Cloud Computing among Top 10 Strategic Technology Areas for 2010
Expected that it would remain among the key technology trend during 2010 and beyond, but never expected it this way – amazingly, Cloud Computing has made it as the #1 technology to watch at Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Areas for 2010. Rising from #3 during 2009, Cloud Computing is the #1 technology trend that you can’t afford to ignore for at least three years now!!
At Gartner Symposium/ITxpo held on October 20th 2009, Gartner analyst Dave Cearley presented insights into the top 10 technologies and trends to rule the world in 2010.
What Gartner said – Specifically, companies should figure out what cloud services might give them value, how to write applications that run on cloud services, and whether they should build their own private clouds that use Internet-style networking technology within a company's firewall.
Cloud computing takes several forms, from the nuts and bolts of Amazon Web Services to the more finished foundation of Google App Engine to the full-on application of Salesforce.com. Companies should figure out what if any of those approaches are most suited to their challenges, Gartner said.
What amazes me here is a sudden burst of tech companies in recent past claiming to be a cloud company, has a cloud strategy and/or has cloud offerings; whereas my predicament is there is not enough revenue being generated by cloud computing companies to match the demand and hype surrounding the cloud.
Let’s wait and watch how Gartner’s 2010 predictions harmonizes with the investments of tech companies to further understand Cloud and create solutions for enterprise customers who wish to adopt…
View Gartner press release here
Comments
This is another entry from your peer which I thought might interest you and the readers here in this group: http://www.infosysblogs.com/supply-chain/2009/11/nostradamus_2012_and_cloud_com.html#more
Posted by: Guruprasad B. Nagaraja | November 12, 2009 08:38 AM