7 Cloud Computing Trends For Leaders To Watch In 2026
InformationWeek, Friday, January 9th, 2026
Once-novel trends such as hybrid and multicloud have become commonplace. But now that they have lost their innovative luster, what comes next?
The banality of the modern cloud doesn't mean the technology has stopped evolving. On the contrary, as we begin 2026 (which happens to mark two decades since the launch of AWS, the first major public cloud platform), the way businesses design, consume and manage cloud services is changing as fast as ever.
Even the fanciest predictive AI models can't project with full certainty how those changes will play out. But what business leaders can do is take stock of key cloud computing trends poised to affect enterprises this year. That is the genesis of the following list of seven major cloud computing predictions for 2026.