The spread of private provision into core public services like medical care or schools has been glacial.

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Core private-sector machine orders - seen as a key indicator of corporate investment - were down by 4% from 2006.

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The survey also finds a majority of enterprises, 63%, already have underway or are planning migrations to public or private clouds for core applications, including ERP.

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