UK SMEs are looking to Cloud services and software because of the flexibility that the platforms offer rather than cost-savings, according to YouGov research.The low cost application of the Cloud is no longer the major reason for the adoption of Cloud services by SMEs, the focus has shifted to increasing strategic value.

The research showed that Cloud services were being adopted at a rapid rate with 67 percent of UK SMEs having already employed cloud services or plan to do so in the future.

Simon Porter, vice president for mid market sales at IBM, said “Businesses are beginning to realise that the full potential of cloud goes far beyond a cost-focused ROI model.”