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IT pros expect cloud to overtake “on-premise” computing by 2015

According to a survey of IT professionals worldwide, cloud computing will “overtaking on-premise computing by 2015 as the primary way organizations acquire IT.”

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Bill Detwiler
Oct 8, 2010
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According to a survey of 2,000 IT professionals worldwide, cloud computing will “overtaking on-premise computing by 2015 as the primary way organizations acquire IT.” IBM developerWorks, conducted the 2010 IBM Tech Trends Survey in August and September 2010 and published the results in early October.

As the following chart illustrates, more than 65 percent expect that the cloud will likely, most likely, or definitely overtake on-premise computing as the way organizations acquire IT by 2015. The survey’s margin of error is +/- 2 percent.

For more results from the survey, including a look at mobile application development, check out the article, New developerWorks survey shows dominance of cloud computing and mobile application development, written by Michael O’Connell, developerWorks Editor-in-chief.
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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.