Cloud computing: What’s next?
May 27, 2014
Grazed from ITProPortal. Author: Antony Savvas.
The number of people using cloud services will increase to 3.6 billion by 2018, according to Juniper Research. The firm says that 2.4 billion people currently use cloud-based services in one form or another, with cloud-based data storage, social media, music and games helping to drive the trend upwards.
But what are the new cloud technology developments that cloud service providers will be delivering? This HP whitepaper takes a closer look and aims to help organisations get ready to make the most of them. Research firm Gartner says that organisations should not block the personal cloud services open to individuals that enable them to do their jobs more efficiently…
As analyst Jeffrey Mann says, "Because we have access to very good tools in our private lives we expect the same level of functionality and performance in business."…
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