A cloud strategy is a concise viewpoint on the role of cloud computing in the organization. However, business and IT leaders continue to make 10 common mistakes when crafting their cloud strategy, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts are discussing how to enable and exploit cloud, and demonstrate value at the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2022, which is taking place here through Tuesday.

The worldwide public cloud services market grew 28.6 percent year over year in the first half of 2017 (1H17) with revenues totaling $63.2 billion, according to new results from the International Data Corporation. The revenue total for the first half of the year was slightly ahead of IDC's forecast.