Review of Symantec’s Avoiding The Hidden Costs of The Cloud 2013 Source: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/pdfs/b-state-of-cloud-global-results-2013.en-us.pdf Visit us: http://nittygrittycloud.com Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/nittygrittycloud Methodology ReRez Research conducted survey Commissioned by Symantec Most organizations are pursuing cloud, and rightly so: Adopting cloud provides clear benefits Surveyed 3,236 IT executives 1,878 Small Business IT executives 1,358 Enterprise Organizations of All Sized are Moving Ahead with Cloud Implementations Rogue Cloud Deployments Save Time & Money Deficiency of Organization In implementation And deployment Lack of Oversight Backup & Recovery Have you ever had a recovery failure in the cloud? Recovery from the cloud is slow Have to backup data anyway Extra cost Advantages to Cloud Storage Quick to deploy Pay for what you use Adjust capacity quickly and easily Cloud Storage is actually extremely low Organizations paying for 6 times as much storage as they need Compliance Half surveyed are worried about meeting compliance requirements in the cloud Chance of being fined Main Points to Avoiding Hidden Costs Apply simple steps to avoid hidden costs of the cloud 1. Focus policies on information and people, not technologies or platforms 2. Educate, monitor and enforce policies 3. Embrace tools that are platform agnostic 4. Deduplicate data in the cloud

1. Review of Symantec’s
Avoiding The Hidden Costs of The Cloud 2013
Source:
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/pdfs/b-state-of-cloud-global-results-2013.en-us.pdf
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http://nittygrittycloud.com
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2. Methodology
• ReRez Research conducted survey
• Commissioned by Symantec
• Most organizations are pursuing cloud, and rightly so: Adopting
cloud provides clear benefits
• Surveyed 3,236 IT executives
– 1,878 Small Business IT executives
– 1,358 Enterprise

3. Organizations of All Sized are Moving Ahead with Cloud Implementations

4. Rogue Cloud Deployments
• Save Time & Money
• Deficiency of Organization
– In implementation
– And deployment
• Lack of Oversight

5. Backup & Recovery
• Have you ever had a recovery
failure in the cloud?
• Recovery from the cloud is
slow
• Have to backup data anyway Yes No
– Extra cost
68% 32%

6. Advantages to Cloud Storage
• Quick to deploy
• Pay for what you use
• Adjust capacity quickly and easily
• Cloud Storage is actually extremely low
• Organizations paying for 6 times as much storage as they need

7. Compliance
• Half surveyed are worried
about meeting compliance
requirements in the cloud
• Chance of being fined

8. Main Points to Avoiding Hidden Costs
• Apply simple steps to avoid hidden costs of the cloud
• 1. Focus policies on information and people,
– not technologies or platforms
• 2. Educate, monitor and enforce policies
• 3. Embrace tools that are platform agnostic
• 4. Deduplicate data in the cloud