Results of a survey by the IT trade body ICASA have revealed that public cloud is still viewed as being too risky.

The 2012 IT Risk/Reward Barometer reported a common global view that public cloud models posed a significant risk, with private cloud being perceived as a viable alternative.

Only 3 percent of companies within Europe and the UK employed public cloud models for mission-critical services with 63 percent of European respondents avoiding the model altogether.