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PAC recently published the first rankings at global and EMEA level, taking into account 2020 revenue. Given the strong impact of the Covid 19 crisis in 2020, we decided to add some short vendor rankings at worldwide as well as at EMEA level ...
Poland turns into a major cloud location in Europe
Google is the protagonist in a major milestone in the Central and Eastern European cloud journey with the opening of its Google Cloud Region in Warsaw. Wednesday, the data center became operational, more than a year after the announcement of a strategic partnership with Poland’s Domestic Cloud Provider, OChK, in September 2019 and a $2 ...
Leading provider of Cloud Platforms - EMEA
Microsoft leads our cloud platforms ranking for EMEA ahead of AWS and Salesforce
Vendor ranking of the week: Leading providers of cloud platforms - worldwide
PAC recently published the first rankings at global and EMEA level, taking into account 2020 revenue (fiscal year ending 2020). While the market contracted in most segments due to the Covid 19 crisis, one segment proved to be highly resilient: Cloud platforms.
Figure of the day: SAP Cloud-related services in Western Europe
According to PAC, SAP Cloud-related consulting and system integration services will generate a €3.25 bn market in 2021 in Western Europe. This includes €2bn related to...
From Cloud to Edge - Upcoming Webinar in collaboration with Reply
Edge is often seen as a threat to cloud computing. However, the relationship between the two is more complementary: edge computing can support computing tasks that cannot be properly done in the cloud. If you want to learn more about edge computing join us in our webinar in collaboration with Reply on March 4th, 11 am.
Infinity Works acquisition reinforces Accenture's UK Cloud and Engineering capabilities
This week, Accenture announced the acquisition of UK-Based cloud and digital transformation consultancy Infinity Works - adding 440 professionals to Accenture's talent pool. Including experienced software and data engineers and cloud architects and specialists. Headquartered in Leeds, the firm has offices across the UK, including Manchester, ...
Oracle Cloud’s investment roadmap cuts to the core of client challenges
In February, Oracle announced an innovation in its evolving hybrid cloud arsenal - Roving Edge Devices which bring infrastructure services to remote locations, through purpose-built portable ruggedized servers, shipped with a customized software stack. Taking on real business challenges - such as delivering IT Services in deserts or ...
UK Enterprises plan big investments in Cloud as the technology landscape shifts
Recent data from PAC's latest CxO Survey in the UK paints a picture of both significant cloud adoption alongside a fundamental shift in the way enterprises use the technology.
GAIA-X – A Federated Data Infrastructure for Europe
The aim of GAIA-X is to create a sovereign European cloud network for data exchange, to strengthen Europe’s digital innovative power and independence. First projects will be launched in 2021 and all organizations that follow the rules are welcome to participate.
European sustainability pact moves us closer to greener cloud services.
As sustainability moves higher up the C-Suite agenda, so too does the environmental impact of IT. This is an increasingly important factor shaping the adoption of cloud services - and the management of the environmental impact of sprawling, energy-intensive warehouses packed with servers, satiating an endless demand for computing and storage ...
Visma strengthens its position in the Netherlands
ERP challenger Visma bolsters its cloud-based credit management capabilities with the acquisition of Dutch-based Outstanding24, which will integrate into the Visma Onguard business.
PAC Predictions 2021: Massenmigration in die Public Cloud liegt inzwischen im Trend
In der Anfangszeit wurde die Public Cloud vor allem von Kunden genutzt, die „etwas Neues“ aufbauen wollten, Skalierbarkeit in bestimmten Bereichen benötigten oder Cloud-native Services selektiv nutzten – und diese Aspekte haben auch nichts an Bedeutung verloren. Allerdings hat sich der Trend verlagert. Migrationen in die Public Cloud im ...
PAC Predictions 2021: Mass migration to the public cloud is now in vogue
In the early days, public cloud usage was dominated by customers that were building “something new”, needed scalability in specific areas, or were making selective use of cloud-native services in areas such as analytics, machine learning, and IoT – and these aspects have retained their importance. However, the trend has shifted. Large-scale ...
PAC Predictions 2021: Unternehmensanwendungen auf dem Weg in die Public Cloud
Was ist von der Public Cloud zu erwarten, wenn es um Unternehmensanwendungen geht? Kurz gesagt: beschleunigtes Wachstum. Die Unternehmen möchten moderne Software-Funktionalität nutzen, um sich auf neue Bedingungen einzustellen. Das heißt, sie müssen in die Implementierung neuer Geschäftsprozesse und die Transformation bestehender Umgebungen ...
PAC Predictions 2021: Enterprise applications are moving towards the public cloud
What are we to expect from the public cloud when it comes to enterprise applications? In short – accelerated growth. Enterprises want to make use of modern software functionalities in order to adapt to new conditions, which means they have to invest in the establishment of new business processes and the transformation of current ...
IBM's acquisition of Nordcloud bolsters hybrid credentials in Europe
Fuelled by increased demand as a result of a pandemic and an ongoing shift to hybrid infrastructure, cloud services remained a bright spot in an otherwise troubled market through 2020. In teknowlogy's optimistic market forecasts for 2021 (thankfully the most likely), we can expect to see shoots of growth return to large segments of the ...
Impressions from AWS re:Invent 2020 - Part 2: the cloud is not enough
In the first blog post on the AWS re:Invent 2020 we focused on new announcements related to the AWS cloud platform.
But many announcements were related to deployments outside of the cloud, as well as to partners and clients.
Impressions from AWS re:Invent 2020 - Part 1: “the right tool for the right job“
Many things were different this year at AWS’ global customer event. It was extended from one to three weeks, with five key notes and more than 500 technical sessions. And instead of hosting 65,000 attendees onsite in Las Vegas as last year, AWS welcomed over 500,000 registered attendees at their virtual event.
But many things also felt ...
A brief review of SAP’s current strategy
Under the leadership of Christian Klein, SAP has geared its strategy toward greater customer proximity. This is manifested above all in the greater integration of products and the verticalization of solutions. The strong focus on the cloud remains unchanged.
Why is Salesforce sniffing around Slack?
The biggest rumour doing the rounds this week is that Salesforce is weighing up a takeover approach for Slack, with a price tag likely to top $17bn according to the Wall Street Journal.
