This week in BPOS news is a recurring segment on the Microsoft Online Services Team Blog that covers news from all sectors of Cloud Computing and the Microsoft Online Services business suite known as the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). You can read all past This Week in BPOS News segments here.

For this week in BPOS news we find out about the future success of Cloud Computing, and learn how to make Office 365 better.

1. Cloud computing Market: $241 billion in 2020

The cloud is one of the fastest growing sectors in the technology industry and Forrester Research has estimated that Cloud Computing will grow from “$40.7 billion in 2011 to $241 billion in 2020.” ZDNet peers into the future of Cloud Computing by outlining how Forrester Research foresees the infrastructure, adoption rates and revenues of the future cloud market.

Forrester Research predicts that more businesses will rapidly adopt Software as a service. “Software as a service will be adopted by companies of all sizes. In 2011, SaaS will be a $21.2 billion market and grow to $92.8 billion in 2016. AT that point SaaS comes closer to saturation.”

The graph below details how Forrester Research sees the cloud landscape evolving through 2020:

What do you predict the Cloud will look like in 2020? Leave your comments below.

2. Feedback on Future BlackBerry Cloud Services from RIM for Office 365

The Office 365 technical blog recently posted an opportunity for customers to participate in making the Admin experience for Office 365 with BlackBerry Business Cloud Services better. This is a great chance to have your voice heard and provide real feedback that will affect how thousands of customers interact with Office 365.

You must pass the following criteria to participate:

• You are an employee of a company which has licenses for BPOS Standard or Exchange Online Standard as well as the current Hosted BlackBerry service from Microsoft.
• You are responsible for managing cloud email services and setting-up email on mobile phones.
• You are willing to spend 30 minutes with us on the phone between May 11th and May 20th, 2011 to provide constructive feedback on scenarios. Calls will be done using LiveMeeting and may include one or a few customer participants as well as participants from Microsoft and from Research in Motion.

Click here to complete the nomination survey.

How would you improve the user experience of Office 365? Leave your comments below.

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