Is 2010 the year SMEs fully embrace cloud computing

A study of UK Small and Medium Size Businesses’ readiness for cloud computing
 

January 2010
Commissioned by Easynet Connect
Primary research conducted by OpinionMatters

Overview
A year or so ago, the term ‘cloud computing’ was by no means mainstream. While it has certainly been a topic favoured among IT professionals for the last few years – the so-called “next big thing” in technology that could spur a whole new decade of growth – it was only in the latter part of 2009 that it started to gather pace and enter day to day business vocabulary.

Easynet Connect has commissioned a follow-up research to its 2008 Cloud Computing Report to see how attitudes to cloud computing have changed in the course of just over a year.

Did the hype help or hinder the reputation of cloud computing among SMEs? Do most SMEs now know what cloud computing is? How many SMEs have embraced the cloud, and how many are still sitting on the fence?

About the Research
The primary research for this report was conducted by OpinionMatters, an independent
pan-European market research company. The research was commissioned by Easynet Connect
in order to gain insight into SMEs’ interest in cloud computing.

OpinionMatters interviewed 255 IT decision-makers in SMEs (defined as organisations with between
10 and 250 employees), split equally between male and female respondents across a range of age
groups. The research was conducted and compiled in December 2009.

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