The cloud has gone mainstream (infographic)

10 Sep 2013

More and more businesses are adopting cloud computing as part of their IT infrastructure, according to a new infographic that provides a snapshot of cloud computing usage.

The infographic published by livehive on Visual.ly reveals the most used cloud platforms, the average number of cloud services companies use, and the top 3 software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies.

Also noted is that security concerns surrounding cloud computing have decreased nearly 10pc in one year: from 55pc of businesses worried about cloud security in 2012 to 46pc of businesses concerned about the security of cloud in 2013.

In terms of next year, the cloud market is set to reach US$159bn, according to the infographic.

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Tina Costanza was a journalist and sub-editor at Silicon Republic

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