"Cloud shift" will affect $1 tn by 2020: Gartner
The shift to cloud computing will directly or indirectly affect over $1 trillion in IT spending by 2020, American research and advisory firm Gartner said. This will make cloud computing one of the most disruptive forces of IT spending, it added. The aggregate amount in 2016 is estimated to touch $111 billion, increasing to $216 billion in 2020.