| |July 20149CIOReviewCEO SpotlightThe concepts of BYOD and BYOC are dominating the industry, with more people preferring to bring their own devices to enterprises, a phenomenon which is widely referred to as consumerization of IT. The other aspect significantly affecting the industry is the cloud. Today, every organization, including large enterprises are willing to quickly upgrade into cloud to leverage the scale and ease of usage. Mobility is the Future Driving TrendJieming Zhu, CEO & Co-Founder, AlephCloud SystemsAlephCloud Systems, based in Sunnyvale, CA makes it possible for organizations, through a cloud-based approach to store and share even the most sensitive data regardless of where the information is stored and shared.With these technologies gaining prominence, several opportunities are surfacing, which I look forward to. Trends of FutureMobility is going to be the trend driving the future, as there is increased use of mobiles, tablets and similar gadgets among people. Also, going forward, the overall volume of data would increase continuously; it becomes highly critical as to how you manage the data and upgrade them into cloud. It also turns out to be extremely important to access and manage risk components. With the world entering a phase dominated by cloud and mobility, these are the aspects that assume significance.Challenges to CounterIn view of the Information Technology sector, there are several existing infrastructure being developed, that would be based on firewall domain. Besides, it is an active place with several processes taking place when it comes to upgrading into cloud, which change within a time span of months. These are the issues currently surfacing as roadblocks for every entrepreneur. Finally, amidst the upgradation into cloud, the need to move away from traditional protecting systems that are more or less outdated appears to be imperative.(As told to Joe Philip) Jieming Zhu
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