Today, in Forbes, I offer my predictions for what’s to come in cloud during 2012. It will be a year of firsts: major acquisitions, rapid cloud adoption, a new class of cloud employees and major security breaches are all in store. Here’s a preview: 1. More Clouds Across Businesses Everywhere Over the past few years, we’ve seen cloud technologies being adopted across companies of all sizes, regions and verticals. And I’m not just talking about consumers and small businesses. Whether it’s oil pipeline manufacturers in Oklahoma, pharmaceutical companies across the nation, entire universities or global non-profit organizations, they’re all looking past ‘on-premise’ and putting their businesses in the clouds. And that’s because they’re seeing the benefits — the savings over on-premise systems, of course, but also mobility, efficiency and hiring. (More on that later.) This trend will continue in 2012. It will be the first year in which more.