"Vendors hope subscription models -- and removing need to manage and update software, hardware -- will be attractive, but the jury's not in on cost ...

As part of its marketing strategy for selling to small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), Microsoft this week released the results of a study on the use of cloud-bases security. The survey of SMBs, whether from Microsoft or other vendors, found that they were five times more likely to have decreased spending on security over the last three years, as a percentage of their overall IT budget. They also spent 32% less time managing security than those that used on-premise software..."

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