Frost & Sullivan Global Cloud User Survey, Q4 2021
Transformational Growth in Hybrid Cloud and Multi-cloud Deployments Drive Digitalization in Healthcare
15-Jul-2022
Global
Customer Research
PD43-01-00-00-00
HC03563-GL-CR_26713
This research service presents the findings of the global cloud user survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan between October 2021 and November 2021 to derive insights on cloud adoption, deployment, and usage. The primary goal of this research is to analyze the cloud computing technology adoption trends among healthcare organizations, including top business strategic goals, preferred cloud deployment models, and information technology (IT), and identify the business challenges in cloud migration and cloud repatriation as well as the expansion opportunities for healthcare cloud providers.
Patient demands for connected care, healthcare data interoperability, and virtual care technology such as telehealth and remote patient monitoring to enable provider-patient collaboration have led to a greater focus on the cloud in healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digitization in healthcare, resulting in a new era of technology adoption in the industry. The need for secured data storage and privacy had a positive impact on the healthcare cloud market, accelerating digitization and pushing healthcare organizations to adopt end-to-end hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies.
The regional segmentation of this survey is as follows:
• North America (The United States and Canada)
• Latin America (Brazil and Mexico)
• Europe and the Middle East
• The Asia-Pacific
Key Issues Addressed
- What infrastructure options are healthcare organizations using and planning to add?
- How do healthcare organizations decide whether to deploy an app in the public data center or the corporate data center?
- What percentage of apps and data does the public cloud use?
- What factors made healthcare organizations choose their primary cloud service provider?
- Would healthcare organizations engage the services of a managed cloud service provider? Why?
Author: Rishi Pathak
Key Findings
Research Objectives and Methodology
Respondent Profile
Frost & Sullivan 2021 Cloud User Survey—Snapshot
Types of Cloud Service Models
Multi-cloud Overview
Multi-cloud Operating Model
Types of Cloud Services
Solutions Awareness
Drivers of the Adoption of New Digital Solutions for Enterprises
Cloud Strategy Given More Importance by Healthcare Organizations than Other Surveyed Industries
Healthcare Strategic Business Goals
Cloud is the Crucial Technology Enabler for Achieving Healthcare Business Goals
Healthcare Organizations Perceive Cloud as an Essential Technology
Healthcare Cloud Digital Transformation Stage
Healthcare Hybrid Cloud Adoption Growth
Healthcare Providers’ Reasons for Repatriation
Expected 5th-generation (5G) Services’ Impact on Cloud-based Healthcare Services
Healthcare Cloud Implementation Status
Data Storage Environment in Use
Used and Planned Cloud Services Models
Engagement of Third-party Services Companies
Benefits of Using Managed Services
Top Reason for Choosing Public Cloud
Why Multiple Public Cloud Vendors?
Public Cloud Providers Used for Running Apps
Satisfaction with Used Public Cloud Providers
Main Reasons for Working with Providers
Summary of Satisfaction with Primary Cloud Vendors
List of Exhibits
Legal Disclaimer
- Healthcare Cloud Market: Strategic Business Goals Rated as Crucial and Extremely Important, Global, 2021
- Healthcare Cloud Market: Cloud Service Usage Healthcare and All Industries, Global, 2021
- Healthcare Cloud Market: Cloud and On premises Workloads, Global, 2021 and 2025
- Healthcare Cloud Market: Highest value Features of a Hybrid Cloud Platform, Global, 2021
- Healthcare Cloud Market: Healthcare Enterprises Using Hybrid and Multi cloud Services, Global, 2021 and 2023
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