Cloud-based office software usage tipped to rise … and quickly
June 17, 2013
Grazed from Hydrapinion. Author: Ian Grayson.
We all know cloud computing is changing the data centres of many organisations, but its impact on the corporate desktop is also increasing by the day. Rather than shelling out for expensive office productivity packages, growing numbers of businesses are opting to provide their employees with cloud-based variants.
The trend first emerged among small and mid-sized businesses where the lower cost and reduced complexity of such an approach is particularly attractive. Now, however, the shift is becoming more prevalent inside larger outfits too…
According to research from Gartner, cloud-based office systems (think Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365) currently account for just 8 per cent of the overall market. However this is tipped to rise to 33 per cent by 2017…
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