TelecomTV TelecomTV
  • News
  • Videos
  • Channels
  • Events
  • Directory
  • Smart Studio
  • Surveys
  • Debates
  • Perspectives
  • DSP Leaders World Forum
  • DSP Summits
  • Great Telco Debate
    • |
    • Follow
    • |
    • Subscribe
  • |
  • More
  • Webcasts
  • Surveys
  • Debates
  • Perspectives
  • Great Telco Debate
  • |
  • Follow TelecomTV
  • |
    • Subscribe
    • |
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Help
  • Contact
  • Follow TelecomTV
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Help
  • Contact
  • Sign In Register Subscribe
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In
    • Register
  • Search

Cloud

TelecomTV TRACKER

Sourced by TelecomTV's TRACKER platform
from Canalys Newsroom

Cloud

Cloud infrastructure services spend up by $7.2 billion in Q2 2019, driven by cloud migration

Via Canalys Newsroom

Aug 1, 2019

The latest research from Canalys’ Cloud Channels Analysis service shows the worldwide spend on cloud infrastructure servicesgrew 37.6% year on year in Q2 2019 to US$26.3 billion. The leading cloud service providers’ ranking remains unchanged, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominating, growing by 36.1% to over US$8.3 billion revenue with a 31.5% share of the total market. Microsoft Azure grew by 63.6% to just under US$5 billion and increased its market share by 2.9 percentage points on the same quarter last year to 18.1%. Google Cloud also gained share slightly to take 9.5% of the market, followed by Alibaba Cloud in fourth position.

Total cloud infrastructure revenue grew by US$7.2 billion against a year ago, the biggest ever quarterly increase in terms of value, highlighting the continued robust health in cloud spending.

Despite moderating growth rates for the four major cloud providers, all saw dollar revenue increase sharply as they consolidated their dominance of the market. AWS saw the strongest increase in dollar value, up by an impressive US$2.2 billion on Q2 2019, compared to growth of US$1.8 billion for Microsoft Azure. Microsoft also enjoyed its biggest ever revenue jump in a quarter for Azure, with its channel partners contributing significantly to its growth.

“In 2019, the battle for cloud migrations is set to intensify between the major cloud providers,” said Canalys Chief Analyst Alastair Edwards. “The cloud providers’ channel strategies are increasingly important for tactical advantage and growth, particularly as more customers adopt multi-cloud. ”

Microsoft highlighted Azure migration as one of its top strategic partner priorities and announced a slew of new Azure incentives, with a focus on partner managed services, marketplaces and consumption. AWS is focusing on Windows workload migration as it continues to recruit new partners around the world, introducing partner initiatives aimed at ISVs and MSPs helping to convert Windows workloads to AWS. Google Cloud launched its Partner Advantage program in July as it begins a global channel recruitment drive to fuel Google Cloud Platform growth among enterprises, with a focus on specific workloads in six key verticals: finance, public sector, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. At the end of July, it became the latest after AWS and Azure to partner with VMware, to allow customers to migrate VM workloads to Google Cloud.

“Microsoft remains the leader in the cloud channel, backed by its established Cloud Solution Provider program,” added Edwards. “But recent missteps, including having to reverse unpopular changes to partner benefits, show the challenges Microsoft faces to balance cloud growth with the increased costs of serving partners. Cloud rivals that are not weighed down by legacy partner structures have an opportunity to exploit these challenges as they focus on partner recruitment.”

IBM, meanwhile, has an opportunity to reanimate its own cloud business after completing the acquisition of Red Hat in July. This will help to strengthen its relevance to both partners and enterprise customers as they embrace hybrid IT models.

“Businesses are turning to partners to help them define the right clouds for different workloads, to manage and secure their complex multi-cloud environments, as well as overcome the challenges of cloud governance, cost control, compliance and integration,” said Canalys Research Analyst Daniel Liu. “Without comprehensive commitments to the channel, vendors will be unable to maintain their current rapid growth rates.”

Related Topics
  • Announcement,
  • Canalys,
  • Cloud,
  • Digital Platforms & Services,
  • Global,
  • Telecoms Vendors & OEMs,
  • Tracker

More Like This

Digital Platforms & Services

VMware is going solo, to be spun off from Dell

Apr 15, 2021

Access Evolution

What’s up with… Virgin Media/O2 merger, Openreach & STL, Google Cloud

Apr 14, 2021

Digital Platforms & Services

Alkira pops its Cloud Services Exchange onto Azure

Apr 14, 2021

Open Networking

DSP Leaders Open Telco Summit

Apr 9, 2021

Cloud Native

Extra Shot: Next Steps for DSPs

Apr 9, 2021

This content extract was originally sourced from an external website (Canalys Newsroom) and is the copyright of the external website owner. TelecomTV is not responsible for the content of external websites. Legal Notices

Email Newsletters

Stay up to date with the latest industry developments: sign up to receive TelecomTV's top news and videos plus exclusive subscriber-only content direct to your inbox – including our daily news briefing and weekly wrap.

Subscribe

Top Picks

Highlights of our content from across TelecomTV today

DSP Leaders World Forum 2021 Delegate Report

0:50

DSP Leaders Open Telco Summit

23:25

Extra Shot: Next Steps for DSPs

11:17

How cloud dynamics are reshaping the telecoms sector

  • TelecomTV
  • Decisive Media

TelecomTV is produced by the team at Decisive Media

Menu
  • News
  • Videos
  • Channels
  • Directory
  • Smart Studio
 
  • Surveys
  • Debates
  • Perspectives
  • Events
  • About Us
Our Brands
  • TelecomTV Tracker
  • TelecomTV Perspectives
  • DSP Summits
  • DSP Leaders World Forum
  • The Great Telco Debate
Get In Touch
info@telecomtv.com
+44 (0) 207 448 1070

Request a Media Pack

Follow
  • © Decisive Media Limited 2021. All rights reserved. All brands and products are the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Legal Notices