Where The Cloud Goes From Here: 8 Trends To Follow And What It Could All Cost
ZDNet, Monday, May 19th, 2025
Gartner describes a cloud ecosystem that's smarter, greener, and more integral to business success than ever before - despite widespread dissatisfaction.
Where does the cloud go from here? For many companies, that's a multi-billion-dollar question. One set of answers comes from tech analyst Gartner's latest papers, The Future of Cloud in 2029: The Journey From Technology to Business Necessity and Predicts 2025: Challenges Shaping the Future of Cloud Adoption.
At its IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies conference in Sydney, Australia, Gartner also suggested eight key trends for the cloud through 2029: cloud dissatisfaction, AI/machine learning (ML), multicloud, sustainability, digital sovereignty, supercloud, edge computing, and industry-specific solutions.