PRAGUE / FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 15, 2016 -According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker , total spending on IT infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for deployment in cloud environments will increase by 18.9% in 2016 to reach $38.2 billion. This amount excludes double counting between storage and server. (TZ)
In comparison, spending on enterprise IT infrastructure deployed in traditional, non-cloud, environments will decline by 4% in 2016, but will still account for the largest share, 62.8%, of end user spending. Spending on private cloud IT infrastructure will grow by 11.1% year over year to $13.9 billion geared toward on-premises private cloud deployments. Spending on public cloud IT infrastructure will increase by 14.1% in 2016 to $24.4 billion.
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