[August 31, 2011]

Research and Markets: Cloud Computing and Managed Hosted Services: Infrastructure as a Service to Grow to Reach $4 Billion by 2015

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/954051/cloud_computing_an) has announced the addition of the "Cloud Computing and Managed Hosted Services: US Business Spending by Size of Business and Vertical, 2010-2015" directory to their offering.

The Microsoft (News - Alert) Excel data file provides forecasts of US business cloud computing and managed hosting spending for the 2010-2015 period with detailed segmentation by product category, size of business, and vertical market.

Detail is included for:

Public Clud Services: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (News - Alert); Co-Located Services, and Dedicated Server Services

Forecasts are also broken down further into the following vertical markets:

• Administrative and support services, waste management
• Arts and entertainment
• Construction
• Education
• Finance and insurance
• Forestry, fishing and agricultural services
• Government
• Health care and social services
• Hospitality and food
• Information and communication
• Management of companies and enterprises
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Other services
• Professional services
• Real estate
• Retail trade
• Transportation
• Utilities
• Wholesale trade

The cloud is a set of services and technologies that enable the delivery of computing services over the Internet in real time, allowing end-users instant access to data and applications from any device with Internet access. Although still in its infancy, gaining traction has not been a problem. New In-Stat (News - Alert) research forecasts that IaaS (infrastructure as a service) is set to grow to roughly $4 billion by 2015.

Additional report data includes:

• SaaS (software as a service) is poised to grow 142% between 2010 and 2015.
• Overall public cloud computing (IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS) is set to grow 153% from 2010 to 2015.
• Small business (5 to 99 employees) is the fastest growing size segment growing from $2.5 billion by 2010 to $6.6 billion by 2015.
• Small business account for over half of the market in SaaS and IaaS.
• The top 5 vertical markets for IaaS in terms of 2011 market revenue will be hospitality and food, healthcare and social services, and retail trade.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/954051/cloud_computing_an

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