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Almost two-thirds of British workers want to see their day-to-day software transferred to the cloud according to a new survey from Virgin Media.
The Virgin research, which surveyed 5,000 businesses and organisations, found that employees in the public sector were among the keenest to adopt cloud with 61% of staff wishing that all their applications could be transferred to the cloud.
Ahead of the government’s first cloud-based service going live in February, 10% of public sector staff are already using cloud software on a daily basis.
Tony Grace, chief operating officer of Virgin Media Business, said 2012 might finally be the year of cloud computing. “This year will see the cloud take off. The government is ramping up activity and we’re working with them on the G-cloud initiative,” he said.
“But it’s not just the public sector, one in ten businesses have already started investing in cloud technology,” Grace added.
“This should come as no surprise given the benefits that can be gained through cloud technology such as only paying for what you use rather than having to build your infrastructure to cope with peak demand.”
Grace went on to say that companies are still worried about data management safety, with almost 28% admitting that worries over security are major concerns. However, a recent report found that cloud computing can actually work as an additional security measure if used correctly.
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