Cloud Storage Market

The global Cloud Storage Market size is expected to grow from USD 99.2 billion in 2023 to USD 234.9 billion by 2028 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.8% during the forecast period. The impact of the recession (before, during, and after the recession) on the market is covered throughout the report. Increasing data storage requirements, availability of secure, scalable, enterprise-friendly private cloud storage, reliable, seamless monitoring facilitated, affordable public cloud storage, convenient customization offered, greater user-control or user-friendly, SME-friendly hybrid cloud storage, proliferation and robust adoption of Cloud storage solutions worldwide, are few fundamental factors/forces that drive the global Cloud Storage market.

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Recession Impact on the global Cloud Storage Market 

A recession can significantly impact the Cloud Storage market across organizations, industry verticals, and regions. Businesses may delay investments in these technologies as they prioritize cost-cutting over innovation. Startups in the field may struggle to secure funding as investors become more risk-averse. However, Cloud Storage technologies can find resilience in some sectors, like gaming and entertainment, as people seek entertainment options during recessions. On the positive side, these technologies can facilitate remote work and collaboration, which may increase demand in a remote-work-focused economy. Government stimulus and investments in technology development can also help mitigate the recession's impact. In the end, the extent of the effect varies by region, industry, and the severity of the economic downturn.

Cloud Storage Market Dynamics

Drivers: Cloud storage providers of services driven by growth in data generation

Several key factors drive the growth of the cloud storage market providing services. The exponential surge in data generation, with the demand for low CAPEX and OPEX on IT hardware, plays a crucial role. The cloud storage market is witnessing significant growth due to the expanding realms of IoT and big data. Cloud storage services offer an agile, flexible, and scalable model for data storage on the Internet, managed and operated by service providers. This model provides enterprises with advantages such as rapid deployment, scalability, reduced CAPEX, and uninterrupted business continuity.

Restraints: Surge in metadata

Experts in cloud storage claim that metadata is essential to the cloud storage sector. The amount of metadata in the modern world is growing startlingly and unprecedentedly. Due to the inevitable explosion of unstructured data, its problems will only worsen. Many businesses still recognize that their metadata exceeds the data they keep, which harms performance and scalability. It also affects database sharing and creates new problems that cost money and time. The metadata issue has forced IT companies to pay careful attention to their software stack. Consequently, they can ensure it suits modern, next-generation application demands.

Opportunities: Businesses have ample opportunities to delve into data encryption and edge computing

In the future (next 1-2 years commencing January 2024), cloud storage vendors will focus more on edge computing. Most people are unaware of how crucial it is to consider their location when choosing where to locate cloud services. Moreover, cloud service infrastructure will increase in cost with increased usage. But, providing a smooth link will also require additional work. For this reason, cloud storage vendors will concentrate on edge computing, in which providers try to make cloud resources available close to or close to users. To put it another way, edge computing forces companies to select a site for the service nearest to your address. This helps increase overall reliability and reduce latency.

Challenges: Threat of ransomware

Malware that encrypts access to the files and data of the target enterprise is known as ransomware. The hackers/cybercriminals then demand that the business pay a ransom—essentially an excessive amount in legal parlance—to access their files. This kind of malware could pose a severe threat to the business if it infiltrates the cloud storage used by the organization. A ransomware assault could prevent the company from accessing critical company data, potentially leading to the complete cessation of the company's business activities. Nonetheless, cloud storage companies have acknowledged this problem and are taking preventative measures to combat ransomware. Numerous cloud storage companies have created built-in malware scanning services that evaluate data once the user uploads them to ensure they are virus-free. The scanning services can automatically quarantine anything they find questionable.

Cloud Storage Market Ecosystem

Based on use cases, backup & Recovery will hold the highest market share in the Cloud Storage market during the forecast period.

Backup & Recovery is crucial in safeguarding data and ensuring business continuity. These applications are purpose-built to address the unique challenges of modern, dynamic, and often distributed IT environments. By seamlessly integrating with cloud technologies and containerized workloads, they provide a layer of resilience that protects data against loss, corruption, or disasters. These solutions enable organizations to efficiently create backups, perform granular recoveries, and maintain data integrity, thereby supporting cloud applications and services reliable and uninterrupted operation. In an era where data is a paramount asset, Backup & Recovery applications in cloud storage are indispensable for mitigating risks and ensuring the availability and integrity of critical information.

Based on offering, the services segment recorded a higher CAGR in the Cloud Storage market during the forecast period.

Services are essential to the cloud storage market because they support customers before and after cloud storage solutions are deployed. Service providers help their customers with cloud storage solutions at several stages, including designing, implementing, maintaining, and upgrading. The significance of cloud storage services, including consultancy, integration and implementation, training, support, and maintenance, is explained in the upcoming chapter.

North America will hold the largest market share in the cloud storage market during the forecast period.

Cloud Storage adoption in the North American region has gained considerable momentum, positioning the region as a leader in the field/market. According to experts, North America is expected to have the highest adoption rate of Cloud Storage solutions and associated services compared to other regions. This is due to the growing interest of American households in innovative technologies as well as the increasing investment of North American companies in advanced technologies such as commercial and industrial IoT, 5G, cloud computing, and AI. The advanced technology incorporated/run Cloud Storage solutions are used across companies to reduce latency, handle network traffic, and lower operational expenses.

North America leads the rest in terms of cloud storage market share. The US and Canada are the two leading North American nations influencing the expansion of cloud storage acceptance and usage. A study found that over 55% of businesses have implemented cloud solutions, and over 91% offer at least one cloud-based service. Decreased capital expenditure, simplified IT administration, enhanced flexibility, and safety are among the primary motivators propelling cloud computing expansion in North America, boosting cloud storage solutions' uptake and expansion pace. Major market participants, such as AWS, IBM, Dell, HPE, and Microsoft, are US-based.

Key Market Players

The Cloud Storage market is dominated both by established companies as well as startups such as AWS (US), IBM (US), Google (US), Microsoft (US), Alibaba Cloud (China), Oracle (US), Dell Technologies (US), HPE (US), Huawei (China),. These vendors have a large customer base, a strong geographic footprint, and organized distribution channels. They incorporate organic and inorganic growth strategies, including product launches, deals, and business expansions, boosting revenue generation.

The study includes an in-depth competitive analysis of these key players in the Cloud Storage market with their company profiles, recent developments, and key market strategies.

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Scope of the Report

This research report categorizes the Cloud Storage market to forecast revenue and analyze trends in each of the following submarkets:

Based on Offering:

• Storage type
  • Block storage
  • Object storage
  • File storage
• Services
  • Training and Consulting
  • Integration and implementation
  • Support and maintenance

Based on Deployment model:

• Public cloud
• Private cloud
• Hybrid cloud

Based on Organization Size:

• Large Enterprises
• SMEs

Based on Vertical:

• BFSI
• Telecommunications
• IT & ITeS
• Government & Public sector
• Energy & Utilities
• Manufacturing
• Retail & Consumer goods
• Media & Entertainment
• Healthcare & Life sciences
• Education
• Other Verticals (transportation)

Based on Region:

• North America
  • US
  • Canada
• Europe
  • UK
  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • Japan
  • Australia
  • Rest of Asia Pacific
• Middle East & Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • South Africa
  • Rest of the Middle East & Africa
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Rest of Latin America     

Recent Developments

• In September 2023, with the addition of a new feature, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon (AWS) now enables its users to select and update the level of I/O operations per second (IOPS) separately from the storage capacity on the file system. Earlier, the IOPS performance level for accessing data on a user's file Solid State Drive (SSD) storage disks was fixed at a ratio of 3 IOPS per Gigabyte (GB) of storage capacity. Now, customers can configure SSD IOPS independently from storage capacity up to a ratio of 500 IOPS per GB.
• In September 2023, an MoU signed between Alibaba Cloud and Astra Tech will leverage Alibaba Cloud's Enterprise Mobile Application Studio (EMAS) mobile testing solution into Botim (which is underway to become an ultra-app) to enhance users' experience through unparalleled app performance, reliability, and seamless functionality. Botim is the Middle East & North Africa's leading communications platform.
• The partnership between both entities where Botim has leveraged Alibaba Cloud's products and services, including Elastic Compute Service (ECS), storage, networking, and database services.
• In August 2023, Google Cloud announced a private preview of a parallel file system named Parallelstore that helps users avoid/negate wasting precious GPU resources while parallelly waiting for storage I/O (Input/Output) by providing a high-performing parallel file storage solution for AI/ML and HPC (High-Performance Computing) workloads. The solution is based on the next-generation Intel Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) architecture.
• In March 2023, the collaboration between IBM and Wasabi aimed to enable enterprises to run applications across any environment, be it on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, while allowing users to access and utilize critical business data and analytics in real-time with cost-effectiveness. The Boston Red Sox will be the first to leverage the joint power (collaboration) of IBM Cloud Satellite® and Wasabi hot cloud storage, designed to improve the club's operations across its entire business unit.

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