Sunday, December 30, 2012
2012: Year of the Cloud
When we started talking about cloud computing five years ago, it meant one thing: Services such as Amazon or Salesforce that customers could self-provision over the Internet and pay as they go. That's what we call the "public cloud" today, as opposed to the "private cloud," which refers to the application of public cloud technologies and practices to one's own data center. The public cloud was where the action was in 2012 -- and it's where much of the action is going to be in 2013. According to IDC, businesses will spend $40 billion on the public cloud this year, rising to nearly $100 billion in 2016. Despite that rapid growth, public cloud dollars still represent a small fraction of the trillions of dollars devoted to IT globally every year. The data center isn't going anywhere -- but it needs the greater efficiency and agility the private cloud offers. The question of the day is whether the private cloud will evolve quickly enough to stop an accelerated exodus to public cloud services.
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It's amazing how far internet phone services has come from the beginning of the cloud.
ReplyDeleteI never realized the expense of the cloud system. I wonder if its worth it.
ReplyDeleteI think the cloud is way to expensive for small business to store phone and fax services.
ReplyDeletePhone services are really revolutionizing business. Internet phones have greatly lowered operating costs.
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