Let the buyer beware

The cost factor should always be taken into account when deciding whether or not to move into the cloud, writes Quinton O’Reilly

With cloud services more ubiquitous than ever, it’s easy to start using them without realising the cost behind them. Not just financial costs, but in the risks and responsibilities that they bestow on the user. While there are businesses that are aware of these elements, others aren’t. That’s where the concern lies, said Steve Mulhearn, Fortinet’s director of enhanced technologies for Britain and Ireland.

“You get such different views on it,” he said. ...