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Ephor Group | 1-800-379-9330 | www.ephorgroup.com | 5353 W Alabama Suite 300 | Houston, TX 77056
Cloud MSP Market Update
1
Ephor Group | www.ephorgroup.com | 24 E. Greenway Plaza Suite 440 | Houston, TX 77046
Cloud MSP Market Update
The cloud is a transformational change catalyst which is creating significant revenue opportunity for providers.
 Cloud growth is on pace to outgrow traditional IT by 5X.
 Cloud MSP services is on pace for $4B in 2014 (Total Cloud Spend 300B in 2014 and 500B by 2020 (Gartner & IDC).
For business the cloud enables self-service, economies of
scale, and infrastructure optimization. For IT cloud
computing technologies reduce the capex IT investment
costs that were once a barrier to market entry for many
sizes and types of businesses further expanding the cloud
market beyond large enterprises to a broader segment of
organizations.
Cloud management services constitute a new segment
comprising cloud security services, IT operations
management and storage management (including backup and recovery services). The segment is forecast to grow to
$4 billion by 20141
and the global market for cloud computing technologies is growing at a CAGR of 24% over the
next five years, with an aggregate of over $300 Billion over that period.
1 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2163616
2
Ephor Group | www.ephorgroup.com | 24 E. Greenway Plaza Suite 440 | Houston, TX 77046
Cloud MSP Solution Provider Landscape Snapshot
While there are numerous IT consultants and integrators providing cloud infrastructure management, monitoring,
setup, and optimization services in the USA2
; of these professional service firms the market is grouped into several
tiers.
I. Global consulting & service providers which provide cloud solutions with greater than $1B in annual revenues.
For a complete list visit the IAOP Top Global 100.
II. Approximately 500 North American midmarket private companies whose focus includes Information
Technology Cloud Managed Solution services with revenues between $5M and $100M of which approximately
thirty (30) firms have credential experts and competency in both private and public cloud managed services.
2 System Center 2012 helps you manage your IT environments across traditional datacenters, private and public clouds, client computers, and devices.

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Cloud MSP Services Market Update q2 2013

  • 1. Ephor Group | 1-800-379-9330 | www.ephorgroup.com | 5353 W Alabama Suite 300 | Houston, TX 77056 Cloud MSP Market Update
  • 2. 1 Ephor Group | www.ephorgroup.com | 24 E. Greenway Plaza Suite 440 | Houston, TX 77046 Cloud MSP Market Update The cloud is a transformational change catalyst which is creating significant revenue opportunity for providers.  Cloud growth is on pace to outgrow traditional IT by 5X.  Cloud MSP services is on pace for $4B in 2014 (Total Cloud Spend 300B in 2014 and 500B by 2020 (Gartner & IDC). For business the cloud enables self-service, economies of scale, and infrastructure optimization. For IT cloud computing technologies reduce the capex IT investment costs that were once a barrier to market entry for many sizes and types of businesses further expanding the cloud market beyond large enterprises to a broader segment of organizations. Cloud management services constitute a new segment comprising cloud security services, IT operations management and storage management (including backup and recovery services). The segment is forecast to grow to $4 billion by 20141 and the global market for cloud computing technologies is growing at a CAGR of 24% over the next five years, with an aggregate of over $300 Billion over that period. 1 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2163616
  • 3. 2 Ephor Group | www.ephorgroup.com | 24 E. Greenway Plaza Suite 440 | Houston, TX 77046 Cloud MSP Solution Provider Landscape Snapshot While there are numerous IT consultants and integrators providing cloud infrastructure management, monitoring, setup, and optimization services in the USA2 ; of these professional service firms the market is grouped into several tiers. I. Global consulting & service providers which provide cloud solutions with greater than $1B in annual revenues. For a complete list visit the IAOP Top Global 100. II. Approximately 500 North American midmarket private companies whose focus includes Information Technology Cloud Managed Solution services with revenues between $5M and $100M of which approximately thirty (30) firms have credential experts and competency in both private and public cloud managed services. 2 System Center 2012 helps you manage your IT environments across traditional datacenters, private and public clouds, client computers, and devices.