Cloud computing's importance has grown significantly in recent years. It has allowed shared IT infrastructure and services to create a flexible, scalable, and on-demand IT environment. The cloud is now the dominant model for delivering and maintaining enterprise IT resources, including hardware, software, and platforms and tools for application developers.
The widespread move to home-working necessitated by COVID-19 would have brought businesses to a grinding halt had investments in cloud not been made over the last 10 years. That investment now has the potential to transform the way some businesses operate.
Key Highlights
Cloud computing provides users with an approach to consuming IT that is significantly more flexible, resource-efficient, and cost-effective than traditional IT. Cloud-based IT resources can be delivered privately, for use by one or a specific group of enterprises, or publicly, where IT resources are accessed according to multi-tenancy principles. Hybrid cloud environments, which combine the use of both public and private cloud, are increasingly popular among enterprises that want to enjoy the benefits of both.The widespread move to home-working necessitated by COVID-19 would have brought businesses to a grinding halt had investments in cloud not been made over the last 10 years. That investment now has the potential to transform the way some businesses operate.
Scope
- This report provides an overview of the cloud computing theme
- It identifies the key trends impacting growth of the theme over the next 12 to 24 months
- It includes a comprehensive industry analysis, including market size and growth forecasts for cloud services (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) and cloud infrastructure (private cloud services, hybrid cloud services, and cloud management platforms)
- The detailed value chain breaks down enterprise cloud spending into three categories: cloud infrastructure, cloud services, and cloud professional services
Reasons to Buy
- The traditional IT stack has shifted to the cloud computing stack. This report will help readers make sense of this shift and understand the business benefits that can be derived from cloud computing. In addition, the report identifies those technology vendors that are leading across the enterprise cloud market, as well as highlighting challenger companies across the primary segments of the cloud computing stack
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Players
- The cloud computing stack
- Technology Briefing
- Trends
- Technology trends
- Macroeconomic trends
- Regulatory trends
- Industry Analysis
- Market size and growth forecasts
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Patent trends
- Company filings trends
- Hiring trends
- Timeline
- Value Chain
- Cloud services (PaaS and IaaS)
- Cloud services (SaaS)
- Cloud professional services
- Companies
- Public companies
- Private companies
- Sector Scorecards
- Cloud services sector scorecard
- IT services sector scorecard
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Thematic Research Methodology
- About the Publisher
- Contact the Publisher
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Accenture
- Adobe
- Affirm
- Alibaba
- Alphabet
- Amazon
- AppDirect
- Atos
- Baidu
- Box
- BT
- CAD Manufacturing
- Cloud Software Group
- Cloudera
- Cognizant
- Cornerstone OnDemand
- Crossover (Engine Yard)
- Datadog
- Dell
- Digital Ocean
- Discord
- Dropbox
- DXC Technology
- Epicor
- Flexera
- FreshBooks
- HCL
- HPE
- Huawei
- IBM
- Infor
- Informatica
- Infosys
- Ingram Micro
- Inspur
- Intuit
- Jamcracker
- Kyndryl
- Linode
- LiquidPlanner
- Lumen
- Microsoft
- Mirantis
- Monday.com
- New Relic
- NTT
- Nutanix
- OpenText
- Oracle
- Orange
- OVHcloud
- Paylocity
- Platform9
- Rackspace
- Salesforce
- SAP
- ScienceSoft
- ServiceNow
- Shopify
- SingTel
- SugarCRM
- TCS
- TeamViewer
- Tencent
- Veeva Systems
- VMware
- Wipro
- Workday
- Xero
- Zendesk
- Zoho
