| |February 20208FIVE KEY CLOUD TRENDS TO FOCUS ON IN 2020 By Anand Kapoor, Global Head of IT, SPi Global loud technology has come a long way since Amazon released Elastic Compute, the first cloud service in the market, in 2006. Cloud services became a hit because it allowed small-and-medium enterprises and start-ups greater ease in enabling computing resources to be dialled up or down depending on their needs. Some of these firms came to be early adopters and completely cloud native. The past 14 years have seen a sea of change in the way we consume cloud services; and the writing on the wall is now clear: the cloud is here to stay. The complexity of workloads in the cloud will only increase further. With more IT managers and organizations placing their trust in cloud- environment delivery, more enterprises of all sizes, and from various industries, will increasingly be cloud-based.Here are five key trends to watch out for in the cloud technology space:· Rise of Cloud-led Security SolutionsThe past years have seen numerous instances when firms have shied away from cloud loads due to IN MY OPINIONSPi Global is a market-leading content technology and content solutions enterprise that provides data services and subject matter expertise (SME) to multiple industries such as research, learning and education, finance, healthcare and life sciences, media and retail, and other corporates. CAnand Kapoor, Global Head of IT
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