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» DIGITAL WORLD ‘The cloud is a transformative technology that could have an enormous impact and at an early stage’ cloud chasers 48 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2011
DIGITAL WORLD » With the cloud computing industry estimated to be worth some €40bn worldwide by 2014, Ireland has all the attributes to capture a significant share of this burgeoning market, reports John Kennedy CCLOUD COMPUTING IS A MAJOR EVOLVING INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE, WITH SOME ESTIMATING IT TO BE WORTH IN THE REGION OF €40BN BY 2014. ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY, IN IRELAND THE INDUSTRY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE €9.5BN IN ANNUAL SALES PER ANNUM BY 2014, PROVIDING 8,600 JOBS. The economic impact study prepared for Microsoft in Ireland by Goodbody Economic Consultants revealed that Ireland has many of the necessary attributes to become a global cloud computing centre of excellence, and could capture a disproportionately large share of the cloud computing industry. The study also projected that the cost savings for small business from migrating to the cloud could result in some 2,000 new non-IT small and medium-sized firms being created that would in turn employ 11,000 people. Early adoption of cloud computing by Irish users could take costs of €500m a year out of Irish businesses, it concluded. “There is an opportunity that is real and clear. It is vital that Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2011 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW 49
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