India, Jan. 1 -- In reviewing a batch of industry analyst predictions for cloud computing in 2019 I walked away wanting something more. It was sort of like going out for dinner to a joint where they serve large portions of tastelessness, or the place with tons of flavor but three tiny shrimp just don't fill the belly.

Are you surprised that the big cloud providers are going to get bigger?

Is there value for the IT executive in knowing that public cloud spending will grow in the new year, or that companies will be investing in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)?

How many analyst hours -- along with client dollars -- went into reports that government is ready to invest in cloud technologies? I think we've seen that one each of the past f...