5 Cloud Computing Trends That Will Be Big in 2013

Grazed from CIO. Author: Bernard Golden.

This has been a curious year for cloud computing. The technology has moved into mainstream consciousness, but many vendors remain frustrated with the pace of enterprise adoption. While widespread agreement about the importance of cloud computing is present, many vendors see enterprises pursuing internal cloud implementation projects with a slow pace. As you can imagine, vendors are impatient with this pace—but not as frustrated as early-stage investors in those vendors.

Notwithstanding, I expect 2013 to be an inflection point for cloud computing, although not in the way many IT organizations or vendors do. You can expect that cloud computing trends of 2012 will become more vivid in 2013 and will prove disconcerting to incumbents, no matter which side of the vendor/buyer table they sit on. Cloud computing will prove more disruptive to the established order of things than almost anyone anticipates, and it will prove to be extremely uncomfortable for many. Here are five things to look for in 2013…

1. The Phrase ‘Enterprise Cloud’ Goes From Market Prediction to Drinking Game

This year, I’ve heard vendors make countless number of confident predictions about the importance of the "enterprise cloud"—once enterprises realize that their old trusted vendors have bright shiny cloud products in stock, they’ll start buying like mad…

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