Cloud computing management provider RightScale updated its blog this morning with some impressive figures that point to company's growth: its customers' cloud computing usage has increased by 1000% in one year. While the post accompanies a press release, it would be a mistake to dismiss the numbers as just PR. Sponsor The increased usage reflects three trends: Customers are using more cloud serversCloud servers are running for longer periods of timeCustomers are using larger servers "We are amazed to see how much has changed in the past year, both in terms of the overall amount of cloud computing as well as the applications being deployed," says Thorsten von Eicken, RightScale CTO.