While public cloud numbers appear to have fallen, the Private Cloud is still stable, according to IDC beancounters.
The analyst house found that private cloud hardware infrastructure spending had remained more stable, increasing in Q2 by 1.5 percent compared to the same period last year. IDC is expecting the public cloud market to cool over the rest of this year as the current market conditions continue.
Those still selling infrastructure into non-cloud environments have been warned that although it still accounts for slightly more than half of the market in the long-term that number is only going to head in one direction, downwards. IDC is forecasting that cloud infrastructure will grow and take the majority of spending from next year onwards.
MEA and Canada were the fastest growing markets for cloud IT infrastructure in second quarter, recording double digit growth, with Western Europe coming in with a 3.1 per cent improvement.
The majority of those in the channel selling cloud infrastructure have been looking to provide the customer with as much choice as possible and service a hybrid world. There are signs that skill shortages are another factor also making it difficult for users, along with the challenges of operating a multi-cloud strategy, IDC said.
