Gartner’s Hype Cycle reveals cloud computing’s expectations

Gartner’s Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle is an annual data collection that provides an assessment of the enthusiasm, unrealistic qualities and possible realities of hundreds of different technologies for small and large businesses alike. This year’s report was recently released and demonstrated the tendencies, side effects and bonuses of 1,900 services…



One of the year’s most anticipated technologies were the expectations of the cloud services and remote telecommunications. According to the 2011 report, private cloud computing has taken a higher position in the expectation section over the general cloud services. The report also showed that cloud web platforms have fallen into Gartner’s sector where they assume it won’t excel.

The Hype Cycle expects that cloud computing will become more standard within the next five years. However, according to a recent study conducted by Mimecast, 56 percent of businesses within the U.S. use at least one cloud-based application in 2010, while only 36 percent were using them in the 2009 study.

A Microsoft survey was also conducted to see which companies appreciated the remote technologies. According to the survey, 37 percent of small businesses already use telework policies and enjoy eliminating their employees’ commutes. This shows that cloud services are becoming increasingly popular, even as they are still being developed.