IDG Contributor Network: Key cloud trends for 2018

The rate of cloud adoption will continue to rise in 2018. As more CIOs remain plagued by the enormous costs of managing infrastructure while dealing with high costs of delivering availability, security and performance, cloud services will become harder to ignore. With the economy booming, enterprises can often overlook inefficiencies and real infrastructure costs. However, forward-looking CIOs will start preparing for the inevitable downturn by focusing on reigning in costs and reducing operati