There have been a number of attempts to size the cloud computing market. The most eye-popping figure, arguably, is from Merrill Lynch. It has famously said that by 2011, the cloud computing market will reach $160 billion. Whether or not this is a realistic projection — and there are many who contend it is not — it is clear that there is a vendor rush to enter the space. Companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM and Salesforce.com have introduced cloud offerings. So have a myriad of smaller, best-of-breed vendors.
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Cloud Computing, Part 2: A Who's Who
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 6, 2008 04:00 AMThere have been a number of attempts to size the cloud computing market. The most eye-popping figure, arguably, is from Merrill Lynch. It has famously said that by 2011, the cloud computing market will reach $160 billion. Whether or not this is a realistic projection — and there are many who contend it is not — it is clear that there is a vendor rush to enter the space. Companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM and Salesforce.com have introduced cloud offerings. So have a myriad of smaller, best-of-breed vendors.