{"id":5757,"date":"2015-10-21T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2015-09-09T07:25:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:25:25","slug":"cloud-computing-were-all-creating-our-own-personal-cloud-blend-says-gartner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-were-all-creating-our-own-personal-cloud-blend-says-gartner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: We&#8217;re All Creating Our Own Personal Cloud Blend Says Gartner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud computing comes in a variety of flavors. \u00a0There&#8217;s public, private, and hybrid. \u00a0But now, some are talking about the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_cloud\" target=\"_blank\">Personal Cloud<\/a>&#8220;. \u00a0It&#8217;s a term that Gartner and some analysts are using to describe cloud data and services\u00a0that are accessible to individuals across any (or at least many) devices.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/personal-cloud-market-is-expected-to-reach-899-billion-globally-by-2020---allied-market-research-2015-09-07\" target=\"_blank\">report by Allied Market Research<\/a> estimates the size of the personal cloud market to grow more than 30 percent annually over the next five years, reaching $90 billion in 2020<\/p>\n<p>Gartner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it-glossary\/personal-cloud\" target=\"_blank\">says that<\/a> &#8220;the personal cloud is not a tangible entity, but rather the realization of four different types of experience in which users store, synchronize, stream and share content on a contextual basis, moving from one platform, screen and location to another. Founded on interconnected services and applications, it both reflects and sets consumers\u2019 expectations for how next-generation computing services will work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/25608\/Stephen-Kleynhans\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Kleynhans<\/a>, research vice president at Gartner, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/newsroom\/id\/3106417\" target=\"_blank\">said that<\/a> &#8220;looking forward, we see continued upheaval and challenges from the blending of personal and corporate digital tools and information within each user&#8217;s life. \u00a0Each user&#8217;s personal cloud is unique and evolving, as the user&#8217;s daily needs change and as vendors and products come and go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gartner says that critical to the viability of the personal cloud is strong authentication so that the integrity and security of data stored in the cloud can be ensured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a 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