We’re in the midst of one of those great tech transitions that take place periodically, as we bear witness to the stunningly fast business transition to the cloud. It may not qualify as the proverbial “overnight sensation” – but just look at how far the cloud’s come in such a short time.

Consider that in 2009, Forrester found that 37% of big companies were “not interested” in the cloud while another 39% expressed interested but still had no immediate plans to go further.

Fast-forward to the present: IDC estimates that almost half of IT spending will be related to the cloud this year, “reaching 60% of all IT infrastructure and 60 to 70% of all software, services and technology spending by 2020."