Ten predictions for cloud computing in 2013

Grazed from Business News Americas. Author: Patrick Nixon.

Chile-based Latin American IT company Sonda sees 2013 as the year when cloud computing will see consolidation in the region. Sonda’s regional cloud computing manager Sergio Rademacher has identified 10 key trends.

1 Cost saving

According to international studies, 30% of companies will move a significant part of their business applications to the cloud, generating a reduction of 10-40% in the cost of hardware, servers, software licenses and upgrades, energy consumption, and support tasks…

2 The mobile cloud

Chile has an estimated 16mn mobile phones, many of which are smartphones. The healthcare sector worldwide has become a major user of cloud technology as it allows medical professionals to access and process medical documents remotely…

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