The global market for cloud computing is predicted to reach $177 billion by 2017 according to Gartner. The large companies have established an international presence – Google clouds lurk over Singapore and Hong Kong, as an example. However, small and medium cloud companies need to craft their international expansion strategies in order to identify channel partners and make sales. As SaaS companies are expected to comprise the largest component of the global cloud market, they are uniquely poised to benefit from going global.