Consolidation of products, closer attention to security and cost increases -- cloud predictions for 2024

The cloud has become a familiar feature of most computing environments over the last decade, but that doesn't mean that the technology is standing still. Here are some industry expert views on what we can expect from the cloud scene in 2024. Matt Asay, vice president of developer relations at MongoDB, expects cloud to play a big role in the spread of AI. 'Ironically, the dominant tech trend in 2024 won't be AI, but it will be the technology that enables AI: cloud. Even though 90 percent of IT spending is still related to on-premises deployment, there's a major shift… [Continue Reading]