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The State of the Cloud: Europe Updated Research Available
The Quest for Competitiveness in Bleak Economic Conditions Fuels Cloud Migration and Modernization
12-Mar-2024
Europe
Market Research
K9DA-01-00-00-00
IT_2024_618
As the European economy continues to suffer, growth, competitiveness, and digital resilience are top of mind for enterprises in the region. Cloud and the Internet of Things remain the foundational technologies powering digital transformation in European enterprises.
Since 2010, Frost & Sullivan has conducted an annual survey of IT and business decision-makers to determine the state of cloud adoption, and the perceptions and considerations driving IT investments. Our goal is to understand respondents’ evolving organizational priorities and the extent to which cloud-related technologies enable their business objectives.
In the 12th annual survey of IT decision-makers responsible for cloud implementations, respondents representing a range of industries, company sizes, and countries in Europe share their perceptions, plans, and behaviors related to cloud infrastructure, choice of a public cloud provider, data growth, and managed services. The results gathered through this survey offer a comprehensive view of their decision-making processes. The data is derived from respondents operating in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy.
Author: Anisha Vinny
Growth Environment
Key Findings
Research Objectives and Methodology
Research Objectives and Methodology (continued)
Respondent Profile
Strategic Priorities for European Businesses
Technologies Driving Digital Transformation
Evolving Landscape of Decision-makers
Challenges on Cloud Journeys
Infrastructure Adoption Patterns at the Heart of Europe’s Digital Transformation
On-premises and Public Cloud Adoption
Legacy Applications Continue to Migrate to the Cloud
Businesses Leverage Multiple Routes to Modernize Legacy Apps
Edge Computing Growth Set to Explode by 2025
Impressive Progress on Sustainability
Third-party Partnerships Will Grow through 2025
Digital Transformation Demands Driving Third-Party Engagements
Digital Transformation Demands Driving Third-Party Engagements (continued)
Benefits of Engaging a Managed Cloud Services Provider
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
List of Exhibits
Legal Disclaimer
List of Figures
- Business Priorities, Europe, 2023
- Importance of Technologies to Achieve Business Priorities, Europe, 2023
- Roles Driving the Adoption of New Technology Solutions, Europe, 2023
- Challenges while Implementing Cloud Initiatives, Europe, 2023
- Infrastructure Adoption, Europe, 2023 and 2025
- Why On-premises, Europe, 2023
- Why Public Cloud, Europe, 2023
- Organizations’ Share of Cloud-native and Legacy Applications, Europe, 2023
- Percentage of Organizations’ Legacy Applications That Will Migrate to the Cloud in the Next 24 Months, Europe, 2023
- Approaches Organizations Use to Modernize Legacy Applications, Europe, 2023
- Businesses Moving Apps to the Edge, Europe, 2023
- Sustainability Challenges, Europe, 2023
- Current and Planned Engagement with Third-party Services Firm, Europe, 2023
- Primary Partner Assisting Businesses with Digital Transformation, Europe, 2023
- Services Procured Through a Third-party Services Provider Today and in 2 Years, Europe, 2023
- Benefits that Organizations Experience Using Managed Cloud Services, Europe, 2023
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