"Only a few years ago IT professionals were hotly debating whether or not to employ cloud technology. But today companies are creating “cloud first” strategies and enterprise adoption of public cloud services is on the rise. International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the public cloud will account for more than half of software, server, and storage spending growth in 2018. As the technology evolves to address needs for security, mobility, and access across devices, businesses are adopting these technologies in record numbers to lower costs and manage vast sums of data."
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