide mobility (access anywhere,
anytime), are increasingly intuitive,
ofer high reliability (including
automatic backups), and usually
provide around-the-clock support.
With most new sofware being built
for cloud from the outset, IBM pre-
dicts that by 2016, more than a quar-
ter of all applications (around 48 mil-
lion) will be available on the cloud.
Cloud adoption is skyrocketing
with no letup in sight for the fore-
seeable future. Te average company
uses 1,154 cloud services, which is
beyond 10 times more than IT expects.
Employee-led cloud adoption is trans-
forming the enterprise, and the aver-
age person now uses 28 cloud apps
regularly, according to a report from
SkyHigh Networks.
Technology Focus
Avoid
Key Cloud Services
Mistakes
The first of a three-part series
focuses on what you should
expect from physical security
manufacturers' cloud applications
By Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III