It comes as no surprise that cloud has become one of the most talked-about topics in the industry given the pressure that CIOs and their teams are under to improve ROI and reduce TCO. According to analysts at IDC, public cloud spending is set to grow by an incredible $122.5 billion this year, which is a 25% inflation from 2016.
Nine out of ten organisations are now using cloud-hosted apps and services, some likely without even knowing, it as they upload photographs onto their company Twitter page or log sales into Google Docs.