The analyst explains that this scenario is partly driven by security concerns and users inherent fear of relinquishing control of key applications, although he acknowledges that there is a sweet spot for cloud storage.
The consumer opportunity is where cloud computing makes a lot of sense, he says, alluding to an area that has already been targeted by the likes of EMC. But for enterprises, its going to be a phased approach of how do they want to use it?
Cloud storage may be an obvious choice for consumers and small businesses struggling with limited resources, but it seems that there is still some way to go before enterprises view the technology as something more than a test-and-dev platform.
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