Because of the worldwide lockdowns, cloud activity increased significantly in 2020. However, vendors will not see a surge in revenues until early next year. The main culprits for this are the try-before-you-buy approach and the slowdown of overall spending from April to August. According to Gartner research vice president John-David Lovelock – "In Gartner history, there has never been a market with this much volatility. The spending slowdown from roughly April through August, coupled with cloud service providers' trial-first programs, shifted cloud revenues out of 2020."