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Microsoft Confuses Economies of Scale with Next Generation Data Centers

In a recent article in Information Week, a Microsoft executive made the claim that the economies of scale of cloud data centers were so compelling that few companies, if any, would want to continue to operate their own. He went on to offer Microsoft’s cloud data centers as the proof point. He stated the

Eleven in 2011: Everest Group’s Predictions for the Global Services Industry

The number 11 holds far-reaching significance in numerology, in the bible, among doomsday theorists, and in the dice game craps, to name just a few instances. What’s the significance of Everest Group’s 11 predictions for the global services industry in 2011? Let’s take a look.  1. Unleashed discretionary spend that fueled the 2010 global