SMBs Show Higher Awareness of Private Clouds but Prefer to Use Public Clouds, Says Techaisle

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --  Techaisle's SMB survey across US, UK, Germany and Brazil shows that among SMBs, awareness of Private Clouds is 62%, highest as compared to Public and Hybrid Clouds. However, given a choice, 44% of SMBs prefer to use Public Clouds as opposed to Private and Hybrid Clouds.

"As Cloud Computing Vendors are pushing Private Clouds for Enterprises, the same messaging seems to be trickling down to the SMBs. Hence, there is a greater awareness about Private Clouds for SMBs. Additionally, SMBs' concern for security, data privacy, and lack of control in using Cloud Computing is adding to the awareness of Private Clouds. The preference of Public Clouds among SMBs comes from the lower cost of setup, scalability and no wasted resources," says Anurag Agrawal, Techaisle.

While the awareness of Hybrid Clouds is 43% among SMBs, only 21% prefer to use this form of the Cloud. A higher percentage of Mid-Market businesses are adopting Hybrid Clouds as compared to small businesses. Both Private and Hybrid Clouds require presence of IT staff, which only a small percentage of SMBs have.  

The usage of Cloud services such as IaaS/PaaS varies by employee size. Among those SMBs that are using Cloud Computing, 37% are using IaaS/PaaS Cloud, and 31% are using CaaS. Public IaaS is predominant for all employee categories but is markedly higher for 1-49 employee category. The sweet spot for vendors targeting Public CaaS services is the 1-19 employee category.

MBs appear to have greater clarity with regards to the reasons for adopting Cloud Services. Overall, the top reasons for adopting Cloud services by SMBs is faster deployment time and allowing IT staff to focus on more important business needs. "Service responsiveness and uptime" are gaining importance as key selling points for vendors.

About Techaisle

Techaisle is a global IT market research and consulting company covering SMBs and Channels. Go-to-market strategies require actionable research, flexible data and deeper segmentation. Its Channel research coverage provides in-depth understanding of resellers and distribution channel flow. Techaisle provides six major services: Worldwide IT Market Sizing, Channel Research, Reseller Partner Sizing, Syndicated Research, Custom Consulting and Segmentation. For more information on Techaisle or its global products/services, please visit www.techaisle.com or call 408-914-2989.

SOURCE Techaisle