DIGITAL & TRENDS

Cloud computing
 Table of Contents

01 Overview 04 Consumption
IT services global spending forecast 2008-2023 03 Worldwide enterprise cloud strategy 2017-2023 22
Public IT cloud services global market growth 2011-2023 04 Usage of cloud computing configuration tools in SMBs 2023 23
Public cloud services market size 2017-2023 05 Worldwide enterprise public cloud annual spend 2023 24
Storage split between on-site and cloud in the U.S. & the UK 2023, by company size 06 Worldwide small and medium-sized businesses public cloud annual spend 2023 25
Worldwide enterprise workload/data in public cloud 2023 26
02 Segments Public cloud platform usage and adoption worldwide 2023, by service provider 27

Spending on cloud and data centers 2009-2022, by segment 08 Private cloud platform service adoption worldwide 2023, by technology 28

Global public IT cloud services revenue 2016-2021, by segment 09

Global public cloud application services (SaaS) market size 2015-2024 10 05 Outlook
Global public cloud infrastructure as a service market size 2015-2024 11 IT leaders anticipate multicloud application workloads worldwide 2019-2022 30
Global cloud IT infrastructure spending 2013-2026 12 Reasons for embracing multi-cloud 2023 31
Public cloud application infrastructure services market 2015-2024 13 Infrastructure decision drivers 2018 & 2023 32
Global anticipated cloud initiatives worldwide 2023 33
03 Companies
Organizations' use of cloud vendors worldwide 2022, by vendor 15
Enterprise public cloud platform and infrastructure service usage worldwide 2017-2023 16
Private cloud platform service usage worldwide 2017-2023 17
Vendor revenue from the public cloud services IaaS market worldwide 2015-2021 18
Vendor share from the public cloud services IaaS market worldwide 2015-2021 19
Global IaaS and PaaS hyperscaler market share 2020-2022, by vendor 20

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CHAPTER 01

Overview
 Information technology (IT) services spending forecast worldwide from
2008 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
IT services global spending forecast 2008-2023

1,600

1,400

1,200
Spending in billion U.S. dollars

1,000

800

600

400

200

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* 2023*

3 Description: In 2022, spending on IT services is projected to amount to around 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars worldwide. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2008 to 2021; *Forecast Read more
Source(s): Gartner
 Market growth forecast for public cloud services worldwide from 2011 to
2023**
Public IT cloud services global market growth 2011-2023

35%

29.3%
30%
26.2%
25.5%
25% 23.4% 23.4%
21.7%
20.8%
Annual growth

20% 18.6% 18.5% 18.8%

17.8%

15% 13.7%
12.4%

10%

5%

0%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* 2023*

4 Description: In 2023, the global public cloud services market is expected to grow by approximately 21.7 percent, which amounts to about 597 billion U.S. dollars. While the growth of cloud services is relatively rapid, it still represents a small percentage of the global IT
services market, which reached a peak of more than one trillion U.S. dollars in 2021. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2011 to 2023; * Forecast. **The cloud advertising segment was removed from Gartner's public cloud services forecast segments starting from 2017. The 2017 growth rate is the result of comparing 2017 public cloud revenue to [...] Read more
Source(s): Gartner; Statista
 Public cloud services end-user spending worldwide from 2017 to 2023 (in
billion U.S. dollars)
Public cloud services market size 2017-2023

700

591.79
600

490.33
Market in billion U.S. dollars

500

412.63
400

314
300
243
197
200
145

100

0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* 2023*

5 Description: The worldwide public cloud computing market continues to grow and is expected to reach an estimated 490 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. This encompasses business processes, platform, infrastructure, software, management, security, and advertising
services delivered by public cloud services. A public cloud is a cloud deployment model that offers computing services over the internet. The physical hardware of this cloud model is shared by multiple companies. The services offered to customers [...] Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2017 to 2022; * Forecast The cloud advertising segment was removed from Gartner's public cloud services forecast segments starting from 2017. Read more
Source(s): Gartner
 Share of storage in the United States and the United Kingdom for on-
premises and in the cloud 2023, by company size
Storage split between on-site and cloud in the U.S. & the UK 2023, by company size

On premises Cloud
70%

59% 58%
60% 56% 57%
55%

50%
45%
Share of respodents

44% 43%
41% 42%
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
250-999 1000-2499 2500-4999 5000-10000 >10000
Number of employees

6 Description: Hybrid cloud storage has been gaining popularity in the recent years. In 2023, the majority of company storage is done on the cloud, with more than 50 percent of data on the cloud, in companies of all sizes. Read more
Note(s): United Kingdom, United States; October 2022; 350 respondents; IT leaders
Source(s): Virtana
CHAPTER 02

Segments
 Enterprise spending on cloud and data centers by segment from 2009 to
2022 (in billion U.S dollars)
Spending on cloud and data centers 2009-2022, by segment

Data Center Hardware & Software Cloud Infrastructure Services

300

250
Spending in billion U.S dollars

200
178

150 129.5
96
69
225
100 46.5
14 21 32
6.5 9.5
3.5
1.5
1
50 93 93.3 89 98.05
71.4 77.5 81 81.5 83 82 78.5 81.5
60.7

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

8 Description: In 2022, enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services amounted to 225 billion U.S. dollars, a growth of 47 billion U.S. dollars compared to the previous year. The growing market for cloud infrastructure services is driven by organizations' demand
for modern networking, storage, and databases solutions. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2009 to 2022
Source(s): Statista estimates; Synergy Research Group
 Public IT cloud services market revenue worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by
segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
Global public IT cloud services revenue 2016-2021, by segment

Infrastructure as a service Platform as a service Software as a service

450

400

350
Spending in billion U.S. dollars

300
249
250
197.6
200

150 148.5
123.9 68.2
100 100.38 47.6
61.11 35.9
50 25.8 91.3
18.05 49 67.2
11.57 35.4
17.8 24.81
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

9 Description: In 2021, the global spending on public IT cloud services amounted to approximately 409 billion U.S. dollars in total. Software as a service (SaaS) spending is the largest segment with revenues of around 249 billion U.S. dollars. This growth is driven by
organizations across the world replacing their legacy business applications with SaaS applications that are more data-driven and a more appropriate fit for modern cloud architectures. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2016 to 2021; *SaaS revenues include both SaaS applications and SaaS Systems Infrastructure Software (SISaaS). 2020 SISaaS revenue: 49.2bn USD 2020 SaaS applications revenue: 148.4bn USD Read more
Source(s): IDC
 Public cloud application services/software as a service (SaaS) end-user
spending worldwide from 2015 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Global public cloud application services (SaaS) market size 2015-2024

250
232.3

197.29
200
Market in billion U.S. dollars

167.34

146.33
150

120.7
102.1
100 85.7

58.8
48.2
50
31.4

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* 2024*

10 Description: In 2023, the software as a service (SaaS) market is estimated to be worth approximately 197 billion U.S. dollars and estimated to reach 232 billion U.S. dollars by 2024. SaaS applications are run in the cloud and usually accessible through desktops and
mobile applications, as well as through a web interface. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2015 to 2024; * Forecast. Read more
Source(s): Gartner
 Public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) end-user spending
worldwide from 2015 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Global public cloud infrastructure as a service market size 2015-2024

250

195.45
200
Market in billion U.S. dollars

150.31
150

114.79

100 90.89

64
45
50
32
25 25
16

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* 2024*

11 Description: In 2023, the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market is expected to be worth around 150 billion U.S. dollars. IaaS is a computing infrastructure that is provisioned and managed over the internet by a cloud provider. IaaS delivers fundamental network,
compute, and storage resources to customers on demand. This model reduces the need for an owned infrastructure that is difficult and expensive to maintain. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2015 to 2023; *Forecast Read more
Source(s): Gartner
 Annual spending on cloud IT infrastructure worldwide from 2013 to 2026
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Global cloud IT infrastructure spending 2013-2026

160

140 133.7

120
Spending in billion U.S. dollars

110.5

100 93.7
87.7

80 71.8
66.1 66.8

60
47.4

40 35.7
32.2
26.4
22.3
20

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021* 2022 2023* 2024* 2026*

12 Description: In 2023, cloud IT infrastructure spending is expected to reach almost 94 billion U.S. dollars. Public cloud infrastructure continues to expand and is a large driver of IT spending. Leading companies in the market include Dell Technologies, HPE, Inspur,
Lenovo, IBM, and Huawei. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2013 to 2023; *Forecast Read more
Source(s): IDC
 Public cloud platform as a service (PaaS) end-user spending worldwide
from 2015 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Public cloud application infrastructure services market 2015-2024

180 170.36

160
138.96
140
Market in billion U.S. dollars

120 111.98

100 89.9

80
59
60

38
40
26
20 12
9
4
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* 2024*

13 Description: In 2024, the platform as a service (PaaS) market is estimated to be worth approximately 170 billion U.S. dollars. PaaS is a type of cloud computing offered by service providers to customers. PaaS is a complete development and deployment environment in
the cloud. The customer only purchases the resources needed, and the provider manages and maintains everything except for the applications and services which the customer develops. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2015 to 2023; * Forecast Read more
Source(s): Gartner
CHAPTER 03

Companies
 Global use of cloud providers by organizations 2022, by vendor
Organizations' use of cloud vendors worldwide 2022, by vendor

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Microsoft Azure 56%

Amazon Web Services 51%

Google Cloud Platform 28%

Private cloud (Self-service ...) 17%

IBM Cloud 10%

We are not using any form of cloud 8%

Industry-specialized cloud 6%

Other public cloud 2%

15 Description: In 2021, 56 percent of respondents stated that they are using Microsoft Azure for their cloud services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) was on top of the list until 2020, when Microsoft took the place. Additionally, the percentage of respondents not using any
form of cloud rose to eight percent in 2022 from four percent in 2021. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 20120 - 2022; 669 respondents; IT professionals
Source(s): Turbonomic
 Current enterprise public cloud adoption worldwide from 2017 to 2023, by
service
Enterprise public cloud platform and infrastructure service usage worldwide 2017-2023

AWS (Amazon Web Service) Azure Google Cloud Oracle Infrastructure Cloud IBM Public Cloud Alibaba Cloud
90%

80%

70%
Share of respondents

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

16 Description: According to the latest report, 75 percent of enterprise respondents indicated that they were adopting Microsoft Azure for public cloud usage. AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, also known as hyperscalers, are among the leading cloud computing
platform providers worldwide. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2017 to 2023; 554 (2020) / 637 (2021) / 597 (2022) / 627 (2023); Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations; *Respondents represent enterprises (more than 1,000 employees) Read more
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Current usage of private cloud platform services worldwide from 2017 to
2023, by service
Private cloud platform service usage worldwide 2017-2023

Microsoft Azure Stack AWS Outpost VMware vSphere/vCenter Microsoft System Center
VMware vCloud Director Google Anthos OpenStack Bare-Metal Cloud
Pivotal CloudFoundry CloudStack RedHat OpenShift
60%

50% 50%
50%
42% 42% 41%
Share of respondents

40% 36% 37%

35% 35%
30% 31%
30% 31%
28%
27% 28% 28% 28%
27%
30% 25% 26%
24%
23% 24% 23% 23%
22% 22% 21%
20%
19% 20% 20%
19% 19%
17% 17% 18%
17%
20% 16%
15% 15% 15% 15%
14% 13% 14% 13% 13%
12% 11% 12% 11%
10%
8%
10%

0%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

17 Description: As of 2023, 41 percent of respondents indicated that they were already using Microsoft Azure Stack private cloud services ranking top on the list. This is followed by AWS Outposts and VMware vSphere/vCenter with 31 percent and 28 percent respectively.
Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2017 to 2023; 750 respondents; Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Revenues from public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market
worldwide from 2015 to 2021, by vendor (in million U.S. dollars)
Vendor revenue from the public cloud services IaaS market worldwide 2015-2021

Amazon Microsoft Alibaba Google Huawei IBM Rackspace Others

100,000

90,000
17,056
80,000
Revenue in million U.S. dollars

70,000 4,190
6,436
60,000 8,679
12,706
50,000 2,672
3,932 19,153
40,000 10,115 6,117
882
2,367 12,658
30,000 7,519 4,004
577
1,314 7,950
20,000 5,902 2,499
8,850 457
780 5,038 35,380
1,091
8,074 484
297
500 3,130 26,201
10,000 675
1,579 20,365
461
250
298
980 15,495
9,775 12,221
6,698
0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

18 Description: In 2021, Amazon generated around 35 billion U.S. dollars from the sale of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), giving it a market share of almost 40 percent, more than the next three largest vendors in the market combined. Microsoft maintains the second
place, as its products and services were in high demand during the global 2020 healthcare crisis. Alibaba grew 41.9 percent in 2021 and is the dominant IaaS provider in China. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2015 to 2021
Source(s): Gartner
 Vendor share of the public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market
worldwide from 2015 to 2021
Vendor share from the public cloud services IaaS market worldwide 2015-2021

Amazon Microsoft Alibaba Google Huawei IBM Rackspace Others

120%

100%

23.2% 22.1% 19.8% 18.8%

25%
80% 39.6% 4.2% 4.6%
48.4% 1.8% 1.9%
1.9% 4% 5.2% 6.1% 7.1%
Market share

3.3%
4.6% 7.7% 8.8% 9.5% 9.5%
60% 2.2% 13.3%
1.6%
2.3% 15.5%
3% 17.4%
2.7%
1.5% 19.7% 21.1%
1.8% 7.1%
5.8%
40%

51.8% 47.8%
20% 39.8% 44.2% 44.6% 40.8% 38.9%

0%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

19 Description: In 2021, Amazon generated about 35 billion U.S. dollars from the sale of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), giving it a market share of approximately 39 percent, more than the next three largest vendors in the market combined. Microsoft's growth in 2020
was driven by the global healthcare crisis that disrupted workplace environments and increased the demand for Microsoft's cloud products and solutions. In 2021, almost all IaaS providers exhibited growth, while the leading five providers [...] Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2015 to 2021
Source(s): Gartner
 Worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service
(PaaS) hyperscaler market share from 2020 to 2022, by vendor
Global IaaS and PaaS hyperscaler market share 2020-2022, by vendor

AWS Azure Alibaba GCP

100%
7.2% 8.1% 9.1%
90%
9.5% 8.9% 8.7%
80%

70%
30.6% 31.9% 33.1%
60%
Market share

50%

40%

30%
52.7% 51.1% 49.2%
20%

10%

0%
2020 2021* 2022*

20 Description: In 2022, with a projected market share o 49 percent, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to be the leading global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) hyperscale vendor. That year, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, and
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) are forecast to generate a combined revenue of 167.3 billion U.S. dollars. In this specific instance, the four hyperscalers are characterized by their technology, CAPEX budget, resources, heft, and customer momentum [...] Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2020 to 2021; *Forecast Read more
Source(s): ETR; Wikibon
CHAPTER 04

Consumption
 Enterprise cloud strategy worldwide from 2017 to 2023, by cloud type
Worldwide enterprise cloud strategy 2017-2023

Hybrid cloud Multiple public Multiple private Single public Single private No plans
120%

100% 1% 3% 1% 1% 2% 2%
5% 5% 3% 6% 7% 5%
4% 9% 11%
9% 10% 6% 11% 2%
9% 10% 2%
7% 7%
Share of respondents

80% 9% 13%
10%
20% 17%
60% 21%

87% 82% 84%

40% 80%
72%
58% 58%
51%
20%

0%
2017 2018 2019 Jan 2020 Nov 2020 2021 2022 2023

22 Description: As of 2023, 72 percent of the enterprise respondents indicated that they have deployed a hybrid cloud in their organization. The migration to hybrid cloud solutions generally happens at the expense of operating single private and public clouds. Read
more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2017 to 2023; 750 (2023); Cloud decision makers and users
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Current usage of cloud configuration tools in small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMB) worldwide in 2023, by use case
Usage of cloud computing configuration tools in SMBs 2023

Share of respondents

Plan to use Currently use

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

10%
AWS CloudFormation templates 47%
15%
Azure Resource Manager templates 32%
15%
AWS systems manager 28%
8%
Terraform 35%
21%
Azure Automation 14%
4%
Ansible 18%
11%
AWS OpsWorks 11%
11%
Google Cloud Deployment Manager templates 7%
7%
Chef 6%
7%
Puppet 6%
5%
Salt/Saltstack 2%

23 Description: In 2023, 47 percent of SMB respondents indicated that they were already using AWS CloudFormation templates. AWS CloudFormation helps create templates for quick and reliable provisioning of the services or applications called "stacks". Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 123 respondents; Technical executives, managers, and practitioners of cloud technologies
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Enterprise annual spend on public cloud worldwide from 2023, by amount
of spend
Worldwide enterprise public cloud annual spend 2023

35%

30%

25%
Share of respondents

20%

15% 29%
25%
10%
17% 17%

5% 10%
6% 6%

0%
Up to $600k $600k to $1.2m $1.2m to $2.4m $2.4m to $6m $6m to $12m More than $12m Did not disclose

24 Description: In late 2023, 29 percent of the enterprise respondents indicated that their organizations spent more than 12 million U.S. dollars on public cloud every year. Public cloud spend is remaining strong, as organizations around the world continuously migrate to
the cloud as part of their digital transformation plans. Further, organizations increasingly invest in collaboration, remote working technologies, and infrastructure. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 627 respondents; Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Small and medium-sized businesses annual spend on public cloud
worldwide in 2023, by amount of spend
Worldwide small and medium-sized businesses public cloud annual spend 2023

45%

40%

35%

30%
Share of respondents

25%

20% 39%

15% 30%

10%

5% 11% 10%
4% 5%
0% 1%
Up to $600k $600k to $1.2m $1.2m to $2.4m $2.4m to $6m $6m to $12m More than $12m Did not disclose

25 Description: In late 2023, 39 percent of small and medium-sized businesses spend between up to 600,000 U.S. dollars on public cloud services annually. Public cloud resources made to customers available vary by provider but usually include applications, virtual
machines, and storage capabilities. Public clouds offer organizations the benefit of being cost-effective, as they only pay for services actually used. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 123 respondents; Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Share of enterprises using workloads and data in public cloud in 2023
Worldwide enterprise workload/data in public cloud 2023

Workloads/Data in public cloud today Additional workloads/Data in public cloud in 12 months Not in public cloud
120%

100%
Share of respondents

80% 43% 45%

60%
7% 7%

40%

50% 48%
20%

0%
Workloads in public cloud Data in Public Cloud

26 Description: As of 2023, 50 percent of enterprises already have workloads in the public cloud, with 7 percent planning to move additional workloads to the cloud in next 12 months. In addition, 48 percent of respondents reported having data stored on the public cloud.
Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 627 respondents; Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Current and planned usage of public cloud platform services running
applications worldwide in 2023, by service provider
Public cloud platform usage and adoption worldwide 2023, by service provider

Share of respondents

Plan to use Experimenting Running some workloads Running significant workloads

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

6%
13%
Azure 30%
41%
4%
10%
AWS (Amazon Web Service) 27%
47%
9%
19%
Google Cloud Platform 26%
17%
12%
16%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 18%
8%
9%
16%
IBM Cloud 12%
8%
10%
11%
Alibaba Cloud 5%
3%
4%
5%
Other 8%
5%

27 Description: In 2023, 47 percent of respondents are already running significant workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 750 respondents; Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations
Source(s): Flexera Software
 Current and planned usage of private cloud platform services running
applications worldwide 2023, by technology
Private cloud platform service adoption worldwide 2023, by technology

Share of respondents

Currently use Experimenting Plan to use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

AWS Outposts 31% 24% 7%

Google Anthos 17% 21% 11%

Microsoft Azure Stack 41% 19% 11%

Microsoft System Center 27% 21% 13%

VMware vSphere/vCenter 28% 17% 10%

VMware vCloud Director 18% 16% 13%

OpenStack 11% 18% 13%

Bare-metal cloud 10% 15% 13%

28 Description: As of 2023, 41 percent of respondents to a recent survey of technical professionals indicated that they were already using Microsoft Azure Stack private cloud services. Microsoft Azure Stack takes the first place, and VMware vSphere/vCenter the second,
respectively. Further, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts, as well as Google Anthos and VMware vCloud Director are leading in terms of planned usage. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 750 respondents; Technical professionals across a cross-section of organizations
Source(s): Flexera Software
CHAPTER 05

Outlook
 Do you believe that one day application workloads will move freely across
clouds and what will be the primary driver?
IT leaders anticipate multicloud application workloads worldwide 2019-2022

Share of respondents
No, I do not believe that application workloads will ever move freely across clouds
Yes, to minimize the cost to serve
Yes, to leverage different application services (ex. AI/ML, big data analytics, business intelligence, IoT, etc.)
Yes, to guarantee availability
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

17%
2019 21%
34%
28%
17%
2020 23%
31%
29%
18%
2021 24%
28%
31%
21%
2022 21%
25%
33%

30 Description: In 2022, 33 percent of respondents globally believe that application workloads will move freely across clouds in the future to guarantee availability. Further, since 2019, leaders have consistently stated that leveraging different application services is a
primary driver for workloads to move across clouds. This indicates that information technology (IT) leaders are looking to advance their multicloud strategies in the coming years to secure different advantages for their businesses. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; January 2022; 669 respondents; IT professionals
Source(s): Turbonomic
 Workload requirements leading to embracing multi-cloud 2023
Reasons for embracing multi-cloud 2023

45%
39% 39%
40%
35% 33%
Share of respondents

31% 31% 30%

30% 26%
25% 23%
21%
19%
20%
15%
10%
5%
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31 Description: Many workload requirements have prompted organizations to use more than one cloud provider. In 2023, 39 percent of respondents reported artificial intelligence or machine learning along with application development and development as the reason
for adopting cloud providers outside of their primary provider. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide
Source(s): Google; TechTarget
 Change in infrastructure decision drivers over time in 2018 and 2023
Infrastructure decision drivers 2018 & 2023

2018 2023
40% 38%

35%
31%
30%
Share of respondents

25% 24%
22%
20%
20% 19%
16%
15%

10%
6%
5%

0%
Cybersecurity Flexibility to run across clouds and on- Performance Cost
premises

32 Description: Flexibility in running services on the cloud and on-premises has become one of the most important factors influencing decisions, with the share of respondents reporting the same increasing from only 6 percent in 2018 to 24 percent in 2023. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; December 2022 and January 2023; 1450 respondents; IT decision makers
Source(s): Nutanix
 Leading cloud initiatives anticipated worldwide for 2023
Global anticipated cloud initiatives worldwide 2023

Share of respondents
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Optimizing our existing use of cloud (cost savings) 55%

Migrating more workloads to cloud 59%

Implementing automated policies for cloud governance 39%

Better financial reporting on cloud costs (showback/chargeback) 41%

Progressing on a cloud-first strategy 46%

Moving from on-premises to SaaS versions of software applications 48%

Expanding use of containers 33%

Managing software licenses used in the cloud 38%

Expanding use of public cloud laaS/PaaS services 31%

Implementing continuous integration/delivery in cloud 27%

Expanding public clouds we use 24%

Enabling Central IT to broker multiple cloud services 22%

Expanding the use of cloud managed service providers (MSPs) 15%

Expanding the use of cloud marketplaces to procure software 6%

Other 2%

33 Description: Optimizing the existing use of clouds (cost savings) is a priority for cloud initiatives for 55 percent of respondents in 2023. Migrating more workloads to the cloud ranks first, with 59 percent, which indicates organizations' continuous commitment to using
cloud services in the future. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2023; 750 respondents; Cloud decision makers and users*; *Respondents represent enterprises from a wide variety of industries. Read more
Source(s): Flexera Software
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ETR
Flexera Software
Gartner
Google
IDC
Nutanix
Statista
Statista estimates
Synergy Research Group
TechTarget
Turbonomic
Virtana
Wikibon

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