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Hitesh
says:
In India, Software as a Services like salesforce.com, hosted Webmail (Google, Yahoo, Hotmail or telecom provider) and Desktop as a Service provided by Bharti are mostly prevailing in SMB segment.
SMBs may move to Hardware as Services model and start opting for IDC or DC service provider - in fact NetMAgic has started targeting the segment.
Rich Alessandro
says:
Shrinking IT budgets, have prompted many IT managers to look for any possible way to maximize cost savings, the number of cloud computing subscribers worldwide will grow rapidly over the next five years lead by small and medium sized businesses that need to improve productivity while lowering bottom line costs. The best thing that happened to the cloud was the downturn in the economy an this global recession.The main driver toward cloud computing is not only the efficiency but the cost savings.
http://www.cloud.in/economy-gets-small-business-in-the-cloud/
Topic: Cloud Computing
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