Amazing!  Can you believe we're already coming into the final stretch of 2011?  December will be here before you know it, and then, it's 2012.  Where has the year gone?

Well, as we near the end of the year, VMblog.com is back once again for its 4th annual Virtualization and Cloud Prediction Series where we like to peer into the future and predict where the virtualization and cloud markets are headed.  And to do that, we're bringing back our executive friends in the industry.   

Following up on the last three successful prediction series - "Prediction 2009: The Future of Virtualization", "Prediction 2010: The Future of Virtualization and Cloud" and "Where is Virtualization and the Cloud Headed in 2011" - VMblog is once again asking virtualization and cloud computing executives to dust off their crystal balls and offer up their "predictions" and explain where they believe the industry is headed in 2012.

Last year's series gave us quite a bit to think about. And with everything that has happened over the course of 2011 to help with the cloud explosion and growth within the desktop virtualization market, 2012 should prove to be quite a roller coaster ride. 

Equally interesting will be to read what company executives think about their own niche market next year and then find out how right or how wrong they were. We can't predict the future, but it's always fun trying!

I hope you enjoy VMblog's 2012 Virtualization and Cloud Prediction Series.  We'll be posting these executive thoughts and predictions throughout the remainder of the year.

Enjoy!