Cloud computing is rising fast and is quickly becoming a “new normal” point of departure for modern IT infrastructure. While only a handful of companies have resisted its adoption, many of them have embraced it due to the crucial nature cloud computing plays in the modern IT landscape. However, highly regulated sectors including as healthcare, banking, insurance, and public utilities, most of the organizations in this area have been slow to adopt new technology and embrace change mainly in internal IT infrastructure.

As companies begin embracing cloud computing, new hardware and software resources to accommodate this new trend are needed. This means that there must be a massive paradigm shift in the way different IT resources are created, delivered to the customer, and consumed altogether. These technologies serve as a foundation of growth and innovation in the world’s IT landscape. Despite being here for decades now, cloud computing as a solution is still confusing many companies mainly due to new terms and the requirements that are necessary to implement. The same can be said about companies that offer cloud-related services. They are confused as well on the software solutions that are going to thrive in the market in the coming days and how they should plan for the changes.  

As businesses continue discovering the benefits that cloud computing can present with regard to efficiency and profitability, the use of cloud technologies continues to skyrocket. In the US for example, at least 70 percent of companies, whether public, private, or hybrid use cloud computing according to research done by IDG in 2016.