Cloud computing to burst in next year 2010: Says Gartner

Cloud computing offers significant benefits, but will account for only a fifth of overall enterprise IT by 2012 and will leave many businesses disappointed, a Gartner analyst has claimed.

Speaking at Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Cannes, Gartner vice president David Cearley said that by 2012, 20% of businesses would be using cloud computing for part of their IT infrastructure — a figure which contrasts sharply with the build-up surrounding the concept of on-demand, elastic computing services.

“Cloud computing is one of the most hyped terms in the industry right now,” Cearley said. “In many ways it’s overhyped. In the next 12-18 months, it’s going to crash into the trough of disillusionment. But we do think cloud computing is going to be a very important long-term phenomena.”

“You hear a lot about cloud computing today, and we do think we’re going to see rapid growth over the next few years. By 2012, about 20% of user organisations will rely on the cloud model for significant parts of their IT environment. Even a few years from now, it’s not necessarily going to be the dominant form of comp in your environment. It’s going to be a broad, long-term phenomenon. ”

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