Some random thoughts on Cloud Computing …
01 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Cloud Computing, technology Tags: cloud, Indian CIO, security
Why an Indian CIO prefers Private Cloud over the Public Cloud ?
Most of the Indian Companies are family-owned, a scenario where there is a little scope of independent decision-making by its Employees.
As a result an Indian CIO also works with a closed mindset.
This situation makes Indian CIOs dislike the concept of public cloud where they feel that they will lose the control of the Application systems and the Data there-in once they migrate to a public cloud.
Indian CIOs prefer to adopt new technologies like cloud computing as it makes business sense and brings in efficiency & agility in the overall business process.
But at the same time, they prefer a private cloud model as they are unwilling to give away the control.
Countries like USA, Singapore are 2-3 years ahead of India in terms of openness towards public Cloud adoption.
Indian CIOs will try private clouds first. It will take some time for the Indian CIOs to become as free-thinking as their counterparts in USA, Singapore etc.
Above mentioned does not mean that Security Concerns of Indian CIOs are all a Hype or a Myth.
Today each and every vendor is busy into deciding – which share of cloud computing pie they can use to capitalize on it.
Many a times it happens that a cloud vendor overlooks security issues.
Data leakage, loss of data visibility and unauthorized access to data can happen if security mechanisms are not in place. (Refer to the article published on http://ow.ly/4r2rB).
Our fore-fathers used to keep their hard-earned money buried deep in the backyard. But today’s generation feel more secured to keep money in a bank rather than in-house.
It’s all a matter of trust.
To conclude, Security may be a Cloud Inhibitor today. But the implementation of standards and processes will make Security as the Cloud Enabler.
