The Futuriom 40: Top Cloud Trends and Private Companies

Every year, Futuriom names the 40 strongest private companies in key markets for cloud and communications infrastructure, including cloud cybersecurity, and details the major cloud technology market trends.

This report outlines the wider need for cloud and communications technology and looks in detail at three specific areas for cloud technology investment. It also identifies private companies with the potential for long-term success and big financial exits, including IPOs.

Report highlights:

  • Many companies from the 2021 Futuriom 40 had big exits, including some blockbuster IPOs.
  • The 2022 Futuriom 40 companies have raised a total of $13.3bn in funding.
  • Macro drivers in cloud infrastructure remain strong.
  • The broad themes driving many of the private companies in this report include unified cloud security, distributed cloud infrastructure, and cloud data management.
  • Key emerging technologies gathering momentum to adapt to modern cloud infrastructure include zero-trust security, zero-trust network access, edge compute, confidential computing, security cloud networking, and secure access service edge technology. Hybrid work and related networking and security needs remain an important driver for enterprises.
  • The cloud data management space is growing fast with many opportunities.

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