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Next year will be the battle ground for cloud companies trying to assert their dominance on the market.
So claims analyst firm IDC in its 2012 prediction report, which says the “third platform” – built around mobile computing, social networking, big data and the cloud – had grown substantially this year, claiming the next 12 months will see it responsible for 80 per cent of IT spending growth up until 2020.
With such large figures, the IDC believes it will now become a “year of mobile and cloud platform wars,” with vendors vying to become leaders of the significant technology spaces.
“The industry’s shift to the 3rd Platform will accelerate in 2012, forcing the industry’s leaders to make bold investments and fateful decisions,” said Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst at IDC.
“Companies like Microsoft, HP, SAP, RIM, and others – including Apple – will face ‘crossroads moments’ in 2012. By the end of t
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