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• Pandemic ushers in the next era of enterprise cloud adoption

  Covid-19 has pushed global cloud spend up even further, as companies look to modernise at a faster clip in response to more remote working.

• Customers embrace cloud collaboration, video conferencing equipment rebounds

  Customer investment in relation to unified communications collaboration tools increased seven per cent year-on-year during the second quarter of 2020.

• Cloud spending surpasses $30B in Q2, 30% market growth projected in 2020

  Spending on cloud surpassed $30 billion during the second quarter, with AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud accounting for half of customer spend.

• After passing the 500-mark, hyperscalers target further 176 data centre builds

  The total number of large data centres operated by hyperscalers increased to 541 at the end of the second quarter, with a further 176 in the pipeline.

• Zoom single-handedly drives conferencing SaaS market growth

  The market for SaaS conferencing solutions increased by 17 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2020, with all growth attributed to Zoom.

• Sales of ethernet switches and routers hit 7-year low in Q1

  Sales of all categories of ethernet switches and routers were down 14 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to Q1 last year.

• Q1 belongs to AWS and Microsoft as cloud provides ‘safe haven’ during Covid-19

  The economic impact of Covid-19 has so far failed to slow the cloud progress of AWS and Microsoft within the enterprise market.

• Data centre M&A deals rise as private equity takes control

  M&A activity related to the data centre passed the 100 mark for the first time during 2019, with private equity interest attributed to the rise.

• Big 4 dominate expanding public cloud market

  AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud accounted for 72 per cent of public cloud services revenue during the third quarter of 2019.

• AWS and Microsoft claim half of cloud services spending

  Spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to increase with AWS and Microsoft accounting for half of all customer investments.

• Cisco leads collaboration market as Zoom accelerates

  Cisco continues to lead major segments within the videoconferencing and collaboration markets, with Zoom reporting the highest growth rate.

• Cloud demand drives data centre hardware and software spending

  Spending on data centre hardware and software globally increased by 17 per cent in 2018, with Dell EMC leading the market ahead of Cisco, HPE and Huawei.

• ‘No change at the top’ as AWS dominates cloud

  The public cloud services market continues to be dominated by AWS at a global level with the tech giant accounting for 40 per cent of investments.

• Leading cloud providers increase market share as smaller players suffer

  Spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to increase at a healthy pace with investment during the third quarter up 45 per cent on 2017.

• Infrastructure vendors primed as data centre receives cash injection

  Customer spend on data centre hardware and software has grown by 28 per cent during the past two years, as investments continue to increase.