Dell's Cloud Computing Blog
Cloud computing provides a cost-effective architecture that has enabled new
business models including Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) and
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The financial crisis might spell good news for
cloud providers up and down the stack. According recentarticles,
IDC predicts that the current economic crisis in the U.S. will contribute to
cloud computing growth over the next five years and spending on IT cloud
services will reach $42 billion by 2012. Frank Gens, senior vice president
and chief analyst at IDC believes, "The disruptive vectors of the market will
be among the highest growth sectors in 2009 as their advantages are magnified
in a down economy, and suppliers who slow down their transformation will
limit long-term viability and miss near-term growth."
John Horrigan at Pew Research offered this look at cloud adoption... (more)