This week, the latest batch of quarterly earning calls rolled in; one major highlight was Netflix’s announcement of a new pricing structure, on top of its plans to further expand into Europe. Meanwhile, over on Gigaom Research, our analysts are taking a look back at quarterly findings from throughout 2013, especially as they impact cloud adoption strategies and social technologies, and more.

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Buyer’s Lens: Survey: benchmarking cloud expectations
Laura Stuart

Analyst Laura Stuart revisits Gigaom Research’s 2013 Q2 cloud expectations survey, which queried two IT buyer populations (leading-edge as well as mainstream buyers) about their expectations at attitudes about the cloud. By analyzing these results one year later, Stuart provides today’s IT buyers with a valuable set of metrics to benchmark their own progress and…