Enterprises in the Nordics Are Warming Up to Public Clouds
Information Services Group (NASDAQ: III) has released its 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ report, highlighting a significant trend in the Nordics where firms are increasingly migrating to public clouds. The report indicates that concerns around security and financial control are diminishing as cloud providers enhance their offerings. It notes a growing demand for cloud consulting and transformation services, particularly in the public sector, driven by the need for application modernization. The Nordics' strong connectivity and energy cost advantages make the region attractive for data center operations. Notably, Tietoevery and Sopra Steria have emerged as leaders in multiple service categories.
- Growing demand for cloud migration and transformation services in the Nordics.
- Companies increasingly view public clouds as cost-effective and compliant options.
- Emergence of new public cloud providers offers more choices beyond traditional leaders.
- Strong network connections and low energy costs position the Nordics as an attractive region for data centers.
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More companies and agencies in the highly wired region are pursuing transformative cloud migrations that include application modernization, ISG Provider Lens™ report says
The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Public Cloud — Solutions and Services report for the Nordics finds that companies and public agencies in the region, already more mature than most in terms of cloud computing, increasingly see public clouds as preferable to existing IT environments, such as private clouds, for cost, compliance and other reasons. Interest in moving workloads to public clouds is growing as several large enterprises accelerate digital transformations.
“Companies in the Nordics now consider public cloud a strong, viable option,” said
Organizations that were wary of moving all their workloads to a public hyperscaler’s cloud can now choose hybrid and multi-cloud configurations that let them use multiple services under a single management platform, the report says. This prevents dependence on one provider and offers more flexible capabilities.
There is strong demand in the Nordics, including in the public sector, for transformative cloud migrations that include application modernization, opening up the possibilities for re-engineering IT to meet business requirements, ISG says. These projects are powering greater use of cloud consulting and transformation services, which in turn heightens the ongoing challenge that providers face in recruiting and retaining skilled and experienced consultants.
The many low-latency network connections in the Nordics, including links to major European hubs such as
“Strong connectivity options, combined with many low-cost sources of energy, make the Nordics an attractive region for owning or using data centers,” said
Companies in the Nordics can also choose from a growing number of public cloud providers, the report says. Several new hyperscalers, including
The report also explores several other public cloud trends in the Nordics, including steadily growing demand for SAP S/4HANA services on public clouds and strong partnerships between service providers and major hyperscalers and technology companies.
The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Public Cloud — Solutions and Services report for the Nordics evaluates the capabilities of 50 providers across six quadrants: Consulting and Transformation Services for Large Accounts, Consulting and Transformation Services for Midmarket, Managed Public Cloud Services for Large Accounts, Managed Public Cloud Services for Midmarket, Hyperscale Infrastructure and Platform Services, and SAP HANA Infrastructure Services.
The report names Tietoevery as a Leader in four quadrants and
In addition,
The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Public Cloud — Solutions and Services report for the Nordics is available to subscribers or for one-time purchase on this webpage.
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The ISG Provider Lens™ Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team. Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners, while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients. The research currently covers providers offering their services globally, across
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