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to overlook, since so many studies point to the long-term
growth of the cloud:
• Gartner forecasts that there will be 4.9 billion connected
devices in 2015, up from 3.8 billion in 2014.
• Computerworld reports that 43 percent of IT executives
expect their budgets to increase in 2015, up from 36
percent in 2014.
• A CSC Global study shows that 80 percent of CIOs re-
port moderate-to-heavy investing in private cloud.
• A 2015 IDC report reveals that only 25 percent of enter-
prises have what can be considered repeatable, managed,
or optimized cloud strategies.
If more evidence is needed, consider that Generation Y
and Millennials see WaaS as a way to change the workplace,
allowing them to work from home and improve work-life
balance. By 2022, 41 percent of the workforce is expected
to be working from home, and more than 13.4 million peo-
ple already do so in the U.S. alone. WaaS is poised to ex-
pand its market share as a key tool for working from home
while helping people easily stay engaged with the office.
WaaS services also complement the continuing cor-
porate shift toward BYOD. In fact, MarketsandMarkets
credits the increasing adoption of BYOD as a major force
driving the WaaS market. Market researcher Gartner Inc.
predicts that by 2016, nearly 40 percent of companies will
mandate BYOD by no longer providing devices to employ-
ees. Gartner also forecasts that 85 percent of organizations
will implement BYOD by 2020.
Myth 3:
Security is a major concern
when it comes to WaaS.
Fact:
Since WaaS is a cloud solution, some people
voice the same concerns expressed about almost any other
cloud computing environment: worry about the security
of everything from data transfer and software interfaces to
user access control. Other concerns are whether user data,
applications and user credentials get stored in the cloud.
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