Cloud computing blogger Chirag Mehta and Constellation Research Group principal analyst R "Ray" Wang published today a list of their cloud computing predictions for 2011. The pair sees public cloud adoption stalling temporarily, the spread of the app store model in the enterprise, the convergence of Development-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service and an overall simplification of the technology landscape as some of the most important trends in cloud computing in 2011.
Mehta and Wang's predictions are:
- Most new procurement will be replaced with cloud strategies
- Private clouds will serve as a stepping stone to public clouds
- Cloud customers will stop saying "the cloud is not secured" and start asking hard questions about how the cloud can be secured
- Public cloud adoption will be temporarily reduced by concerns about cybersecurity. Private clouds will be kept for security and backups.
- A transition from best-of-breed purpose-built applications to "cloud mega stacks" will occur. (See our article "Jive Just Became a Platform Vendor" for more on this idea.)
To read the full, original article click on this link: 14 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2011 from Chirag Mehta and R "Ray" Wang - ReadWriteCloud
Author: Klint Finley
