Software : IDC projects the cloud market will grow 23% by 2018 |
| IDC projects the cloud market will grow 23% by 2018 Posted:  Worldwide public cloud services revenue reached $45.7 billion (about £26.7 billion, AU$48.8 billion) in 2013, according to an IDC report. IDC expects the market to increase 23% annually through 2018. Cloud Software spending, which includes Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) represented 86% of the cloud services market in 2013. Cloud Infrastructure, which is solely comprised of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or server and basic storage solutions, represented 14% of the market. Enterprise resource management applications provided the most revenue of all cloud-based applications in 2013 with $10.78 billion (about £6.3 billion, AU$11.51 billion) in revenue. This figure comprised roughly 24% of all public cloud services revenue. CRM applications were responsible for $8.13 billion (about £4.75 billion, AU$8.68 billion) in 2013, or 18% of the total market. The CRM market is projected to increase 20% annually until 2018, according to the report. The market leadersSaaS service provider revenue is led by Salesforce.com, according to the report. ADP and Intuit are Salesforce's immediate followers with Oracle and Microsoft ranking fourth and fifth in revenue, respectively. PaaS revenue is led by Amazon.com. Salesforce and Microsoft were tied for the second-most revenue in the PaaS market in 2013. Amazon.com, which owns 40% of the IaaS market share, was the leader in the market. RackSpace and IBM follow Amazon with the second and third-largest IaaS market share, respectively. The US holds 68% of the public cloud services market. Western Europe is the second-largest market with 19%. By 2018, IDC forecasts that the US will lose 9% of the market and Western Europe will gain 4%. |
| EE launches Business Apps cloud suite to help small firms boost productivity Posted:  UK telco EE has launched a suite of cloud apps designed to help employees at small businesses be more productive. Imaginatively called Business Apps, it provides firms with access to a slew of office, publishing and accounting apps from companies such as Sage and Microsoft. Taking out one or more of the apps from EE, rather than their respective vendors, can bag you extras - such as extra storage capacity, increased bandwidth and greater data allowances. Additionally, the apps are available with single sign on, meaning businesses only need to share one username and password to access all of the apps, and data is securely backed up and stored online. Seven apps have been outed as part of an initial bunch, with more to follow. You can get access to the apps whatever EE business contract you're on, but being on certain ones (listed below) will bag you the goodies. The offersSage has two apps as part of the initial selection. Businesses can take out Sage Payroll and Sage Accounts (the former is included for free) for £10 per month, rather than the usual price of £15. If you're on EE plan 2, you'll also get 1G of extra data per month. Taking out Microsoft Office 365 - which includes Word, Excel, and PointPoint - will bag you 1GB of extra data per month when added to EE plan 2, which costs £8.40 per month. MozyPro, an online backup service available on multiple platforms, is available at a cost of £7 per month (for 12 months) for EE customers on 4G plans costing £35 or more per month. That's the same price that's listed on MozyPro's website, but you'll get double the amount of storage (20GB, rather than 10GB) and an unlimited number of users when taken from EE. If you're on EE plan 2, you'll also get 1GB of extra data per month. Receipt processing app Receipt Bank is available at a discounted launch price of £6 per month, while website building service Moonfruit is available with unlimited download bandwidth and an increased item sale limit for £6.67 per month. Legal Manager, Credit HQ and Zendesk are also available as part of the suite. In a statement, EE said it launched Business Apps after discovering that 37% of small business employees - the equivalent of 5 million workers - felt they would be more productive if they could use apps tailored to their job. The findings came after an online survey of 1,083 UK small businesses conducted by Vision Critical during May 2014. |
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