Bits and pieces of our last week’s Twitter Feed. Some Cloud and Disaster Recover stats plus a few other tweets. The stats show a projected $180 billion of end user spending on Cloud Services by the end of 2015. We also show how some Small Businesses are looking to the cloud as an opportunity to increase overall reliability, what the primary drivers for cloud adoption are and how hardware failure makes up about 55 percent of all business downtime. Plus more.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 9
Hardware failure is the most common and makes up about 55 percent of all business downtime. #DisasterRecovery #CloudBackup

@WireYou  ·  Oct 9
When it comes to business downtime, catastrophes mentioned in last tweet are only a small percentage.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 9
When people think of a disaster they often think of natural or man made catastrophes such as floods, fires, tornadoes or chemical spills….

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
SMBs are looking to the cloud as an opportunity to increase overall reliability, security or compliance for critical data and applications.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
The primary drivers for cloud adoption include the continued quest to replace aging IT infrastructure & access.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
SMBs who have adopted the cloud in 2014 overwhelmingly cite more efficient use of IT resources- the ability to better support customers”

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
but as a means of increasing agility introducing capabilities that have been too cost- time-prohibitive to deploy on traditional technology.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
The cloud is often referred to as the “great equalizer”, and today many SMBs view the cloud not just as a way to reduce CAPEX,

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
Why are businesses in the lower revenue range more likely to adopt the cloud?

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
For businesses in the $10-$20 and $20-$50 million ranges respectively, the adoption rate dips to 12%.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
More than one third 35% of SMBs with annual revenues below $5 million report they have moved critical data and applications to the cloud.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
In comparison, 20% of SMBs in the $5-$10 million range have adopted the cloud.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
If given the choice of only being able to move one application to the cloud, 25% of respondents would choose storage.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
By 2015, end-user spending on cloud services could be more than $180 billion.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
SMBs are looking to the cloud as an opportunity to increase overall reliability, security or compliance for critical data and applications.

@WireYou  ·  Oct 8
38% of enterprises break out cloud computing budgets while 60% include cloud-related spending as part of their enterprise IT budgets

@WireYou  ·  Oct 7
Adobe is Spying on Users, Collecting Data on Their eBook Libraries. In Plane Text. http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/10/06/adobe-spying-users-collecting-data-ebook-libraries/#.VDQH_Vcw9Qd …

@WireYou  ·  Oct 7
Inside A HIPAA Breach A business associate’s breach has a serious ripple effect on one small healthcare provider.http://ubm.io/1pLGVvL

@WireYou  ·  Oct 6
Biggest benefits for businesses adopting cloud technology 37% improved efficiencies, 22% cost reductions, 11% innovation.

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