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Organisations based in the US are gearing to spend up to $1.77 M in cloud computing in 2017, while organizations in the rest of world are planning a combined budget of $1.30 M for the same purpose.

Also, 10% of businesses employing more than 1000 workers are estimating to spend at least $10 M on cloud computing apps and platforms in the coming year. The breakdown shows 62% of these organizations are private enterprises, 60% public agencies and 26% are mixed.

Also by 2018, 40% of the typical IT departments will have some of the apps and platforms hosted in on-premise systems. These are the summary of insights a 2016 IDG cloud computing surveyed.

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Google too is getting more aggressive in the Cloud with heavier investments, according to a related study by Deutsche Bank Markets Research. The report, published in November, stated that between 2015 and 2016 alone, Google has made a total financial commitment of over $1 bn in acquisition, including the Apigee deal, as part of its Cloud development drive.

Here are other major insights that will lead the trends in 2017, according to the IDG cloud computing study.

Already, more than a third of businesses have more than 1000 host or two apps or platforms in the cloud today. This figure is set to explode in 2017 with different forms and categories of cloud use. 9 out of 10 organisations either have apps running in the cloud or planning to adopt one in the next 1 to 3 years.

The Cloud has become an integral component of modern and versatile businesses and 2017 is set to see an expanded number and varieties of apps among new and old organisations.

Top on the wanted list of cloud apps by organisations and businesses in 2017, will be business analytics and data management. The survey says that 22% of firms and agencies consider data storage analytics and storage, a priority for their organisations migration plan next year.

In 2017, organisations will invest a total of $1.62 M on cloud computing, while organisations with more than 1000 workers are estimated to spend about $3.03 M. Saas is expected to take up to 45% of this budget, 30% allocated to IaaS and 19% to PaaS.

Total investments in cloud computing by organisations over a period of three years has remained constant, with a spending of $1.62 M in 2014, $1.56 M in 2015 and $1.62 M in 2016.

10% of businesses with more than 1000 employees say that theyre looking to invest more than 10 M or more on cloud computing apps and platforms all through 2017.

The survey found that in less than 2 years from now, more than 28% or one third of respondents, will rely on private clouds as part of their IT infrastructure. Only 22% or a fifth of the organisations will continue on public cloud, while 10% will adopt for a mixed solution. Also, by 2018, 40% of apps and platforms in the average IT department of organisations will reside in on-premise systems.

These in-house IT specialists will take charge of budget and investment decisions, and become more influential, in contrast to the current practice where CEOs and CFOs control investment plans in cloud computing.

The worries, however, will not be limited to companies using public cloud; as even private and hybrid cloud adopters also face the challenges of cloud and vendor security as well as guarantee vendor data protection systems. One major slowdown of private and hybrid cloud users will be a lack of the technical skills to manage and maximize value on cloud investments.

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