As perception of cloud-based IT services by top-level IT management pros becomes increasingly positive, an increase in investment in at least one area of the cloud is expected in 2011 over the current year.
A new survey conducted on behalf of the US-based data center services company Savvis found that more than 60 percent of companies expect to increase spending on hosted software and Software-as-a-Service solutions. About half of survey respondents expect an increase in spending on hardware; 45 percent expect to invest in installed software, 43 percent in IT services and 35 percent in IT outsourcing.