An opportunity
to transform
According to a recent IDC survey, cloud
adoption is on the rise, with 87 percent of
organizations saying they plan to merge
their on-premises datacenter with the public
cloud.
1
Moreover, worldwide spending on
public cloud services and infrastructure is
forecast to reach 160 billion USD in 2018, an
increase of 23.2 percent over 2017.
2
With nearly unlimited flexibility in terms of
design choice, Azure can help organizations
in search of a proven and consistent
methodology for the adoption of cloud
technologies. In addition, cloud computing
can deliver significant cost savings over a
traditional datacenter approach, thanks to
abilities like quickly moving on-premises
workloads to the cloud and easily building
resilient apps that can scale up or down with
the flow of traffic.
1
Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide. IDC
2
Worldwide Public Cloud Services Spending Forecast to Reach $160 Billion
This Year. IDC
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