Below is a really interesting infographic I want to share with you. It is a survey done by Rackspace who have found that server management seems to be a lot more costly than many businesses think.

Some of the figures are astonishing! In 2012, 59% of people bought the wrong amount of servers in the UK. This is even worse at a staggering 67% of people in the US. Think of all that time wasted, because there aren’t the right number of servers in place. Too many can be a financial burden, whilst too few can mean that people aren’t able to access the resources they need, when they need to.

More and more firms appear to be choosing to outsource their cloud needs to bigger, more capable firms, however there are still many which choose to host their own servers.

One of the most saddening (for me anyway) statistics of the whole infographic is that 90% of UK firms don’t thin their approach to new technologies is cutting edge.

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The reality of cloud computing infographic by Rackspace UK.

What is your opinion on infographics, do you like them? I do, and am wondering whether we should publish them more often. Your thoughts?