2014 Cloud Mainstream

Cloud/Client Architecture

What Gartner Predicted

The model of rich server-side computing combined with lightweight client apps would grow, blending cloud and client computing into a coordinated model.

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Prediction Accuracy
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SaaS and cloud-first architectures became the default, but the prediction was vague enough that almost anything validates it. Modern web apps often have rich client-side logic (React SPAs) — the opposite of 'lightweight client apps.'