International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a Cloud research report, India Cloud Market Overview, 2011-2016, which is said to provide a reality check and detailed understanding of the adoption in India, future potential and the major trends the market is witnessing. The Research also addresses the attitudinal and purchase behaviors of end users and what is influencing them in their choice for adoption.
IDC estimates the Indian Cloud market to be in the region of $535m in 2011, with a growth of more than 70% expected for 2012 and almost 50% growth forecasted for the next 3 years. It is a market that is fast maturing and seeing many new entrants with a broad range of investments/solutions taking key roles in the cloud ecosystem. Public cloud still lags way behind the private cloud adoption for a number of factors.
IDC’s Research focuses on offering the readers an insight on how the cloud market landscape is evolving and how companies are taking advantage of the new mode of IT usage. In this report IDC has not limited the discussion to what is currently happening in the marketplace, but gives actionable recommendations to IT/Cloud vendors on areas of focus and user needs/expectations.
NirupamChaudhuri, Research manager – Software & IT Services, IDC India said, "We have definitely seen cloud cross the inflexion point in end 2011; use cases especially in IAAS & SAAS areas provide testimony to that. With proper messaging from key vendors and due diligence of opportunities which exist in the cloud delivery models, the market will grow much faster in the coming years. Alliance with key channels and enablement will further intensify the growth for major cloud providers and gradually we will see even core applications moving to cloud much faster. Users need to feel much more comfortable with fewer inhibitions like security and ownership concerns.”
Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Senior Market Analyst- IT Services, IDC Indiasaid, “Organizations are more likely to work with firms that understand their business processes better and industry dynamics, and hence are better suited to overseeing the transition of the organization to a cloud environment without disruption of the business processes.”
“Organizations, even the larger ones, are on an increasing level feeling the pinching need to assess their cloud readiness and maturity levels. This would provide a boost to Cloud Consulting services in the coming 12-24 months. A direct corollary is that vendors need to have robust Cloud Consulting capabilities in place for making a foray into this space”, added Sandeep.
