Cloudy with a chance of rain
Oh dear: “51 percent of respondents…believe stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing.” bit.ly/Nx7o2Y
— Samuel Arbesman (@arbesman) August 29, 2012
According to a recent survey by Citrix*, many Americans appear to be utterly confused by cloud computing. While the cloud phenomenon is clearly taking root in our mainstream culture, there is still a wide gap between the perceptions and realities of cloud computing. While many use it, few understand it: 95% of people surveyed claimed they have never used the cloud, 22% admit that they have pretended to know what the cloud is or how it works. Nearly one third see the cloud as a thing of the future, yet 97% are actually using cloud services today via social networking, email, file sharing, banking and online shopping.
But the big stat is: 51% of respondents, including a majority of Millennials, believe stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing.
* FYI, Citrix is a software company that specialises in virtualisation, networking and cloud technologies, so you can see the potential angle of this survey; plus it was a relatively small sample size (c.1000).
To be fair, it can: if you’re using WAN or microwave links, the network may be unavailable. If you are using a device at home, it may need to be unplugged during an electrical storm.
mark heseltine
7 September 2012 at 3:19 pm
Indeed — as you pointed out a moment ago on Twitter, there may be some basis to this…but I would hazard a guess that this wasn’t exactly what the respondents were thinking.
Tom
7 September 2012 at 4:43 pm