On-demand cloud services provide the agility for enterprises to operate at scale, although that cost may run up when deployment grows.

A growing need for data storage and processing closer to the end user will cause the industry to gravitate toward growth through edge datacenters.

As entry costs move increasingly under control and barriers to adoption continue to erode, organizations large and small are retiring on-premises infrastructure and embracing cloud concepts as never before.

According to the 451 Alliance, business IT spending outlook is perking up, as the rate of improvement is the best since the initial snapback after the deep cut that spending took in May 2020.

The 451 Alliance asked respondents to their Q2 2021 connected customer survey a series of questions to gauge the importance of different aspects of ESG when choosing which brands to make purchases from.