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Whether you’re an software development company or application builder, the cloud holds opportunities for your success–and we have the resources to help get you there. IDC predicts cloud spending to exceed $500 billion by 2020.1 This includes all professional and managed services around cloud technology, as well as the supporting software and hardware to make cloud implementations happen. Additionally, cloud-oriented partners with more than 50 percent of their revenue in the cloud have two times the growth and 1.5 times the gross profit of other partners.2 Watch this video to learn about the resources you have available to help build your cloud strategy and read our five-part eBook series written in partnership with IDC.
1IDC, FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2016 Predictions — Mastering the Raw Material of Digital Transformation, doc #259840, November 2015 2IDC eBook, sponsored by Microsoft, The Modern Microsoft Partner Series, Part 1: The Booming Cloud Opportunity, 2016
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