Cloud infrastructure spending passed on prem data centers in 2020

There is a prevailing notion that while the cloud infrastructure market is growing fast, the vast majority of workloads remain on prem. While that could be true, new research from Synergy Research Group found that cloud infrastructure spending surpassed on prem spending for the first time in 2020 — and did so by a wide […] Continue reading Cloud infrastructure spending passed on prem data centers in 2020

APAC cloud infrastructure revenue reaches $9B in Q2 with Amazon leading the way

When you look at the Asia-Pacific (APAC) regional cloud infrastructure numbers, it would be easy to think that one of the Chinese cloud giants, particularly Alibaba, would be the leader in that geography, but new numbers from Synergy Research show Amazon leading across the region overall, which generated $9 billion in revenue in Q2. The […] Continue reading APAC cloud infrastructure revenue reaches $9B in Q2 with Amazon leading the way

In spite of pandemic (or maybe because of it), cloud infrastructure revenue soars

It’s fair to say that even before the impact of COVID-19, companies had begun a steady march to the cloud. Maybe it wasn’t fast enough for AWS, as Andy Jassy made clear in his 2019 Re:invent keynote, but it was happening all the same and the steady revenue increases across the cloud infrastructure market bore […] Continue reading In spite of pandemic (or maybe because of it), cloud infrastructure revenue soars