Cloud hardware spend exceeds $4bn in EMEA
July 18, 2014
Grazed from ChannelWeb. Author: Fleur Doidge.
The EMEA region’s spend on cloud computing-related hardware is continuing to grow, according to market analyst IDC; in fact it is now expected to exceed $4bn (£2.4bn) this year. Giorgio Nebuloni, research manager of the EMEA enterprise server group at IDC, said: "The rise of cloud has triggered a revolution in the hardware market.
"While white-box and a few large OEMs fight to absorb the surge in demand for public cloud, most incumbent hardware players invest heavily in offerings enabling on-premises and hosted private cloud environments, such as integrated systems, high-end networks, and high-performance storage."…
According to Nebuloni’s numbers, by the end of the year cloud hardware sales will have risen 19 per cent in value terms year on year to $4bn, with 15 per cent of total infrastructure spend in the region related to cloud environments, up from eight per cent in 2011.
Cloud hardware will comprise almost a quarter of EMEA infrastructure spend by 2018…
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