September: Cloud Computing

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The software cloud will continue to be

astronomical, achieving a 19.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2011 to 2016

A jump from $13.5 billion to $32.8 billion.There will be an 11%

shift of IT budget away from traditional in-house

IT delivery, towardvarious versions of cloud

computing as a new delivery model. B

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-Source: IDC

42%Of IT decision-makers are planning toincrease spending on cloud computing in 2015, with the greatest growth in enterprises with more

than 1,000 employees -Source: ComputerWorld

52%

Analysts Predict

Lift Offfor the Cloud

The public cloud will grow

more than 100% between 2015 and

2018, reaching $128 billion

-Source: IDC

28% Of the total cloud workloads will be

Infrastructure-as-a-Serviceworkloads, down from

44% in 2013.

Source: TechNavio

The cloud segment will

grow 21% between 2015 and 2016, attaining

$106 billion by that time. -Source: Forrester

Over the past couple of years

cloud computing has seen a big lift in adoption. Now cloud traffic

makes up a significant component of data center traffic, and as a result, the growth of

interconnected platforms and devices have also proliferated. A look ahead at the projected growth of the cloud looks like adoption will

continue at a compounded rate.