DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Philippines Cloud Computing Services Market, Forecast to 2022" report to their offering.

Disaster recovery and backup continue to drive the rapid uptake of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud solutions in the Philippines The complete migration of contact center infrastructure to the cloud is also expected to take place in the next 3-5 years.

Enterprises will be adopting a hybrid form of deployment, deploying on-premise core routing applications, but adopting other value-added applications such as recording, reporting, and analysis through the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Companies Mentioned

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Market Drivers and Restraints

- Market Drivers

- Drivers Explained

- Market Restraints

- Restraints Explained

3. Forecasts and Trends

- Revenue Forecast

- Percent Revenue Forecast by Service Type

- Revenue Forecast by Service Type

- Revenue Forecast Discussion

4. Demand Analysis

- Demand Analysis-Vertical

- Demand Analysis-Horizontal

5. Competitive Analysis

- Competitive Factors and Assessment

- Market Participant Profile-ePLDT

- Market Participant Profile-Globe Telecom

- Market Participant Profile-IP Converge Data Services, Inc.

6. Emerging Trends

- Emerging Trends

- Legal Disclaimer

7. Appendix

- Market Engineering Methodology

- Market Engineering Measurements

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Businesses are increasingly migrating their IT workloads to the cloud, benefiting hyperscale cloud operators the most, finds a new study from Synergy Research Group.

Currently, there are 24 cloud operators that fit the bill, according to the technology analyst firm. In general, a hyperscale cloud providers have a broad data center footprint, each with 45 or more data centers across the globe. They operate at least two data centers in each major region, namely North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC).

Typically, they have hundreds of thousands of servers at their disposal, or in the case of cloud giants Amazon and Google, millions of servers. Combined, these 24 hyperscale cloud companies, a group that also includes Microsoft and IBM, operate nearly 320 data centers worldwide. Amazon Web Services (AWS), for example, operates 42 "Availability Zones," each with one to three data centers.

That reach, combined with the sheer amount of computing resources available to them, have made them the go-to cloud vendors.

In 2016, hyperscale cloud operators captured 68 percent of the cloud infrastructure market, which includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and private hosted cloud services. They also snagged 59 percent of software as a service (SaaS) revenues.

Flip the calendar back to 2012, and hyperscale clouds generated 47 percent of each respective market's revenues.

"Synergy's new research shows that hyperscale operators are increasingly dominating IT markets in a variety of ways," said John Dinsdale, a Synergy Research Group chief analyst and research director, in a research note sent to Datamation. "They are hoovering up cloud services market share; they are increasing mindshare of enterprise CTOs; and they are increasing their share and influence of spend on data center infrastructure hardware."

And for today's biggest cloud company, it appears that there's nowhere to go but up. "Synergy's latest forecast shows that the hyperscale operators' market control and influence will only increase over the next five years," Dinsdale added.

Hyperscale clouds are also cementing their hold on the market. Recently, Synergy observed that the rise in Microsoft, Google and IBM cloud sales during the fourth quarter of 2016 (on year-over-year basis) came at the expense of smaller players. Amazon, the leading public IaaS and PaaS provider, was barely affected.

Pedro Hernandez is a contributing editor at Datamation. Follow him on Twitter @ecoINSITE.

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Cloud usage is accelerating at a rapid rate, and its showing no signs of slowing down. Right now, 90 percent of all companies are using the cloud in some way, and, in the next 10 years, spending on public cloud alone is slated to multiply by a factor of five to $500 billion, according to recent studies by North Bridge and Wikibon.

Enterprises are launching new infrastructure at a furious pace, migrating workloads of all kinds and big chunks of data to public and private cloud environments. Many of these enterprises are generating tangible results cutting out costs, increasing agility and getting products to market faster.

But cloud initiatives dont come without growing pains. If they arent managed closely, cloud projects can spiral out of control quickly, leaving a trail of data breaches, regulatory fines and cost overruns. What organizations need is a strong governance program to ensure that their move to the cloud starts smoothly and continues to perform at peak levels over time.

It should come as no surprise that some companies reap greater benefits from the cloud than others. In a recent survey of nearly 400 senior managers, CloudHealth identified a class of cloud leaders that are outperforming their peers based on a series of best practices theyre deploying in the cloud. These companies grow revenue 2.3 times faster than their peers. They also move faster, display more agility and position themselves as more likely to see the cloud drive competitive advantage.

Governance is a key differentiator for companies that leverage their clouds efficiently. As companies grow their cloud environments they have to conduct a balancing act between agility and control. They want to be flexible, get to market quickly and innovate, but they need to institute processes to ensure secure, effective and efficient use of IT resources.

The best of the best accomplish this using centralized governance. According to the survey, cloud leaders are twice as likely to have instituted centralized governance plans for migrating workloads to the cloud. And once the workloads are up and running, the survey found, cloud leaders display a series of best practices that effectively govern their cloud operations and protect their organizations from risk.

What are the most important facets of a cloud governance program? Based on the cloud leaders survey and anecdotal evidence weve observed from working with some of the most active cloud users in the world, here are six best practices for governance success:

When your organization has hundreds, if not thousands, of cloud instances spread across departments and locales, its not hard to lose track of how cloud services are being used. There needs to be accountability and the easiest way to ensure this is to put one person in charge.

An organization can assign any number of names to this role Cloud Optimization Manager, Cloud Governance Manager or, one weve heard repeatedly, Cloud Steward. The important thing is to be clear on this persons duties. The individual must have a business sense for the corporation and an ability to cross and influence departments and LOBs. The governance leader needs to have a strong technology sense for the corporation with access to devops, monitoring, API and security level expertise. The individual also will need to lead a cross functional team that defines best practices for building functional business groups across cloud resources and assets.

This role is emerging. According to the survey, cloud leaders are 2.5 times as likely to have a role dedicated to cloud optimization and governance. Having this Cloud Steward designated and empowered gives an organization a head start toward getting a cloud program under control.

A strong governance strategy can help an organization keep costs under control and manage the financial risks of a cloud environment. Controlling costs is a complicated discipline, with many factors to consider. But one way to get started is to simply set up a system to stay current with costs structures in the market.

Across the board, cloud leaders showed a better understanding of pricing structures and could control cost (even when dealing with a variety of vendors, pricing plans and billing structures). The survey concluded that cloud leaders are 1.5 times as likely to leverage pricing strategies from cloud providers based on forecasted use by workload. Theyre also 2.5 times as likely to have a comprehensive, clearly articulated strategy for managing the cost of cloud deployments.

Proactive monitoring and alerting mechanisms will detect abnormal behavior. This can explain why cloud leaders are nearly three times as likely to identify and mitigate cloud computing risks somewhat or extremely fast.

Just as monitoring and alerting can help organizations manage security threats, they can help keep costs under control by flagging improper use of services or unexpected outages. Many unauthorized uses stem from the spread of shadow IT. According to a recent survey by North Bridge and market watcher Wikibon, nearly two thirds of large enterprises have a cloud governance policy in place to help control shadow IT. The same survey revealed that a third of cloud services are not allowed by IT, meaning they present a risk to the organization.

Clearly, the increased availability of cloud applications puts a strain on IT departments. Having clear governance practices that define who can use what resources and when can eliminate a lot of confusion and risk in the organization.

Knowing what is and what is not permitted in terms of usage prevents users from relying on inefficient methods that drive costs higher. For example, there can be a policy limiting the amount of time a development program can be run in the cloud, so that the development team doesnt run something over an entire weekend, wasting money. Guidelines can also govern factors such as maximum thresholds for memory and minimum thresholds for performance, with the goal of optimizing efficiency in the cloud and keeping costs in control.

Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of governance is the fact that its not a set it and forget it practice. Organizations need to regularly update policies to reflect changing services, cost structures and usage patterns for continuous optimization. Tellingly, cloud leaders are 4.6 times as likely to see cloud deployment optimization as a continual process, rather than a one-time exercise. They get it.

Cloud computing is the new normal. Adoption is growing rapidly, and the enterprises that are using cloud wisely are able to conduct business in dramatically different ways. To get the most out of the cloud, while keeping a lid on cloud complexity, organizations need to establish clear, concise governance practices. Doing a good job on cloud governance will set organizations on the right path to long-term success.

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CHINA is aiming to increase the scale of its cloud computing industry by more than 2.5 times by 2019, from 2015 levels, according to a new government plan.

The scale of the cloud computing industry will be expanded to 430 billion yuan (US$62.4 billion) by 2019, up from 150 billion yuan in 2015, according to an action plan for 2017-2019 issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Other targets include making breakthroughs in core technologies, increasing cloud computing in manufacturing and government affairs, and strengthening the global influence of Chinese cloud computing companies.

The ministry expects that two to three Chinese cloud computing companies will lead the global market within three years.

Cloud computing should be a strong support for Chinas manufacturing and Internet industries and help make other social and economic sectors more information-based, the ministry said.

It pledged to enhance cloud computing network security and improve security regulation and relevant laws, as many users from key industries are still hesitating due to safety concerns, reliability and movability.

In the next three years, the government will help boost cloud computing technologies and encourage local governments to work with leading cloud computing companies to build public service platforms.

Support will go to cloud computing-related innovation and entrepreneurship to provide services for small and medium-sized firms, the ministry said.

The plan promised better financial services and personnel training, as well as efforts in the branding of current enterprises and products.

Leading cloud computing companies should also seek overseas growth and cooperate globally in line with the Belt and Road initiative, it said.

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