By Alyssa Oursler
Cloud chatter has been especially prominent in the wake of the recent media firestorm about a potential Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) acquisition — although Microsoft has arguably been winning cloud shouting matches ever since Satya Nadella took the reins.
But the best paragraph you’ll read about that Saleforce buyout chatter, in my opinion, came from Forbes contributor Jason Bloomberg: “Oracle is the most likely [candidate] — except it’s not. Salesforce’s Benioff had lunch with Microsoft’s Nadella — only perhaps it was dinner. IBM (NYSE:IBM), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), or perhaps even SAP are in the mix. Only it’s not SAP. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) anyone?”
The point is that the cloud, despite the fact that it’s an indisputable, here-to-stay technology, is fittingly fluffy. The space is full of aspiration and rumors — yet a successful transition to the cloud, especially from an investment perspective, is another.
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