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Top 5 Cloud Computing Trends that India Needs to Know

Top 5 cloud computing trends that India needs to know

Cloud computing is a busy space in India and globally due to the pandemic-instigated adoption growth across businesses. Gartner says that end-user spending on cloud services will see double-digit growth in India in 2021. This cost-effective technology fosters growth for businesses to compete in a digitally agile market. Hence, to help cloud transformation custodians across Indian organisations make the right decision while evaluating and implementing their cloud migration strategies, we racked up a report on the Cloud Computing Trends in India in 2021.

Let's take a look at the top five cloud computing trends that India is currently sailing upon, based on the insights gathered from a recent survey across industries in India:

80%Organisations in India are currently using some form of cloud technologies
29%Businesses identified cost optimisation as the primary cloud adoption and usage challenge
33%Businesses in India use Windows-based applications
28%Organisations use Microsoft SQL Server Database

Market share of cloud providers in India

Market share is commanded by AWS in India, followed by Azure and Google Cloud.

41%AWS (Amazon Web Services)
25%Azure
11%Google Cloud
23%Others

Source: Research NXT's 2021 India Cloud Computing Survey.

This report, produced by Research NXT in association with MothersonSumi INfotech & Designs Ltd. (MIND), helps cloud transformation custodians across Indian organisations make the right decision while evaluating and implementing their cloud migration strategies.