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It is estimated that by 2012, one in every three companies in the world will meet its IT needs in the form of a utility service - just like people access electricity or water today. That, in other words, will spell the death of the ubiquitous PC and the emergence of the cloud, or the network.
Peter Coffee, director of platform research at US-based Salesforce.com, said cloud computing is bringing about a paradigm shift in the way IT is deployed. “A third of the IT needs will be through the Internet in 2012 compared with a tenth today,” he said. Salesforce.com offers software application services over the web.
Cloud computing will be a $165-million opportunity in India by 2010, Coffee said. If the adoption is quicker, especially among small and medium businesses (SMBs), the market may be much larger, he added.
Sensing the opportunity in India, even biggies such as IBM and Cisco have jumped into the fray. Recently, IBM unveiled a global centre for cloud computing in Bangalore, taking its tally of cloud computing centres across the world to 14. Cisco last week launched ‘Cisco Virtual Office’ which allows people to be ‘at office’ from any location with an Internet connection.
Coffee said that while the Internet is already being used to store almost all kinds of data, and access IT services, it is also set to become a user’s operating system in the next decade or so.
The adoption of cloud computing by Indian companies is miniscule compared with their western counterparts. India offers Salesforce a fertile ground to plant its technology. “The potential in India is huge for us. So many sectors are booming and their IT needs are bound to increase,” said Coffee, who is impressed with the level of IT adoption in the country.
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I don't have any idea about virtual office.
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