Frost and Sullivan says organisations are continually focused on optimising business value and efficiency through the cloud. Demand for managed cloud services is growing as organisations seek assistance in designing, implementing, and configuring a cloud strategy across hybrid, private and public clouds.
The last decade was about moving to the cloud as businesses migrated, re-platformed, and deployed applications in the public cloud.
However, the future will revolve around leveraging the cloud to support digital businesses in their drive to improve operational efficiency, automate business processes and boost productivity.
Organisations are continually focused on optimising business value and efficiency through the cloud. Demand for managed cloud services is growing as organisations seek assistance in designing, implementing, and configuring a cloud strategy across hybrid, private and public clouds.
“According to the Frost & Sullivan 2021 Global Cloud User Survey, 74% of organisations globally say the cloud is the most critical part of their digital transformation strategy,” noted Lynda Stadtmueller, research vice president & practice lead, information & communications technology at Frost & Sullivan.
He cautioned that digital transformation requires a flexible cloud strategy as businesses must utilise different infrastructures to meet the needs of a diverse set of applications, services, data, and users. With the need for data to be secure, compliant, and available, data management remains a priority.
Fuelling hybrid, multi-cloud adoption
Hybrid, multi-cloud architectures will enable organizations to ensure optimal application performance – from the cloud to the edge.
Platform-as-a-service drives choice
The battle for public cloud supremacy is moving up the stack as enterprise buyers focus on value-added offerings such as development tools.
Need for secure, data-enabled clouds
With enterprise data growing on average at 44% per year, organizations need tools, processes, and infrastructure to extract maximum value from it.
Complexity drives managed cloud growth
An optimal cloud strategy is too complex and important for businesses to enact on their own. That is why they are turning to third-party experts for assistance.
