Cloud Computing is Here to Stay
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IBM plans to expand its data center infrastructure significantly in 2014. It will invest $1.2 billion to expand its number of data centers from 12 to 27. Cloud computing continues to be a major trend and its use is growing substantially. Experts predict that by 2020, over 50% of overall IT spending will be on cloud services as more companies abandon on-premise systems and fully migrate to the cloud.
Cloud Computing is Here to Stay
- 1. It’s Here To Stay IBM plans to spend $1.2B on data centers in 2014. Cloud computing is one of the largest trends in todays business world. Some big moves have already been made and 2014 will continue in the same direction. This will expand their number of data centers from 12 to 27. Possible future applications of cloud technology include: Crime Solving Technology A universal translator Automated processing of pictures & video feeds recorded from social media & security cameras to find both suspects & missing persons near-real-time translation with natural language processing and context awareness for accurate results Personal handler wired into your glasses Analysis of social networking sites Sees what you see, analyzes what you’re looking at & whispers information to you regarding the subject use of computer algorithms to decipher mood of general public to predict market fluctuations to direct stock trades >50% 2020 Cloud spending is expected to reach $241B 2013 The overall cloud market grew to $131B of US Government has moved to the cloud. They spend over $2 billion annually on cloud services. Experts have deemed them the biggest cloud user in the world! 75% >2% of respondents use some form of cloud platform. Up from 67% in 2012 of electricity use in the US is consumed by data centers Cloud usage continues to grow as more and more companies abandon on-premise. [ Cloud 14% Adoption 31% as of Dec ‘13 27% 90% of Microsoft’s R&D budget in 2011 was spent on cloud computing strategy & products “Cloud computing is set to become mainstream computing, period.” -Joe McKendrick, Forbes fully migrated migrating within 12 months fully migrated by end of 2015 On-Premise computing is a dinosaur watching the incoming meteor. Sources: 1. http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/ibm-cloud-computing-data center-expansion-softlayer,11586.html 2. http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/istcs/pdfs/CloudFunFacts.pdf 3. http://blog.nskinc.com/IT-Services-Boston/bid/118077/7- Statistics-You-Didn-tKnow-About-Cloud-Computing 4. http://formtek.com/blog/the-cloud-fun-facts-about-cloud-computing/ 5. http://www.mjskok.com/resource/2013-future-cloud-computing- 3rd-annualsurvey-results) 6. http://www.wired.com/insights/2012/03/cloud-here-to-stay/ 7. http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/12/19/my-one-big-fat-cloud-computingprediction-for-2014/ 8. https://exploreb2b.com/articles/will-2014-be-the-year-of-the-cloud