There are ways to keep your cloud data from ROT-ing, reports Forbes.

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word “rot”? For me, it’s a squishy, shriveled tomato—its once bright red skin overtaken by contrasting brown decay and greenish-white mold. Not a pretty picture, is it?

According to C4ISRNET, the U.S. Army will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in getting to the cloud first among the US Armed forces. 

The U.S. Army plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in cloud migration and uptake in the next year or so, amid a push by the military’s largest service to be digital-first and access data anytime, anywhere.

Despite economic downturn cloud spending is still robust, reports Forbes

As IT budgets inevitably tighten during a downturn, many startups will need to prove their relevance—and value—as must-haves. But despite the macro concerns we’ve all been living through, one promising sign is that overall growth in cloud spending is still robust.