by Angela Guess
A new article reports, “The promise of cloud computing might seem limitless, but the challenges it presents are significant, especially in the area of information management, according to a recent study. The applications and software tools that enable doing business in the cloud also are new places where corporate data resides and is accessed, which requires management and integration with other enterprise data stores.”
It continues, “These elements have created questions about data consistency, data integration, data quality and data governance, according to a study from Ventana Research, which found that users in finance and supply chain ranked lowest at 8 percent and 6 percent respectively in support of cloud-based functions. Over the next 12 months, 34 percent of businesses reported they plan to support finance with cloud-based applications.”
David Menninger, research director at Ventana Research stated, “Organizations [providing cloud-based services] need to recognize that to the extent [businesses are] investing in cloud- based applications they need to help their users trust that data… Educating their users when they adopt cloud-based applications on security and the processes that are used to ensure the integrity of the data will help… The technology is being adopted for some immediate benefits that it provides, but the organizational processes and infrastructure to support those things needs to be modified to catch up.”
photo credit: plusonetwo
