Case studies needed to overcome cloud concerns  By Danny Palmer
07 Sep 2012 View Comments  Slowly, more businesses are adopting
the cloud, but while it's likely this model will increasingly be
the norm in future, there are many who remain unconvinced. What
lies behind this continued scepticism? And how can cloud
providers ensure that valid concerns are addressed?  Further
reading  Cisco UK and Ireland CTO Ian Foddering believes that
actual case studies of the technology are needed to encourage
adoption, demonstrating real-world benefits of cloud.  "If we a
take a step back to 12 months ago there was a lot of talk about
cloud, but not necessarily real use-case examples that were
pertinent to a particular organisation to say ‘this is how cloud
can work for you'," Foddering told Computing.  "But what we're
seeing now is a maturing of the market. We're seeing
organisations [cloud providers] putting together actual use-case
examples they are taking to individual organisations and saying
‘this is how cloud can help