IDC's Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Taxonomy, 2022
This IDC study provides a detailed taxonomy for the public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market. The scope of this document includes public cloud compute and storage services only."Public cloud IaaS solutions are critical to modern digital enterprises," said Andrew Smith, research manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services at IDC. "The market has grown significantly over the past five years, with services revenue now forecast to exceed $200 billion in 2025. This taxonomy document helps define the boundaries of the compute and storage segments of the IaaS market and provides context for where these solutions sit within a quickly expanding cloud ecosystem. Finally, we provide additional definition and detail on how IDC measures and tracks this market."
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- IDC's Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Taxonomy
- Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Taxonomy Changes for 2022
- Taxonomy Overview
- Scope of Taxonomy
- Cloud Deployment Models
- What Is a Public Cloud Infrastructure Service?
- Public (Shared) Cloud Infrastructure Services
- Dedicated (Private) Infrastructure Cloud Services
- IDC Tracks Public Cloud Services Revenue
- Services Revenue Allocation Methodology for Public Cloud IaaS Segments
- Nuanced Approach to Public Cloud Infrastructure Services Integration with Other Technology/Services
- Infrastructure as a Service Primary Segments
- IaaS Compute Services
- Virtualized x86 Compute
- Accelerated Compute
- Bare Metal Compute
- Other Compute
- IaaS Storage Services
- Object Storage
- Block Storage
- File Storage
- Definitions
- Public (Shared) Cloud Services
- Dedicated (Private) Cloud Services
- Hybrid Cloud
- Multicloud
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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