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Cloud Spending To Be Up 21% This Year: Gartner

IT spending is obviously shifting in search of cost-effectiveness as the economy goes to hell
By Maureen O'Gara
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April 12, 2009 07:00 AM EDT
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Gartner thinks that global revenues from cloud computing will surge 21.3% this year and top $56 billion, according to Reuters reporting from Finland.

IT spending is obviously shifting in search of cost-effectiveness as the economy goes to hell.

Gartner VP Ben Pring predicts that growth for many cloud services will be "relatively modest" through the next two years, but expects it "to accelerate as these approaches prove themselves and then benefit from increased spending levels as macroeconomic conditions improve."

Published April 12, 2009 – Reads 2,434
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