Cloud Software Thunders Ahead With Adoption

February 3, 2011 – The expansion of cloud computing isn’t happening in a bubble. New innovation and analysis from IDC predicts big opportunities for cloud software vendors, as enterprises invest billions of additional dollars and juggle public, private and non-cloud data.

But it’s how those businesses might dedicate money in various cloud deployments, and what deployment tools and software vendors introduce, that point to big financial gains in the cloud software market, says IDC innovation director Mary Johnston Turner.

"To my way of thinking, it is critical for IT leaders to get ahead of the vendors and lead the conversation about service definitions, SLAs, security policies, etcetera," says Turner. "IT organizations will increasingly need to engage with business leaders to determine which types of environments are most appropriate for which applications."