Cloud Computing: Growth, Adoption and SMBs

Published: Sept. 14, 2016, 7 a.m.

The buzz: \u201cI fell off my pink cloud with a thud.\u201d -Elizabeth Taylor. By 2019, cloud software delivery will grow to 112 Billion dolars \u2013five times faster than traditional software\u2013 leveling the IT playing field. With uneasiness, skepticism and \u201ctechnical acrophobia\u201d about the cloud mostly a thing of the past, cloud adoption could grow from 22 percent today to 32 percent in the next 24 months. The main beneficiaries? Small and mid-sized businesses -SMBs. But should they still worry about reliability, availability, data security, and pricing complexity? The experts speak. Tim Fuller, EY: \u201cSooner or later, everything old is new again\u201d -Stephen King. Eric Gunther, SAP: \u201cMy dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that\u201d -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland. Steve Day, SAP: \u201cI shall either find a way or make one\u201d -Aut viam inveniam aut faciam, Hercules, Oedipus, Hannibal. Join us for Cloud Computing: Growth, Adoption and SMBs.