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March 5, 2013  11:47 AM

Market for ‘hosted private cloud’ services to surpass $24B in 2016



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
cloud trends, hosted private cloud, IDC, private cloud, public cloud, selling cloud, virtual private cloud

I admit that when I first heard about "hosted private cloud" (sometimes called "virtual private cloud") a few years ago, I was deeply skeptical. Some providers were just re-branding their dedicated managed hosting offerings and slapping a cloud label on them. I recall one person who worked for...

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November 28, 2012  4:56 PM

Survey settles cloud provider popularity contest



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Cisco, cloud provider, cloud survey, cloud trends, IBM, Infonetics Research, Microsoft

A new study out of Infonetics Research reveals a little about who's sitting at the cool kids' table in the cloud provider cafeteria. Microsoft Corp,...

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November 13, 2012  11:29 AM

More proof of the cloud’s staying power: U.S. revenue to hit $43.2B by 2016



Posted by: kdeyermenjian
cloud, cloud 2012, cloud provider, cloud provider vendors, cloud trends

It's getting harder and harder to remain skeptical when it comes to the value and profit potential of the cloud, and even more difficult to deny that public cloud adoption is maturing beyond just test and development like some cynics had speculated. Further validating the public cloud's...

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October 8, 2012  5:23 PM

Readers respond: What’s the biggest barrier to cloud adoption?



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
Bluelock, cloud adoption, cloud provider security, cloud trends, Microsoft, public cloud, Savvis

There's a litany of reasons why enterprises don't want to buy public cloud services, but sunk investments in legacy...

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September 26, 2012  12:31 PM

IDC: 30% of cloud providers will go out of business by 2015



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
cloud M&A, cloud trends, IBM, IDC, Oracle, SAP

Yes, yes, we know. Lies, damned lies and statistics. Still,...

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September 13, 2012  11:37 AM

IDC: Public cloud spending to approach $100B in 2016



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
cloud adoption, cloud survey, cloud trends, IaaS, IDC, PaaS, public cloud, SaaS, selling cloud

Although the cloud still has its skeptics, some new research from International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests their influence is going to dwindle -- and fast. Global...

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December 23, 2011  2:52 PM

What does 2012 hold for cloud providers (besides the Mayan apocalypse)?



Posted by: Jessica Scarpati
cloud 2012, cloud provider compliance, cloud provider security, cloud trends, virtual cloud operator

2012 OK, we know. You've got

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