In a market as fast paced and constantly evolving as cloud technology, it’s no surprise that trends can change overnight or that CIOs are kept up all night thinking of ways to strike the balance between keeping systems ticking-over and continuing to innovate. There have been some important changes in the market this year – some incremental and some major leaps – that I expect will continue to impact the regional cloud computing market well into next year.
There has been a big shift in IT consumption models for enterprises, with many CIOs becoming more aware of the benefits of cloud based applications and increasingly exploring Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The evolution of traditional licensed based software moving to the cloud has had an impact on the delivery of applications, and facilitated in the creation of application based user interfaces that can be accessed from a range of devices. SOURCE: