Throughout 2024, we've heard big claims that CIOs are abandoning public cloud infrastructure and moving back to on-prem hardware. Now, Gartner has rel

Gartner forecast dampens cloud repatriation outlook

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2024-11-19 13:00:06

Throughout 2024, we've heard big claims that CIOs are abandoning public cloud infrastructure and moving back to on-prem hardware.

Now, Gartner has released new statistics which appear to rain on the repatriation parade, suggesting that the cloud will continue flying high throughout next year.

The analyst predicted that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will soar to a total of $723.4 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024 - a rise of just over 20%.

“The use of AI technologies in IT and business operations is unabatedly accelerating the role of cloud computing in supporting business operations and outcomes,” said Sid Nag, Vice President Analyst at Gartner.

“Cloud use cases continue to expand with increasing focus on distributed, hybrid, cloud-native, and multicloud environments supported by a cross-cloud framework, making the public cloud services market achieve a 21.5% growth in 2025.” 

Gartner also forecasted hybrid cloud adoption growth between now and 2027 and said it expects 90% to adopt this approach. The most urgent challenge they will face when combining the dual difficulties of managing cloud migration and GenAI adoption will be data synchronisation across the hybrid cloud environment.

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