Are SMBs way ahead in the adoption of cloud computing? We use one study to analyze why the cloud is suited to SMBs and what opportunities it can afford them.

The SaaS industry has been predicted to reach almost $9 billion by the end of 2010. In anticipation, Gartner analysts have offered their advice on best practices for SaaS at the Gartner SOA & Application Development and Integration Summit 2010, June 14-15, held in London.

Cloud computing is going mainstream. After the first wave of startups, we see more and more big enterprises adopting the cloud. Wall Street for example is using the cloud this way:

IBM seems to be serious about cloud computing. After the initial Blue cloud announcement, they recently announced a cloud validation service to help enterprises being confortable with the cloud offering.

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Major things to notice:

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