{"id":1603,"date":"2010-10-20T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2010-10-20T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T15:00:28","slug":"cloud-computing-gartner-hype-cycle-shows-cloud-computing-at-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-gartner-hype-cycle-shows-cloud-computing-at-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing:  Gartner Hype Cycle shows Cloud Computing at Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Gartner 2010 HypeCycle Report for Emerging Technologies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/DisplayDocument?id=1414917&amp;ref=g_sitelink\" target=\"_blank\">Gartner Research<\/a> has released their 2010 Hype Cycle Report for Emerging Technologies.\u00a0 This year again the graph tracks the relative position of Cloud Computing by plotting Visibility versus Time.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing remains at a peak on the hype curve.\u00a0 Back in 2007 Cloud Computing was not a technology that Gartner tracked.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t show up until 2008, and then in both 2009 and 2010 it has been placed on a position on the curve that\u00a0 Gartner refers to as the &#8220;Peak of Inflated Expectations&#8221;.\u00a0 Based on that, we might expect an upcoming period of disillusionment if Cloud Computing can&#8217;t keep up with the current hype that is circling around it.<\/p>\n<p>Gartner has classified Cloud Computing as a technology expected to take 2 to 5 years to cycle through the hype curve until ultimately reaching mainstream adoption.<\/p>\n<p>This year &#8220;Private Cloud Computing&#8221; entered the graph too, still on the upwards slope during the Technology Trigger phase.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 881px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/DisplayDocument?id=1414917&amp;ref=g_sitelink&amp;ref=g_SiteLink\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gartner Hype Cycle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blogimages\/GartnerHype.png\" alt=\"Gartner Hype Cycle\" width=\"871\" height=\"694\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cloud Computing as Tracked on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Hype Cycle is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and\/its affiliates and is reused with permission. 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