Business Strategy: Cloud Computing in Retail

This IDC Retail Insights report draws on the retail-specific responses from a broad IDC survey on cloud computing. This report details the trends surrounding cloud computing in the retail industry. The report looks at adoption rates, important characteristics, and business benefits and how these factors impact retail IT budgets in the next two years.

According to Robert Parker, group vice president of Research at IDC Retail Insights, "A business-led cloud investment strategy will deliver the dual benefits of greater business capability and lower IT costs."