FEATURE: SD-WAN
AFTER YEARS OF DIPPING THEIR TOES INTO
THE CLOUD COMPUTING WATERS, 2017 LOOKS
TO BE THE YEAR WE SEE ENTERPRISES FULLY
EMBRACE THE CLOUD. EIGHTY-FOUR PERCENT
OF BUSINESSES REPORT THEIR USE OF THE
CLOUD HAS INCREASED IN 2015, AND THEY
EXPECT THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE. HALF SAY
THEY WILL USE CLOUD FOR AT LEAST 75% OF
THEIR WORKLOADS BY 2018
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perform. As James Staten, Chief
Strategist, Cloud+Enterprise Division
at Microsoft, told Network World in
March 2015:
“We know that cloud services and
cloud platforms are here to stay
and should be considered part of
your overall IT portfolio, but how
much of that portfolio will these
services occupy in your future? For
most companies – and probably all
enterprises – your future won’t be
100% cloud. And your business units
and line employees have already
ensured that it won’t be 0% cloud.”
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