10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2014

Grazed from CIO. Author: Bernard Golden.

It’s the time of year when darkness comes early and people begin to sum up how this year has gone and next year will unfold. It’s also the time of year that predictions about developments in the technology industry over the next 12 months are in fashion. I’ve published cloud computing predictions over the past several years, and they are always among the most popular pieces I write.

Looking back on my predictions, I’m struck not so much by any specific prediction or even the general accuracy (or inaccuracy) of the predictions as a whole. What really comes into focus is how the very topic of cloud computing has been transformed. Four or five years ago, cloud computing was very much a controversial and unproven concept. I became a strong advocate of it after writing Virtualization for Dummies and being exposed to Amazon Web Services in its early days. I concluded that the benefits of cloud computing would result in it becoming the default IT platform in the near future…

I’m pleased to say that my expectation has indeed come to pass. It’s obvious that cloud computing is becoming the rule, with noncloud application deployments very much the exception. Skeptics continue to posit shortcomings regarding cloud computing, but the scope of their argument continues to shrink…

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