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Public cloud gets an unexpected tailwind

With pressure on corporate spending arriving at a time when businesses need to invest in new technologies, could public cloud adoption gain even more momentum

After the rapid move to cloud computing came grumblings about cost, loss of control, and vendor lock-in which have darkened the skies

The move to cloud computing has been the most significant shift in platform in recent decades. Indeed, the shift away from desktop applications and traditional client-server architectures may represent the biggest move seen in tech since the personal first computer stormed the workplace in the 1980s.

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The rapid growth of network capacity alongside a crash in the cost of processing and storage meant ...