This guy believes cloud computing is here to stay...<br><br><a href="http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/cloud-here-to-stay/">http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/cloud-here-to-stay/</a><br><br><ul><li>According to AMD (1/12), 70 percent of businesses are either using or investigating cloud computing solutions.</li>
<li>According to an IBM survey (2011) of 2,000 midsize companies,
two-thirds were planning or had already deployed cloud-based
technologies, and 70 percent were actively pursuing cloud-based
analytics for greater insight and efficiency.</li><li>90 percent of Microsoft’s 2011 R&D budget was spent on cloud computing strategy and products.</li><li>In a 2011 Avanade-commissioned study of C-level executives from 18
countries to learn how cloud computing is being used in the enterprise,
it found:
<ul><li>60% reported cloud computing as their highest IT priority.</li><li>74% are already using some form of cloud computing technology.</li><li>64% are investing in training new and current employees on their cloud expertise.</li>
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</li><li>Worldwide IT spending on cloud computing has increased more than 25 percent from 2008 to 2012.</li><li>30% of small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) used cloud software in 2011.</li><li>A study by Mimecast in 2010 found that 70 pecent of companies that
were using cloud computing services are willing to and will move new
applications to the cloud.</li><li>48 percent of U.S. government agencies moved at least one workflow
to the cloud following the new requirement that federal agencies adopt a
“cloud-first” policy.</li><li>41 percent of senior executives say they are using or plan on using some kind of private cloud.</li><li>Cloud providers have increased personnel from nil in 2007 to over 550,000 in 2010.</li>
</ul>Then he tackles arguments put against cloud computing...<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253<br><a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>VCE IT Lecture Notes: <a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a><br>
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