SMB Cloud Computing Adoption

For anyone looking to capitalize on SMBs' growing interest in cloud computing, Techaisle's recent cloud computing survey offers a trove of helpful information:

    46% of SMBs who've adopted cloud computing services use only SaaS business apps; 26% use only IaaS; and 26% use both SaaS business apps and IaaS.    69% of SMBs prefer to procure SaaS apps from a single trusted integration specialist or vendor.    40% of SMBs desire more training opportunities    36% of SMBs cite lack of app customization as the primary SaaS drawback    41% of SMBs have experienced cloud service integration challenges    49% of SMBs want faster deployments

As for why SMBs are so eager to embrace SaaS solutions, businesses cite simple installation, minimal configuration, on-demand everywhere availability, and integrated web-based data backup as some of the most desirable features of SaaS products.

By far, the most popular SaaS apps are core business productivity tools. Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365 are two of the best-selling SaaS products in the SMB community. Google claims that a majority of their 4 million Google Apps clients are SMBs. Similarly, Microsoft says that it has 100 million Office 365 users worldwide.