Japan Datacenter Services by Telcos and Hosters Forecast, 2017-2021

IDC Market Forecast Figure

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

(Reference) Market Size Forecast for Overall Japan Datacenter Services Market

Market Context

Drivers and Inhibitors

Drivers

Growing Migration of Enterprise Business Systems from On-premise to Datacenters (Includes Hosting and Software as a Service)

Growing Presence of Megacloud Operators in Japan

Growing Utilization of Applications such as Cognitive and AI Systems

Inhibitors

Reduction in Project Size of Existing Systems due to High System Density and Consolidation

Growing Migration from Existing DC Services to Public Cloud

Significant Market Developments

The Focus on Megacloud Operators Is Increasing

Growing Spending on Closed Connection of Megacloud Services

Change in Strategic Focus of Carriers

Provision of Hosting and IaaS for Cognitive and AI Systems

Changes from Prior Forecast

Market Definition

Methodology

Survey Data

Related Research

This IDC study forecast for DC services market by carriers and pure-play DC service providers from 2017 to 2021. The prominence of global players is becoming more apparent in the carrier and pure-play DC service provider DC services market and it is time for structural changes to be implemented. Also, with the emergence of the digital transformation (DX) era, system of engagement (SoE) spending is estimated to rise in the future. “One of the best strategies for DC service providers is to expand sales by acquiring rapidly growing customers through DX and retain their loyalty. Fast growing customers seek infrastructure that offers scalability without delay in accordance with business expansion. DC service providers, therefore, need to emphasize the scalability of services,” says Yoko Ono, senior market analyst, Communications, IDC Japan.

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