4 surprise cloud computing trends for 2018
First of all, I hate doing yearly predictions. Also, this is the time of year that every PR firm in the country asks me to read the cloud computing predictions of their clients, which are all pretty much wrong and self-serving.
So, I’ve put together four cloud predictions for 2018 that you won’t see coming but that should help shape your cloud strategy for the new year.
2018 cloud prediction No. 1:
Microsoft or Oracle buys Salesforce.com
Microsoft and Oracle can afford it, and both are looking to accelerate their cloud computing cred. It does not get better in terms of SaaS dominance than Salesforce, and that cash cow can be milked by one of the two mega enterprise players for the next 20 years.