Silver Lining for Cloud Computing
Spending on IT cloud services will grow to reach $42 billion by 2012, observes tech researcher IDC. Cloud services are the consumer and business products, services, and solutions that are delivered and consumed in real time over the Internet. As the foundation for cloud services, cloud computing consists of a growing list of technologies and IT offerings that enable cloud services, including infrastructure systems (servers, storage, networks), application software, system and application management software, IP networks, and pricing agreements…More
