{"id":745,"date":"2013-06-28T14:24:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T14:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2013-06-28T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T14:24:45","slug":"745","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/745\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiceworks survey finds small to mid-sized businesses continue migration to the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"smb-tech-trends\"<\/a>A new survey<\/a> out from Spiceworks<\/a>, the vertical network for IT, finds that small and mid-sized businesses are embracing cloud-based applications<\/a> such as file sharing, email and productivity solutions to enable employees to work any time and from anywhere<\/a>. The independent survey of over 500 global respondents from Spiceworks Voice of IT program indicated SMBs are balancing the benefits of cloud based applications \u2013 less IT headaches, reduced cost and ease of use \u2013 against concerns about security and compliance.<\/p>\n

Kathryn Pribish, Spiceworks Voice of IT program manager, said \u201cOver the last year, we\u2019ve seen that more companies are taking notice and formally adopting solutions that meet the ease of use and accessibility demands of their employees while maintaining corporate security, cost and compliance requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Survey highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hosted email set to surpass on-premise<\/strong><\/p>\n