Repost, with comments: What did Gartner Say About the Cloud in 2013?

http://talkincloud.com/cloud-companies/what-did-gartner-say-about-cloud-2013?cl=article_5?utm_source=011514&utm_medium=TLK100&utm_campaign=NL

Gartner group is one of the premier analysts for the IT market space, so when they talk about a subject, it's good to understand their perspective.  One of the interesting statistics they undercovered is that only 38% of enteprises are now using the cloud.  Although that may not be true for mobile apps, for business applications, I think it's close.  Especially for those companies in industrial automation, they are necessarily wary of any solution that could compromise their security, and the cloud is one of those technologies that has to be deliberately and thoughtfully implemented. 

Certainly, the solutions that Invensys offers for the cloud have redundancy, encryption and supports high availability and disaster recovery. It is both necessary, and expected, and it meets our customer requirements for reliable operations.

Gartner Recognizes Microsoft as a Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Visionary

this post is from Microsoft's Azure Blog.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/08/28/gartner-recognizes-microsoft-as-a-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-service-visionary.aspx

Although Gartner does not endorse any specific vendor, it's exciting and encouraging to see that Invensys partner Microsoft is recognized as a Service Visionary for their Azure offering.

If you are interested in hearing more about Microsoft's Azure offering, we have a series of upcoming free seminars--the first one is in Mountain View, CA on September 18, from 8am through 1:30pm. Registration is free and you can access from here: http://global.wonderware.com/EN/Pages/EyeOpenerSeminar-TheCloudforIndustry.aspx

So check this blog for more updates, congratulations to our partner Microsoft for their Visionary position, and we hope to see you in Mountain View on September 18th.