{"id":3455,"date":"2013-01-29T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2013-01-29T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:00:05","slug":"cloud-computing-it-services-trend-towards-greater-use-of-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-it-services-trend-towards-greater-use-of-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: IT Services Trend Towards Greater Use of Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses want the cloud. \u00a0The number of IT services contracts that have been awarded since 2010 that include some component of the cloud have tripled, according to a study by the\u00a0<a title=\"Information Services Group (ISG)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isg-one.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Information Services Group<\/a> (ISG). \u00a0In 2010 the number of such deals represented 9 percent of deals. \u00a0In 2012 the number of those deals reached 27 percent, and service providers say that the number of deals in their pipeline with a cloud component is now around 25 percent.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ISG Cloud report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.information-age.com\/channels\/it-services\/perspectives-and-trends\/2133553\/cloud-work-growing-for-it-services-providers.thtml\" target=\"_blank\">The ISG report<\/a> says that cloud computing is finding its way into service deals primarily in the following three ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consulting on Cloud Strategy and Cloud Architecture<\/li>\n<li>Provider of Cloud Infrastructure Services<\/li>\n<li>Creation and offering of Software as a Service applications and vertical-specific applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><a title=\"Stanton Jones bio\" href=\"www.linkedin.com\/in\/stantonjones\" target=\"_blank\">Stanton Jones<\/a>, ISG emerging technology analyst, <a title=\"ISG on cloud outsourcing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/2240172190\/Cloud-computing-IT-outsourcing-contracts-triple\" target=\"_blank\">said <\/a>that &#8220;Clearly, cloud is a disruptive trend in the enterprise, and we predict that this disruption will not only continue but accelerate, especially for the traditional IT service providers. 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