A study entitled Building Trust In A Cloud Sky - The State of Cloud Adoption, is dedicated to the adoption of cloud computing in the enterprise. The main conclusion of the study photographing a changed perception of the sector towards the public cloud infrastructures that increasingly relies on cloud first strategy.

Is the comparison between the surveys of 2015 and 2016 to suggest it. The professionals interviewed two years ago affirmed in 51% of cases to lean on private cloud platforms. In 2016, the number dropped by 27%.

How it is however motivated this turnaround?

Compared to the past, companies are much more oriented to public infrastructure, not only because of the level of maturity reached by the technologies but also of greater transparency adopted by the cloud provider. Analysts say this means that the cloud is not suddenly become safer (it already was - even if it appears as an oversimplification ed) but rather providers present and advertise more clearly the procedures and systems used to protect online platforms and customers.

The distrust was fueled by stereotypes and prejudices, so much so that the public cloud has not ever enjoyed a good reputation.

The rate of adoption still has room for improvement, say analysts. One major problem is the management of companies internal security. More than half of respondents even stated that it had identified an infection malware in cloud based applications. A situation caused not by the low level of protection of the platforms as the inadequate training of company personnel, but not only.

And the delicate question which is referred to by the expression shadow IT. The relative ease with which an employee can in fact be ordered and use any cloud service (eg storage) exposes the company to greater security risks, especially if there is a counterproductive habit of not refer to the IT department. What if instead the latter not to adequately perform their duties?