In Pictures: 10 Cloud predictions for 2013

Hybrid cloud security options will increase

As companies move to hybrid clouds, vendors are expected to keep pace by offering security in two flavors – traditional appliance-based security products for on-premise access, plus security-as-a-service to shore up security for mobile devices. IDC predicts that over the next three years hybrid deployments will make up 60% of all deployments. IDC also predicts that the market will balloon to $3.3 billion by 2016.