Sector Review

Sector Review: Cloud M&A Round up 2021

A significant number of investments, eye-popping initial public offerings, and phenomenal revenue growth for cloud companies across all categories were the results of the pandemic pushing even more organizations to accelerate their cloud journey and use of cloud services across infrastructure, platform, or SaaS. Advanced technologies like Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G, and the Internet of Things (IoT) further validate the value proposition of cloud computing. They have a foundation that offers a common platform and streamlines service delivery and support, and that rely on cloud technologies for implementation and application. Cloud experts now have a fantastic opportunity to move swiftly and build goods and services based on the evolving demands of businesses thanks to the combination of advanced technology ecosystems and rapid innovation in cloud technologies. According to Research & Markets, the size of the worldwide cloud computing market is anticipated to increase at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16.3% from USD 445.3 billion in 2021 to USD 947.3 billion by 2026.

Money is going into Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure and its SaaS products, according to a recent Flexera survey on IT expenditures. The COVID-19 pandemic has given the top three cloud providers—Amazon's AWS, Microsoft's Azure, and GCP—an additional boost. Many mid-sized global IT and cloud solutions companies are choosing to "purchase" rather than "create" in order to increase their AWS, Azure, and GCP capabilities by investing in specialized cloud partners, as a result of the existing high and increasing demand for capabilities across the three cloud ecosystems. A few recent significant investments in 2021 that demonstrate the growing interest in specialized cloud partners are as follows:

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