Cloud to hike cyber crime

Cloud computing will save corporations money, but it is opening up a super highway for cyber crime, says a technology expert, SMH reports.

US author Nicholas Carr, who was a guest speaker at the World Computer Congress in Brisbane, says cloud computing is the biggest revolution in IT since the arrival of the personal computer.

Cloud computing refers to relying on programs and Web sites, as opposed to using an individual computer and software.

An expert has predicted that cloud computing will continue to experience rapid growth in popularity over the next few years and predicted that businesses will soon be utilising scores of different tools, writes Experian QAS.

Gartner analyst Daryl Plummer told delegates at a recent Cloud Leadership Summit to brace themselves for changes in cloud computing.

"Adoption of the cloud is rising rapidly - there's no sign that it's going back. We have to think about how [we will] deal with this," Mr Plummer said.

Chief technology officers from 13 software and computer hardware companies met in Washington to discuss cloud computing with members of congress and federal administration officials, states Information Management.

As part of the sixth annual Business Software Alliance (BSA) forum, industry leaders were meeting with administration officials to discuss how the federal government can best leverage cloud computing to cut costs and improve performance.

“The software industry strongly supports the federal government's move to adopt cloud computing solutions,” BSA President and CEO Robert Holleyman said.