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A cloud-computing market forecast

Summary:

During the period from 2011 through 2014, the worldwide cloud market is estimated to grow 126.5 percent, driven by 119 percent growth in SaaS and 122 percent growth in IaaS. This report takes an in-depth look at each of the three areas of cloud computing, using examples of companies like Salesforce.com and LivePerson to detail each sector. The PaaS segment is expected to nearly triple from a smaller base, although all areas of the sector will continue to grow immensely over the next two years.

  1. Table of contents
  2. Executive summary
    1. Moving to the cloud
    2. Methodology
  3. The three components of the cloud
    1. The Software-as-a-Service space
    2. The Infrastructure-as-a-Service space
    3. The Platform-as-a-Service space
  4. Conclusion