The benefits of using cloud computing services on hosted systems will become more apparent to businesses over the course of 2011, it has been suggested. Dr John Bates, Chief Technology Officer of Progress Software, explained that as the technology becomes more widely used across organisations, its plus points will be obvious to see. "Only when cloud technology is fully deployed in the enterprise space in 2011 will organisations start to witness the cost-saving benefits," he said.

According to recent research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research, the annual economic benefit of cloud computing for the UK is likely to reach £25.15 billion by 2015.

Source: QAS

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