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The biggest trend we currently face is the
continuing digitisation of businesses. It’s no
longer sufficient to simply have some aspects
of your business digitised or technologically
advanced. It is a business-wide necessity for the
development of your business in a technology-
driven world.
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The Australian Communications and Media
Authority research indicates significant increases
in the cloud computing market in Australia over
the next few years, with growth rates expected of
approximately 22% per annum.
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The International Data Corporation (IDC) reported
that the total cloud computing market in Australia
will increase from $884 million in 2012 to $2.7
billion in 2017.
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Australia’s data centre services market is expected
to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of
13.9 percent from 2013 to 2020.
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Australian organisations prefer onshore data centre
services, with responsive, personable and trusted
customer service.
It is estimated that Australia still accounts for less
than one percent of total global data centre space.
The most significant challenge faced by Australian
organisations running their own data centres is the
lack of skills and resources internally.
To resolve these challenges, companies are looking
to outsource data centre requirements to facilities
offering beneficial solutions. Outsourcing data
centre requirements produces a number of benefits
including lower operating costs, superior security
features, better availability and peace of mind with
all disaster recovery and records management
aspects.
Why outsource to a data centre provider?
INDUSTRY
FORECASTS
Geraldton Building Services & Cabinets have transitioned smoothly into cloud technology, allowing the team access to
important data from any location. With offices in Geraldton and the Pilbara, this has proved to be an effective mobile solution.
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Factors compelling demand for data
centre services include increased adoption of
high-bandwidth consumer applications such as
social media and high definition video, greater
consumption of cloud-based solutions, the
increasing number of cloud service providers
and the complexity in managing IT environments
and end-points which is a barrier to organisations
operating in-house data centres.
Phil Harpur
Senior Research Manager
Australia & New Zealand ICT Practice