IDC:2015 Global Cloud storage spending to $22.6 billion trillion

October 23, according to foreign media reports, according to market research company IDC Friday Research Report, public cloud service providers from 2010 to 2015 in storage hardware, software and professional services will be the average annual growth rate of 23.6%. Cloud computing will be a key contributor to the growth of new IT spending over the next five years.

In a report entitled "2011-2015 Global Corporate public and private cloud storage forecasts: Implementing public cloud service providers and Private cloud", IDC said that spending will grow as public cloud service providers and private cloud environmental applications all need to invest in a variety of infrastructure to support cloud computing.

The global public cloud and private cloud storage will reach $22.6 billion trillion by 2015, said Richard Villars, vice president of IDC's Storage systems and implementation strategy. He said IDC predicts that, despite the current economic uncertainty, cloud server providers will be the most expensive for IT products and services, as they will continue to build their own infrastructure and expand their service choices globally.

IDC notes that five information requirements are driving current storage demand growth:

1. To achieve effective transmission of information and applications to Internet users.

2. Reduce upfront infrastructure investment levels (i.e. cost and time associated with deploying new IT and computing infrastructure).

3. Minimize internal IT infrastructure investments related to sudden spikes or unpredictable workloads.

4. Reduce or disperse costs associated with long-term archival information.

5. Achieve near-continuous, real-time analysis of large amounts of data generated by various customers, partners, and machines.

(Responsible editor: Songtao)