Unimaginable just a few years ago, but now an attractive
implementation and operating model for many companies and their IT
departments, cloud computing is essentially a wall socket for your
IT services. Cloud computing offers a number of clear advantages,
including increased flexibility and business agility, reduced
complexity, payment according to actual use of services and a high
degree of scalability. Providers and users are nevertheless faced
with a host of questions, and while views held by users on this
topic have already been examined in a number of German and
international studies, little attention has been given to how
providers see things.
This survey reveals the perspective of providers in Germany,
focusing on what they consider the current challenges in cloud
computing to be. A market research study was used to identify the
key topics to be addressed by the survey. These focal points were
then confirmed via questionnaire through preliminary
