The public cloud services market in India is projected to grow 30.4 percent in 2016 to total $1.26 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The highest growth will come from cloud system infrastructure services (infrastructure as a service [IaaS]), which is projected to grow 32.5 percent in 2016, with platform as a service (PaaS) projected to grow 31.7 percent.
"We are witnessing a shift from legacy IT services to cloud-based services. Cloud services are growing due to organizations pursuing a digital business strategy," said Sid Nag, research director at Gartner. "
Table 1. India Public Cloud Services Forecast (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
Cloud Business Process Services (BPaaS) |
92.5 |
114.3 |
146.9 |
188.8 |
242.4 |
311.5 |
Cloud Application Services (SaaS) |
299.3 |
389.8 |
514.4 |
654.2 |
792.4 |
959.6 |
Cloud Application Infrastructure Services (PaaS) |
62.4 |
82.1 |
106.9 |
135.0 |
160.4 |
184.7 |
Cloud System Infrastructure Services (IaaS) |
338.9 |
448.9 |
615.4 |
839.7 |
1140.6 |
1558.0 |
Cloud Management and Security Services |
79.4 |
104.2 |
134.5 |
167.7 |
206.2 |
247.8 |
Cloud Advertising |
95.6 |
123.2 |
158.0 |
189.0 |
222.8 |
266.0 |
Total |
968.1 |
1262.6 |
1676.2 |
2174.3 |
2764.7 |
3527.6 |
Source: Gartner (March 2016)
The IaaS segment will remain the fastest-growing segment in 2016, forecast to reach $448.9 million.
"IaaS continues to be the strongest-growing segment as enterprises move away from data center build-outs and move their infrastructure needs to the public cloud," said Mr. Nag. "Certain market leaders have built a significant lead in this segment, so providers should focus on creating differentiation for success."
Cloud application Infrastructure services (PaaS) is forecast to grow 31.7 percent in 2016, to $82.1 million. This is an artifact of enterprises looking to develop and build applications in the public cloud that are cloud native, as well as non-cloud native applications that are refactored taking advantage of PaaS.
Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Forecast: Public Cloud Services, Worldwide, 2014-2020, 1Q16 Update".
Gartner analysts examined key trends for cloud computing during the recently concluded Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit, 3-4 May, 2016 in Mumbai. For further information about the Summit in Mumbai, please visit http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center-india/
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