Comments on: Gartner’s “Cloud Computing” Kitchen Sink

By: Gartner’s Cloud Numbers Don’t Add Up (again!) | CloudBzz

Gartner’s Cloud Numbers Don’t Add Up (again!) | CloudBzz — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:53:55 +0000

[...] global market for cloud computing services. Their numbers from last year were disputed by me (here, and here) and several others, yet they kept to their fataly flawed methodology for the 2010 [...]

By: k1 technology - For CIO’s Sake! Clarity in the Cloud

k1 technology - For CIO’s Sake! Clarity in the Cloud — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:50:48 +0000

[...] Gartners’ Cloud Computing Kitchen Sink [...]

By: nick Smith

nick Smith — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:46:42 +0000

Surely whether or not IT is involved in Google Ad Words spend is irrelevant? IT functions are no longer involved in the purchase of many of the mobile devices attached to their network; they may be bypassed by the use of eg Facebook as a CRM system (see BBC Worldwide).

The non-involvement of IT points not (necessarily) to a mis-definition of cloud, but to the dispersal of technology through the business, and its consumerisation.

By: Gartner Consulting is in the Cloud Collision #Fail Bucket « Step Back, Move Forward

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:07:48 +0000

[...] ‘cloud computing’ is a $46B addressable market, on track to grow to $146B by 2013 (four [...]

By: Lydia Leong

Lydia Leong — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:00:59 +0000

Gartner's cloud forecast is actually broken down into highly granular categories. You're just looking at the huge all-in number. If you need the detail of how much is advertising, BPO, platforms, infrastructure, etc. it's all in the forecast in individual line items.

Advertising is important because it pays for many of the IT services that consumers are now getting for free. And increasingly, it pays for business IT, as well — like Microsoft's Hotmail for the .edu market.

By: Lydia Leong

Lydia Leong — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:00:59 +0000

By: Gartner Hypes Cloud Computing With Some Sketchy Predictions | Tek Tips Blogs

Thu, 07 May 2009 08:29:32 +0000

[...] does Gartner come at these numbers? That’s the question John Treadway from Cloud Bzz asked at the Gartner Outsourcing and Vendor Management Summit in Las Vegas this [...]