{"id":2671,"date":"2012-07-17T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/2314309"},"modified":"2012-07-17T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T07:15:00","slug":"western-european-private-cloud-infrastructure-growth-idc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/western-european-private-cloud-infrastructure-growth-idc\/","title":{"rendered":"Western European Private Cloud Infrastructure Growth: IDC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The detractors of cloud computing benefits will state that the typical adoption is still limited at most enterprises — they’re deploying cloud services<\/a> to a few early-adopters. That being said, some leading markets are confidently moving ahead with mainstream deployments, regardless of the caution. While others, such as western Europe, are apparently in transition.<\/p>\n

The western European private cloud market will grow at a CAGR of 23.2 percent for the next five years to reach $7.9 billion in 2016, according to the latest market study by International Data Corporation (IDC<\/a>).<\/p>\n

IDC has been looking in-depth at the private cloud marketplace — from a hardware, software, services and networking points of view.<\/p>\n

“The growth of private cloud is even more impressive in the context of the current economic situation,” said Mette Ahorlu, research director, IDC European Services. <\/p>\n

According to IDC’s assessment, demand in the region is being driven by the need for cost savings and efficiency and with a longer perspective of creating increased flexibility, and is across the board — from hardware, to software, to management, networking and services.<\/p>\n

Creating a private cloud has an impact on all aspects of IT infrastructure. <\/p>\n

Key findings from the market study include: <\/b><\/p>\n