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How Cloud Adoption, Challenges Are Taking Shape

Cloud services Top Enterprise Cloud Services Being Used A full 68.8 percent of all cloud data is in an enterprise-class cloud. The top five enterprise cloud services are Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Office365, Salesforce, Cisco WebEx, and Concur. The Concentrated Cloud The big get bigger in the cloud. A full 80% of data uploaded to […]

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Michael Vizard

Dec 4, 2014

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Top Enterprise Cloud Services Being Used

A full 68.8 percent of all cloud data is in an enterprise-class cloud. The top five enterprise cloud services are Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Office365, Salesforce, Cisco WebEx, and Concur.

The Concentrated Cloud

The big get bigger in the cloud. A full 80% of data uploaded to the cloud goes to less than 1% of all services. In fact, that data is uploaded to just 11 consumer and enterprise-grade cloud services.

Number of Cloud Services Used Increases

Overall, there has been a 52% increase in the last 12 months. The average number of cloud services being used increased from 738 to 831.

File and Collaboration Services

There isn’t much in the way of a de facto standard. On average, companies are using 35 different file-sharing services and 125 different collaboration services.

Cloud Security Still Needs Work

Cloud security is still probably better than on-premise security. But Skyhigh found only 9.5% of all services met the most stringent security requirements last quarter. There are now 429 of these services available, versus just 343 last quarter.

Limited Cloud Security Options

Encryption is not nearly as widely deployed as it should be. Only 2.9% of services enforce strong password policies, and only 1% encrypt data with tenant-owned encryption keys. A full 78.1% of services encrypt data in transit, while 10.1% encrypt data at rest.

Cloud Certifications Improve

Customers are starting to value cloud certifications. One fifth (21.2%) of services now have one or more certifications—such as SAS 70, SSAE16 or ISAE 3402—and 39.5% have third-party penetration testing of their services.

The Cloud Enforcement Gap

IT organizations think they are blocking cloud services when they are not. At 59%, the enforcement gap is highest for Dropbox, followed by Instagram (44%), Tumblr (42%) and Apple iCloud (41%).

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

How Cloud Adoption, Challenges Are Taking Shape

Michael Vizard

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