Public IT Cloud Services spending to reach $127 billion in 2018

Public IT cloud services spending will reach $56.6 billion in 2014 and grow to more than $127 billion in 2018, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.8%, which is about six times the rate of growth for the overall IT market. In 2018, public IT cloud services will account for more than half of worldwide software, server, and storage spending growth.

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Data centre traffic to nearly triple

In the fourth annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2013 – 2018), Cisco forecasts continued strong growth of cloud traffic, cloud workloads and cloud storage with private cloud significantly larger than public cloud. Over the next five years, the study projects data center traffic to nearly triple, with cloud representing 76% of total data center traffic. By 2018, half of the world’s population will have residential Internet access, and more than half of those users’ (53...

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Cloud Technology Partners launches CTP Labs

Cloud Technology Partners has announced the creation of CTP Labs™. CTP Labs is dedicated to transforming existing software and enterprise systems to multitenant, auto-scaling cloud services.

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Internap expands OpenStack-powered Public Cloud footprint into Amsterdam

New AgileCLOUD footprint in Europe serves global demand; new Internap portal exposes native Horizon dashboard, providing direct access to cloud resources and the latest OpenStack management features.

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