Cloud Computing and Enterprises
Generally, enterprises recognize that cloud computing offers some compelling business benefits, but many enterprises have been finding cloud adoption to be somewhat of a challenge, particularly for PaaS and IaaS services. While some enterprises have gradually become more comfortable with the idea of SaaS—as reflected by the success of players like Oracle On Demand, Salesforce.com, and NetSuite—large scale adoption of public cloud services still remains slow due to a number factors, which are discussed in this section.
Compliance Risks and Lack of Control
Using a public cloud is not an option for many enterprises because they have to comply with regulations that often require IT to pinpoint the actual location ...

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