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Report Highlight for Market Trends: Cloud Computing and SaaS Adoption in Manufacturing and Natural Resources, Worldwide, 2012
23 March 2012
 
Kenneth F. Brant  

Manufacturing is the largest industry market segment for enterprise IT and offers the largest potential market for cloud computing and software as a service. Adoption of cloud and SaaS will continue to expand rapidly for certain functions during 2012 and 2013.





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Table of Contents

The following is the complete table of contents for the above-referenced main report:

Trends in the Market

Market: The Manufacturing Market Is Planning to Adopt Cloud Computing and SaaS Solutions at Incredible Scale and Speed

Manufacturing is emerging as one of the best industry segments for T&SPs to sell cloud computing services

The approaches manufacturers take to adopt cloud services vary by enterprise size and by the switching costs associated with the various software applications

The demand for cloud and SaaS continues to differ among the business functional areas in manufacturing through 2012

Manufacturers' requirements for the IT organization to deliver greater efficiency, agility and resource utilization are increasing demand for SaaS

Contrarian View: If Data Security Breaches and Network Availability Interruptions Occur at High Profile Manufacturing Accounts, These Trends Change

Vendors to Watch

Conclusions

List of Tables

Table 1. Barriers to SaaS Adoption for Key Enterprise Applications in Manufacturing

Table 2. Favored Approach to Cloud Computing by Enterprise Size

Table 3. Cloud Vendors to Watch in Manufacturing

List of Figures

Figure 1. Manufacturers' Demand for Cloud Computing Accelerates in 2011-2015

Figure 2. Manufacturers' Adoption of Cloud Computing Will Outpace Other Industries

Figure 3. Leading Demand for Enterprise SaaS in Manufacturing

Figure 4. Enterprise SaaS Market Opportunities for VSS Applications

Figure 5. Manufacturers' Reasons for Adopting SaaS

Figure 6. Manufacturing Users' Negative Experiences With SaaS Deployments




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