7 Trends That Can Define the Future of Cloud Computing

November 12, 2014 Off By David
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Grazed from SmartData Collective. Author: Stan Roach.

There are two big reasons that leaders across every industry are gung-ho about the Cloud. One reason for this huge confidence in Cloud computing is that it is one of the most disruptive technologies to have emerged on the scene in the last decade. The second and what I think is a far more critical reason is what the Cloud, its adoption and application promises for the future.

It is when business owners “foresee the future” of the Cloud that they say to themselves, “Yes, this is the technology that I want to tie my business fortunes to”. A RightScale 2014 survey called Cloud Computing Trends: 2014 State of the Cloud has come up with some revealing figures:…

  • 94% (yes that many!) respondents are using the Cloud at some level.
  • 18% of Enterprises are Cloud Focused ( eagerly adopting the Cloud), 31% are Cloud Explorers, 35% are Cloud Beginners and just 16% are on the sidelines deciding whether to move to the Cloud or not.
  • 90% of Cloud Focused enterprise organizations saw a tangible improvement in their performance through Cloud adoption…

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