Infonetics Expects Spending on European App Hosting to Grow 460%
📅 - Between 2001 and 2005, European end-user application hosting service expenditures will grow 460%, from $678 million to $3.8 billion, and worldwide application hosting service expenditures grow 371%, according to Infonetics Research's (infonetics.com) latest study, User Plans for Application Hosting Services, Europe 2001.
"As in the US, the hosting market in Europe has been damaged by the weakeconomy, which has forced many ASPs out of business, along with many dot.combusinesses that were seen as natural customers for hosted applications,"said analyst Jeff Wilson, Infonetics Research's executive director. "On thepositive side, European organizations are more willing than those in the USto buy managed network services, and the decision to outsource applicationsis a natural extension of this tendency."
Sample data from the study:
64% of respondents name increased security as a key driver formoving to application hosting servicesLack of security though, is named as a key barrier to adoption by57% of respondents50% of respondents plan to use IPSec VPNs for secure access tohosted applications by 2003
Based on in-depth interviews with 300 organizations in France, Germany,Scandinavia, and the UK, this 121-page study includes:
5-year worldwide forecasts of end-user expenditures through 2005 forapplication hosting services broken out Europe vs ROWDrivers and barriers for application hosting servicesApplications outsourcedASP selection criteriaKey service featuresSLA and QoS requirementsHosting services vs co-locationBandwidth requirementsSecurity requirementsManagement issues, including customer network management toolsExpendituresThe purchase process
For PDFs of the study's table of contents and excerpts, or to purchase thisreport, contact Infonetics via its Web site.
"As in the US, the hosting market in Europe has been damaged by the weakeconomy, which has forced many ASPs out of business, along with many dot.combusinesses that were seen as natural customers for hosted applications,"said analyst Jeff Wilson, Infonetics Research's executive director. "On thepositive side, European organizations are more willing than those in the USto buy managed network services, and the decision to outsource applicationsis a natural extension of this tendency."
Sample data from the study:
64% of respondents name increased security as a key driver formoving to application hosting servicesLack of security though, is named as a key barrier to adoption by57% of respondents50% of respondents plan to use IPSec VPNs for secure access tohosted applications by 2003
Based on in-depth interviews with 300 organizations in France, Germany,Scandinavia, and the UK, this 121-page study includes:
5-year worldwide forecasts of end-user expenditures through 2005 forapplication hosting services broken out Europe vs ROWDrivers and barriers for application hosting servicesApplications outsourcedASP selection criteriaKey service featuresSLA and QoS requirementsHosting services vs co-locationBandwidth requirementsSecurity requirementsManagement issues, including customer network management toolsExpendituresThe purchase process
For PDFs of the study's table of contents and excerpts, or to purchase thisreport, contact Infonetics via its Web site.
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