Hot cloud products IT pros swear by

Each year we ask IT pros what they love, and this year several cloud-related products ranked among the favorites.

Spending on cloud services is so far just a fraction of total IT spending — roughly 3% — but the market is growing. According to research firm Gartner, global spending on public cloud computing services will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion last year.