BANGALORE, INDIA: Cloud computing, as a buzword, has really caught everyone's attention this year. Almost every analyst has added it among the top enterprise trends for 2009!

In this collection of articles, we examine whether cloud computing is really going to be the enterprise trend to watch out for in the near future.

Special: Cloud Computing

Cloud-computing: A trend to watch in the future
Sreenivas Jasti, Director, SAP Practice and Sandeep Sabarwal, Director, Oracle Practice, from Fujitsu Consulting talk on SOA, Cloud-computing and the trends that are coming up in these areas.

Outlook 2009: Cloud Computing
Presenting the top five trends in cloud computing, from Narasimha Rao, Country Manager, Akamai, India.

Cloud Computing: for Enterprises or SMBs?
The first benefit of cloud computing is cost. You get an unlimited IT infrastructure as a service.
 
Cloud Computing : Toward a Cloudy IT Infrastructure
SaaS concept is one of the major driving forces of cloud computing along with Web 2.0, the Web browser and mobile applications.

Developer Trend for 2009: Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is an emerging trend and is something we see Indian companies taking a lot of interest in it, says Aaron Katz.

Ubiquitous computing for enterprises
'Enterprise Integration' still remains as the ubiquitous core challenge.
 
Cloud computing has less traction than SaaS
A recent survey done EDC predicts that half of all developers expect to develop SaaS software in the next 12 months.
 
Open source IDE for Cloud Computing
Open source IDE enables developers to drag and drop studio to create full business applications in a browser without needing to install any software
 
Storage-as-a-Service: A precursor to cloud computing
Storage-as-a-service is a precursor to the longer term cloud storage and cloud computing opportunity, IDC reveals.

Major IT services issues for 2009: Ovum
New BPO models, cloud computing, quality assurance and vendor management will top IT services agendas in 2009, as per 'The Ovum Eight'

Global trends '09: Imperatives for globalisation
Here are some of the changes and trends that would shape the services' globalisation decision making during the year.

Top 10 enterprise technologies for 2009: Arun Gupta
The author's list has an influence from the current economic situation, which makes it difficult for companies to experiment with or adopt new technologies.

Outlook 2009: Top 10 enterprise, CIO challenges
Ajay K. Dhir, chief information officer, JSL, presents his perspective of what could be the top 10 CIO and enterprise challenges for 2009.

Top CIO challenges for 2009: Hexaware
N. Nataraj, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Hexaware Technologies, presents the Top CIO challenges for 2009.

Top enterprise technologies for 2009: Salesforce.com
Aaron Katz, Area Vice President, Corporate Sales, Asia Pacific, Salesforce.com, reveals the top technologies for enterprises in 2009.

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