As markets continue to become more competitive and saturated amid widespread economic improvements in North America and Europe, businesses have been forced to rethink their operational processes and management to become more efficient and unique.

In 2013, businesses and public sector organizations experienced an ever-increasing number of breaches and other security issues, while privacy protection has long been one of the leading concerns when it comes to cloud computing deployments.

The public and private cloud computing markets continue to diverge with a greater intensity, while organizations in many industries are likewise split in their selection behaviors.

Software-as-a-Service quickly became the most popular solution within the cloud computing market several years ago, especially as the tools were easy to access, affordable and capable of facilitating corporate email, file sharing and other critical functions.

The cloud computing industry has been among the most rapidly growing in the world over the past several years, as organizations in the public and private sectors, along with consumers in virtually every nation, continue to demand greater access to these services.

Although public cloud services were in high demand for the first several years of the technology’s infancy, many companies are beginning to understand the value of their own private services.