Cloud Service Providers vs Trusted Cloud Service Providers

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There is an evolution in the young Cloud Service Provider market taking shape.  With high cost savings, immediate access to increased capacity and lower operational expense, the Cloud Service Provider is an attractive partner for government and enterprises.  But mass deployment to the cloud is restricted by the lack of security and compliance.

With more and more concerns being expressed and more security compliance requirements being imposed on Cloud deployments, Cloud Service Providers need to move to proving that there is trust in their Cloud Service offering.

Cloud providers that invest in network encryption, storage encryption for data at rest, IT management best practices, SLA for both performance and security policy and compliance with industry security standards to build the trusted cloud, will be the premium class of providers.  These Trusted Cloud Providers will be able to capture the most lucrative of the enterprise and government markets.

With the $100+B market (depending on which analyst you agree with) Cloud Service market emerging and with standards such as the US Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), the Trusted Cloud providers will rise above the commoditization of Cloud services and be the winners in this market.