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Next five years 'vital to IaaS evolution'

News Article - Wednesday, 14 December 2011 12:16

IT infrastructure has been evolving over the past two decades but the next five years are going to be crucial to its development - particularly when it comes to cloud computing and infrastructure as a service (IaaS).

According to Gartner's Lydia Leong, a research vice president at the firm, the changes to the infrastructure market have been nothing short of a transformation, but it will continue to evolve as vendors consolidate their offerings and global standards start to fall into place.

"We are still at the beginning of the adoption cycle for cloud computing IaaS," she claimed. Ms Leong added that there will be significant revenue opportunities for vendors who get their offerings right.

A huge array of factors have supported the rapid evolution of IaaS and bolstered cloud computing adoption rates. Not least, the ascent of mobile devices in the workplace - such as smartphones and tablets. According to IDC, 22 per cent of businesses would prefer to use cutting-edge mobile technology than their existing, increasingly outmoded IT infrastructure.

The firm said that while many are adopting a wait-and-see attitude, others are jumping in head first, backing up Gartner's claims that IaaS is at the beginning of what could be a very successful adoption cycle.

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