New poll supports CSC cloud strategy

Stan Beer
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:55

Business IT - Technology

A new poll of senior IT managers has identified cloud computing and server virtualisation as the key value driver behind their IT strategies. The result is consistent with the recently announced push by global outsourcer CSC into the private cloud market.

 

According to a poll taken of IT managers attending an iTWire webinar titled "Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumphs" held today, 67% said cloud computing and virtualisation held the most promise for delivering value to their organisations, clearly outstripping other technologies such as open source, efficient data centres and lower cost telecommunications.

The clearly identified trend toward enterprise cloud computing has been seized upon by major IT service providers such as CSC.

Yesterday, as documented in iTWire, CSC released its BizCloud private cloud solution in Australia after rolling out the service to US clients early this year.

The cost of $35,000 to $75,000 a month is clearly aimed at the midrange to large organisations and emphasises the advantage of enabling organisations sensitive to keeping data tightly held to have a private cloud built on servers in their own premises but with CSC delivering the services.

The emphasis on enabling organisations to keep their data in-house while using a cloud based service seems to clearly target financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies.

Yesterday Siki Giunta, global vice president for cloud services and software, specifically mentioned local insurance stalwart AMP - a company clearly in the size and organisational target profile - as a "potential" early user of the BizCloud service, suggesting talks between CSC and AMP were already well advanced.