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2/5/2020
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Christopher Tozzi, ITPro Today
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How to Know When a Cloud Computing Trend Has Come to Its End

Even the best cloud computing trend must end: Why PaaS, serverless, OpenStack and multicloud have already seen their best days. -- ITPro Today

We’re well over a decade into the era of cloud computing, and during that time we have seen one cloud computing trend after another. Indeed, the nature of the cloud has changed substantially in the last 10 years, and cloud-based services and strategies that were once cutting-edge are now mundane, or even approaching obsolescence. Here’s a rundown of the cloud computing trends that may be slowing or even coming to an end.

Read the rest of Christopher Tozzi's article on cloud computing trends on ITPro Today.

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