Small and medium-sized enterprise cloud services usage: 1Q 2025 business survey
"Just under 50% of SMEs from our survey plan to increase their spend on cloud-based infrastructure and compute services in the next 12 months."
Analysys Mason surveyed 910 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany, Singapore, the UK and the USA between December 2024 and January 2025 to assess their telecoms and IT usage patterns and buying behaviours.
This report focuses on findings from the questions asked about infrastructure and cloud compute services. It also assesses buyer behaviour for these services and considers how responses vary by country and industry vertical.
Topics analysed
- Top IT spending priorities for large businesses
- Current adoption rate of cloud solutions
- Planned adoption of new cloud solutions
- Intention to procure cloud services together with communications services
- Channels used to supply cloud services
Questions answered in this report
- How important are infrastructure and cloud compute services to businesses?
- Which cloud services are businesses buying currently?
- By how much do businesses plan to increase spend on cloud services?
- How large is the role of telecoms operators in the supply of cloud services?
Geographical coverage
- Germany
- Singapore
- UK
- USA
Business survey
Analysys Mason's business survey tracks and measures businesses’ changing usage and buyer behaviour for telecoms and IT services.
Author
Matt Small
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