Second generation cloud here to stay

No longer tentative, customers are adopting more and more workloads

Jimmy Sheahan, technical director, Ergo Picture: Maura Hickey

Cloud computing is moving into its second generation, with all the advantages and challenges that brings, according to Jimmy Sheahan of Ergo. Rather than seeing saturation in the market, instead Sheahan points to a sector that is in a state of flux.

“We are not seeing saturation,” he said. “What we are seeing is that we are entering what I would describe as the rationalisation phase of cloud computing. We are well past ...