Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering cloud computing and emerging tech industries
Industry cloud in the United States - statistics & facts
Are businesses spending more than they should on cloud services due to a lack of understanding of their unique requirements? In order to combat this, industry cloud platforms offer customized solutions for various sectors, helping businesses to save costs and improve efficiency. These cloud platforms are gaining popularity as they enable more businesses to adopt cloud technology quickly, even beyond the early adopters who are satisfied with generic solutions of cloud computing. With most of the major cloud service providers based in the United States., businesses in North America often have access to the latest cloud technology innovations and offerings.
Industry cloud platforms offer valuable benefits through the use of innovative supporting technologies and approaches. This may come in the form of an integrated data fabric – referring to unified architecture for accessing, managing, and analyzing data – a marketplace with pre-packaged business capabilities, and composability tooling. These features enable organizations to respond quickly to the fast pace of change and remain agile by combining various data pipelines and cloud environments with the help of smart automation.
How does this model work?
Industry clouds offer a variety of infrastructure, platforms, software, and partner solutions that cater to specific industries. Known as "composable business", this approach promotes the flexibility and autonomy of business operation strategies for managing cloud costs. It also provides customers with access to a wide range of partners and suppliers, allowing them to take advantage of a hybrid cloud model. As a result, more organizations are adopting industry cloud services to develop agile and innovative business strategies that align with their core competencies.Industry cloud platforms offer valuable benefits through the use of innovative supporting technologies and approaches. This may come in the form of an integrated data fabric – referring to unified architecture for accessing, managing, and analyzing data – a marketplace with pre-packaged business capabilities, and composability tooling. These features enable organizations to respond quickly to the fast pace of change and remain agile by combining various data pipelines and cloud environments with the help of smart automation.
Industry cloud: the future of businesses in the U.S.?
Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, IBM, and Oracle are some of the leading cloud service providers offering industry-specific solutions in the U.S. market. Some examples of such solutions include AWS, which has a retail service for online and brick-and-mortar operations; Microsoft Azure, which provides financial services businesses with regulatory tools; Google Cloud Platform, which offers a healthcare service for improving patient care; IBM Cloud, which offers manufacturing businesses tools for improving efficiency; and Oracle Cloud, which offers retail businesses tools for improving customer experience. More industry cloud services are expected to emerge as the adoption of the industry cloud market in the U.S. grows.
