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Cloud Computing Trends

In the business world, there are few technologies that have had a greater impact
than Cloud Computing. In this article, 7 new Cloud Computing trends for the
future.

According to a 2018 study by Gartner, cloud users will double by 2021; at the

same time, the market built around this technology will grow from $153 billion
in 2017 to an estimated $302 billion by 2021. According to Gartner, by 2022,
about 90% of organizations will use “cloud” services (according to another
study). Moreover, already today, Cloud Computing skills are the most requested
by companies in every sector according to research from LinkedIn.

There are many reasons for the overwhelming success of this technology.

Relying on a service provider in the cloud, in on-demand mode, reduces
costs, from those related to the purchase of one or more local servers (with the
related costs for management and maintenance) to those for software and cyber-
security.

Then, there are the advantages of flexibility and scalability which Cloud
Computing systems can guarantee for most any type of company, from
established organizations, to growing start-ups that scale up data collection and

operations over just a few months.

And, let’s not forget fundamental issues like security and reliability. The best
cloud providers offer fundamental guarantees on these sensitive issues. In
this post we focused on the main benefits offered by Cloud Computing systems.
Now, we want to look ahead. In this post, we’ll be looking at the seven main
Cloud Computing trends on the horizon.

1. Hybrid and Multi-Cloud

What is the Hybrid Cloud? Without getting too technical, the hybrid cloud is a
Cloud Computing environment that exploits both public and private clouds as
well as some third-party tools. In this way, the logic of on-demand, pay-per-use,
and Software as a Service (SaaS) are exploited simultaneously, all in an enhanced
way.

The result is absolutely dynamic, scalable, and flexible machine and resource

management. Even more importantly,the hybrid system lends itself to great
opportunities for “personalization.” Each company program its ideal
combination, as personalized as possible and built “to measure,” according to its
characteristics and needs (see trend 6 for more on personalization).