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Recap of 116 Virtualization and Cloud Predictions for 2014 - Find Out What Executives had to Say in VMblog's 6th Annual Prediction Series

2013 was another truly amazing year for the virtualization and cloud industries.  And I'm excited that I was once again able to be a part of it.  With every new year, we grow our fantastic community... and I expect 2014 to continue that trend.  

At this time, I'd like to personally thank everyone for being a valued member and reader of VMblog!  Once again, with the help of each of you, VMblog has been able to remain one of the oldest and most successful virtualization and cloud news sites on the Web -- providing readers with valuable information in these expanding markets for the last 10 years!  Now that's impressive and exciting!

I also want to make sure to thank my sponsors over the course of the year, without whom, none of this would have been possible.  They help keep the lights on at VMblog.  And many of them have been with me for quite a few years, so thank you!  Acronis, Citrix, CloudByte, Cloudyn, CommVault, DataCore Software, Dell (VKernel), Embotics, FSLogix, HotLink, Liquidware Labs, Parallels, PHD Virtual, SolarWinds, Splunk, Symantec, Tegile Systems, Veeam, VMTurbo, Zenoss and Zerto.

This was the 6th year in a row that VMblog has published its fun and successful Executive Prediction Series.  It keeps getting better every year; and as we wrap up and conclude this year's predictions, we hit a new record of participation!  The series had a whopping 116 companies participate and share their predictions for the year, and I'm thrilled with all of these quality submissions. 

Folks, strap in, raise and lock your seat trays, and put your seats in their upright position.  And let's take off with 2014!

To kick things off, here is a wrap up of the prediction series in a single post.  If you didn't have a chance to keep up with the entire series throughout the months of November and December, now is your chance to catch up and read what these experts had to say about their predictions for this year.  Enjoy!

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In response to PRISM and the general malaise created by NSA revelations, 2014 will see an outcry and demand for Safe Harbor-like regulations in the United States, just like the significant push for regulation seen in the European Union. This will impact what employers can and cannot do in terms of m... Read More...
 
The coming year will see an increasing demand from customers who want to run their data centers along "webscale IT" practices, but the challenge will be how to provide environments that work simultaneously for legacy applications and new cloud-native ones simultaneously. Whatever technologies are ch... Read More...
 
In 2013, cloud security was discussed extensively by the industry, but major implementations of encryption in the cloud are still relatively immature. While security risks to data continue to increase, cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers are realizing end users will demand more robust s... Read More...
 
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In 2014, organizations will discover the importance of BYOS for public cloud. Given the recent disclosures about government access to cloud service provider networks, we'll see further investment in key management systems that allow organizations to keep control of their encryption keys themselves v... Read More...
 
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As 2013 comes to a close, we have witnessed a number of significant cyber security stories, issues and trends pushed to the forefront of mainstream media, including attacks on the very mainstream media itself. Reports of well-organized Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) abound from abroad, underscor... Read More...
 
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BTI Systems 2014 Predictions - Virtualization to Transform Network Infrastructures in 2014/2015
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While still in its formative stages, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has become synonymous with under-the-hood technology transformations across the networking industry. In 2014, these transformations will become increasingly visible as initial use cases become clear, fundamental design choices em... Read More...
 
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Published Tuesday, January 14, 2014 6:55 AM by David Marshall
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