'App Haikus' Show Impact of Cloud Services on Workplace
As Cloud Services Drive IT Growth, Professionals Develop Intimate Relationships With Apps
(firmenpresse) - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/12/12 -- As cloud services drive growth in IT spending, professionals are developing more complex -- and some might say intimate -- relationships with apps, as evidenced by submissions to an sponsored by , an online resource where professionals share and discover the best software and work-related apps.
On Monday, Gartner released a report projecting cloud services to nearly double over the next four years, topping $207 billion by 2016. It's the one bright spot in an otherwise slow-growing IT industry.
As services like Dropbox, Google Docs, and Salesforce.com fuel this growth, how are they impacting work life at the individual level? Here are 10 submissions to BestVendor's App Haiku contest that reveal professionals' growing relationships with these services.
Swiftly syncs and stores
Through flows my trappings
Contains my chattels
I am not a bank
I am your vendor. You dig?
If not, meet
Hiring becomes tiring
Inbox turns junk-box
if not for
drives my sales
Clean, mighty email triggers
My store gets bigger
Issues and projects
My dev team command center
, forever
My secret mistress
None can know our escapades
I at work.
is where
We share, I share, they share stuff
Life is in one place
My real-time sidekick
My communications pimp
, beep some more
My books are a mess
How can I keep this stuff straight?
accounting
Let me chat with you
On Windows Live
Only on break time?
"Cloud services are changing the way people work and generally making them happier and more productive," said Jeff Giesea, founder & CEO of BestVendor. "We launched the 'AppHaiku Contest' to give professionals a fun and more personal way to express this."
BestVendor launched the contest last Friday, asking contestants to submit poetry about the productivity apps and software that they love (or hate) above all others. The AppHaiku contest will run through August 3rd, and rules are available on . Anyone can enter by submitting a haiku on the or tweeting a haiku to (at)BestVendor using the hashtag #AppHaiku.
Founded in 2011, BestVendor helps people find the best apps and services to get stuff done. The company's vision is to become the first place people go for trusted reviews and recommendations about business products and services, starting with web services, cloud apps, and software. Beta signup is available at . Follow BestVendor on , , and .
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