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Half of Enterprise Cloud Customers Don’t Think Cloud Providers Understand their Needs: Report

A lack of transparency is hurting enterprise cloud customers, and ultimately cloud providers as well, according to a new survey from Forrester Research. Sixty percent of companies using the cloud say a lack of operational, compliance information, and support is preventing them from increasing their cloud use. Continue reading

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Shifting Clouds: How New Relationships are Changing the Cloud Market

Despite all the hype, the use and adoption of cloud computing is still in its infancy. And as more and more organizations enjoy its benefits, the cloud is evolving in response to market demands. Almost 80 percent of 158 companies surveyed recently say they expect to expand their cloud usage in the next three years and a third are already using three or more public cloud providers, according to a Forrester Research report. Continue reading

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Enterprises Improve SLAs with Disaster Recovery in the Public Cloud: Forrester

Ninety-four percent of enterprises that do disaster recovery to the public cloud agree that their SLAs have improved in doing so, a new study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by Forrester finds. SLA attainment is just one of the benefits reported when turning to the cloud for backup and DR. Continue reading

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Public Cloud Market Gears Up for Hypergrowth Phase, Reaching $191B in Revenue by 2020

The public cloud services market is expected to reach $191 billion in revenues by 2020, a huge jump from the $58 billion in revenue in 2013, according to a report released on Thursday by Forrester Research. Read More Continue reading

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Researchers Predict Slow Cloud Growth in 2014 Led by Software Sales

A new report from Forrester Research has good news and bad news for cloud service providers. On the one hand, recovering world economies have money to spend on mobile, cloud, and smart technology. On the other hand, economic uncertainty, conservative buying practices, and cloud pricing models make for slow adoption in 2014. Continue reading

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