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Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner

Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner

By Louis Columbus on April 14, 2019

Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud service market will grow from $182.4B in 2018 to $331.2B in 2022, attaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6%. Spending on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is predicted to increase from $30.5B in 2018 to $38.9B in 2019, growing 27.5% in a year. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) spending is predicted to grow […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, cloud computing forecast, google cloud platform, iaas, IaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, PaaS, PaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Public Cloud Computing, Public Cloud Computing Forecast, SaaS, SaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Worldwide Cloud Service Revenue Forecast

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2018

Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, bessemer venture partners, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, gartner, idc, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS

By 2020 83% Of Enterprise Workloads Will Be In The Cloud

By 2020 83% Of Enterprise Workloads Will Be In The Cloud

By Louis Columbus on January 13, 2018

Digitally transforming enterprises (63%) is the leading factor driving greater public cloud computing engagement or adoption today. 66% of IT professionals say security is their most significant concern in adopting an enterprise cloud computing strategy. 50% of IT professionals believe artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing a role in cloud computing adoption today, growing […]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, Amazon AWS, Amazon re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, aws, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing enterprise adoption, cloud computing landscape, cloud computing projections, Cloud technologies, enterprise software, google, Google Cloud, google cloud platform, ibm, IBM CLOUD, LogicMonitor, Louis Columbus, Private Cloud, Public Cloud Computing

Roundup Of Cloud Computing And Enterprise Software Predictions For 2014

Roundup Of Cloud Computing And Enterprise Software Predictions For 2014

By Louis Columbus on January 5, 2014

Alan Kay’s saying that the best way to predict the future is to create it resonates through the best cloud computing and enterprise software predictions for 2014. Constraints that held start-ups back from delivering sophisticated new apps and services are disappearing fast.  The dynamics of one of my favorite books, The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, are in full force across the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2014 Predictions, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing enterprise adoption, Cloud Computing Forecasts 2011, cloud computing landscape, Cloud Computing Predictions, Enterprise resource planning, Forrester Research, IaaS Forecast, IDC SaaS Forecasts, Louis Columbus' blog, predictions, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS, SaaS Early Adopter Research, software as a service | 4 Responses

Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Through Q3, 2013

Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Through Q3, 2013

By Louis Columbus on October 16, 2013

The five highest-performing cloud computing stocks as of Q3, 2013 in the Cloud Computing Stock Index have proven prowess in closing enterprise-level deals, expertise in compliance and security, and years of infrastructure experience. Twelve of the nineteen companies in the index delivered a positive return in the first three quarters of this year.  NetSuite (NYSE:N) leads all companies in the […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2013 cloud computing predictions, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing enterprise adoption, Cloud Computing Stock Index, cloud computing stock performance, Cloud technologies, IDC SaaS Forecasts, Louis Columbus' blog, Public Cloud Computing, saas economics, software as a service, Software Business Models | 1 Response

451 Research Summit: Enterprises Competing With Digital Infrastructure & Cloud Computing

451 Research Summit: Enterprises Competing With Digital Infrastructure & Cloud Computing

By Louis Columbus on October 7, 2013

Enterprises are defining their own cloud strategies, their own way, ignoring vendor hype and requiring metrics that reflect security (61%), mean-time-to-recover from outages (57%), number of data center outages (51%). This and many insights were gained from attending the 451 Research Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas last week. 451 Research provided a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2013 Predictions, 451 Research, 451 Research Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing enterprise adoption, cloud computing landscape, enterprise software, ibm, Louis Columbus' blog, Public Cloud Computing, saas economics, SoftLayer, software as a service | 3 Responses

451 Research: Cloud-Enabling Technologies Revenue Will Reach $22.6B by 2016

451 Research: Cloud-Enabling Technologies Revenue Will Reach $22.6B by 2016

By Louis Columbus on September 26, 2013

Defining Cloud-Enabling Technologies (CET) as those that are installed, delivered and consumed on-premises, Market Monitor a service of 451 Research recently released their annual forecast of virtualization, security and automation and management revenue through 2016. The report, Market Monitor Cloud-Enabling Technologies has taken a bottoms-up approach in defining the three primary categories they include in their definition of cloud-enabling […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 451 Research, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing forecasts, cloud computing landscape, Cloud technologies, Cloud-Enabling Technologies, Louis Columbus' blog, Private Clouds, Public Cloud Computing, public clouds

Roundup Of Small & Medium Business Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2013

Roundup Of Small & Medium Business Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2013

By Louis Columbus on July 30, 2013

What sets apart the fastest-growing small businesses is their an innate strength at turning data and information into results. It’s becoming easy to spot a smaller business who is going to break out and grow quickly.  They often have these qualities:  they highly value knowledge, expertise and speed over seniority or cronyism; they have successfully […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cisco, Cloud Computing, cloud computing forecast, Compound Annual Growth Rate, customer relationship management, Data Driven, enterprise software, ibm, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, software as a service, Tech | 2 Responses

Making Cloud Computing Pay

Making Cloud Computing Pay

By Louis Columbus on April 11, 2013

Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace survey.   While cost reductions were significant, the greatest contributions were seen in investments in innovation (48%), new product & service development (45%), […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, enterprise software, Financial services, Intelligent Tech, Louis Columbus' blog, Manchester Business School, Microsoft Excel, Public Cloud Computing, Rackspace, Small & Medium Enterprises, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NYSE:RAX | 1 Response

Why Cloud Computing Is Slowly Winning The Trust War

Why Cloud Computing Is Slowly Winning The Trust War

By Louis Columbus on March 13, 2013

Seeing skeptical CIOs agree to cloud-based pilots of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other applications is evidence of how cloud computing is slowly winning the trust war. Further evidence can be seen from how skeptical many of these CIOs initially were, and how successful pilots led to their gradual trust. This […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, CRM, customer relationship management, Data Driven, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Louis Columbus' blog, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS, software as a service, Strategies & Solutions, Tech | 2 Responses

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