Rising Clout of Cloud: Frost & Sullivan finds that Data Centre Operators Are Expanding Their Portfolio to Support Cloud-based Services

Rising Clout of Cloud: Frost & SullivanRising Clout of Cloud: Frost & Sullivan finds that Data Centre Operators Are Expanding Their Portfolio to Support Cloud-based Services PR Newswire CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 31, 2014 -- Lack of in-house capabilities and the need to cut costs stoke demand for hosted services Data centres in South Africa are riding a wave of opportunity as the increased availability of bandwidth, proliferation of connected devices, and regulatory compliance requirements have caused explosive growth in data loads. In particular, the need for enterprises to improve efficiency, agility and cost effectiveness in order to maintain near-100 percent uptime, is triggering demand for hosted, as-a-service type, solutions. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, South African Data Centre Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $305.8 million in 2013 and estimates this to reach $521.7 million in 2018. It covers data centre services such as co-location, managed hosting, hosted security, Web and application hosting as well as cloud-based services. Enterprises are realising that it is critical to change their approach to conducting business and adopt new elements such as on-demand bandwidth, storage facilities, high-speed Internet and network security. However, South Africa lacks skilled manpower that can manage and maintain advanced data centre technology.