{"id":8945,"date":"2018-12-17T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8945"},"modified":"2018-10-29T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:25:14","slug":"tech-suppliers-for-the-cloud-time-to-take-a-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/tech-suppliers-for-the-cloud-time-to-take-a-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Suppliers for the Cloud: Time to Take a Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Financial forecasts from hardware suppliers for cloud vendors hint slowing growth for the cloud, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-10-26\/cloud-spending-slowdown-looms-suggesting-tech-boom-near-peak\">according to a report by Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the near-term challenges for ever-expanding cloud growth include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports from memory chip manufacturers, like Western Digital, that there is currently an oversupply of memory chips<\/li>\n<li>Trade with China may slow down the economy and international sales<\/li>\n<li>Volatility in the foreign exchange market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Executives in the chip and hardware business agree that cloud growth will need to take at least occasional breaks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.intel.com\/biography\/robert-h-bob-swan\/\">Bob Swan<\/a>, Intel Chief Executive Officer, commented at the end of the third quarter in late October, that \u201cI don\u2019t expect that it will grow at fifty percent forever. 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