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Healthcare Continues to Spearhead Public Cloud Adoption

May 17, 2023 - Public cloud adoption continues to increase in healthcare, with 73 percent of surveyed organizations using multiple public cloud vendors, Forrester’s State of Cloud in Healthcare 2023 report revealed. Cloud decision-makers at healthcare organizations are spending $9.5 million annually across clouds on average, researchers found. In the past...

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by Jill McKeon

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