As the end of the year draws near, the prognosticators along with their predications come out of the woodwork. Most predict the continuation of an existing trend (not really a predication in my book), but some do go out on a limb and predict an actual event or change in the marketplace. You can find predications on everything under the sun, including the ‘cloud’.
James Staten over at Forrester in his Top 10 Cloud Predictions for 2012 is calling 2012 the ‘Awkward Teenage Years’ for the cloud. Of his 10 predication there are three that jump out at me as being highly likely to come to fruition:
- Cloud demand will outstrip cloud expertise
- Your company will survive a major cloud outage
- You will finally have to budget for public cloud spend
The remainder of Mr. Staten’s predications are certainly worth reading and overall I agree with his characterization that 2012 will be the ‘Awkward Teenage Years’ for the cloud. Indeed, I would expect to experience plenty of cloud growing pains in 2012.
Heath-
(Cross-posted @ Skywriting)
Heath Brownsworth 
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