New Research In Action Vendor Selection Matrix™ Report – Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Service Management Tools

Germany – July 5th 2021: Research In Action predicts a strong growth in the use of Hybrid Cloud Management Tools over the next 24 months.

Every year, Research In Action surveys 10,000+ enterprise IT and business decision makers in order to gain insights on strategy, investments and ongoing challenges of technology innovation in the IT and Marketing Automation realm. These surveys give us access to a wealth of direct and unfiltered feedback from the buyers. It also helps us to understand how buying decisions are made in today’s business environment. The Vendor Selection Matrix™ is a primarily survey-based methodology for vendor evaluation where 63% of the evaluation is based on a survey of enterprise IT or business decision makers and 37% on the analyst’s judgement. The analyst’s input is fed by a combination of intensive interviews with software or services vendors and their clients, plus their informed, independent point-of-view as an analyst. All of this combines to make Research in Action Vendor Selection Matrix™ reports so unique. This approach is one of the key differentiators of Research In Action in market research. For this report we interviewed 1,500 enterprise IT and business managers with budget responsibility in enterprises globally. We selected those vendors which achieved the best evaluations scores from the buyers but disregarded those with fewer than 15
evaluations.

Report details: http://researchinaction.de/wp-content/uploads/VSM-HCM-2021-WWW.pdf.

Dr. Thomas Mendel, Managing Director at Research In Action GmbH, comments:

• Hybrid Cloud is an IT architecture that incorporates some degree of workload portability, orchestration and management across both private and public Cloud infrastructures. The vast majority of enterprises today use a mix of private and public Cloud infrastructure and IT services. Therefore, they need Hybrid Cloud Management Tools to provision, monitor and manage these multi-Cloud resources and environments.
• The almost unprecedented proliferation of Hybrid Clouds. The use of Hybrid Clouds in enterprises globally has multiplied in recent years. More than 90% of enterprises globally today use hybrid Clouds. However, there are regional differences. North-America is leading the pack with almost 94% slightly ahead of Europe with 92% and Asia pacific lagging with 80%. Furthermore, enterprises globally today use four different public Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) on average. Research In Action predicts that 24 months from now, 99% of all enterprises globally will be using Hybrid Clouds.
• Followed by strong growth in the use of Hybrid Cloud Management Tools over the next 24 months. While more than 90% of enterprises globally use Hybrid Clouds today, there are still almost a third of companies that do not have Hybrid Cloud Management tools in productive use. This, however, is about to change rapidly within the next 24 months. By that time, only around 3% of companies globally will not be using Hybrid Cloud Management Tools in production, while more than two-thirds of companies will be using them for both Infrastructure, as well as Service Management purposes.
• There are two distinct markets for Hybrid Cloud Management Tools today. The needs of the enterprise buyers vary by company size, region and industry and have resulted in two separate markets, one for more Infrastructure Management oriented solutions and one for more Service Management oriented solutions. These buyer preferences are reflected on the vendor side as well. Many of the start-up vendors were focused on public Cloud Management and are now adding private Cloud Management capabilities. For the established Infrastructure and Service Management vendors, the journey goes the other way, by adding public Cloud Management capabilities to the mix. Over time, these two markets will inevitably converge.

So, who came out on top? Here are the top 20 vendors of the Vendor Selection Matrix™ – Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Service Management Tools (listed alphabetically):

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Management Tools:
BMC
CISCO
CLOUDBOLT
CLOUDSPHERE
DYNATRACE
FNT
IBM
MICRO FOCUS
MORPHEUS DATA
NETAPP
NUTANIX
SOLARWINDS
TURBONOMIC
VIRTANA
VMWARE

Hybrid Cloud Service Management Tools:
APPTIO
BMC
BROADCOM
CLOUDBOLT
FLEXERA
IBM
MATRIX42
MICRO FOCUS
SERVICENOW
SNOW SOFTWARE

Vendor Selection Matrix™ Disclaimer:

The Vendor Selection Matrix™ is a primarily survey-based methodology for comparative vendor evaluation. Research In Action GmbH does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. The information contained in this research has been obtained from both enterprise as well as vendor sources believed to be reliable. Research In Action GmbH’s research publications consist of the analysts’ opinions and should not be considered as statements of fact. The opinions expressed are subject to change without further notice. Research In Action GmbH disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. All trademarks are recognized as the property of the respective companies.

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Managing Director
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56244 Hartenfels
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