Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host SoftLayer Provides Mobile Management Application for Android Devices News: Infinitely Virtual Expands into AIS San Diego Data Center News: Public IT Cloud Services Expected to Grow to More Than $55B by 2014: IDC Report News: WHIR Sponsoring Mississauga Independent Film Fest News: TrustDefender Names VP of Advanced Threat Research (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Total spending on public IT cloud services will grow from $16.5 billion in 2009 to more than $55 billion in 2014, according to a new report from research firm IDC ( www.idc.com ). According to IDC’s latest public IT Cloud services spending forecast released last week, replacing last October’s forecast, IDC’s new estimate is slighly lower than the previous forecast, however, the conclusion remains the same: the public cloud will be disruptive. Strictly focused on IT industry offerings delivered as cloud services, the forecast includes spending on five major categories: applications, application development and deployment, infrastructure software, server capacity, and storage capacity






