[April 12, 2012]

Research and Markets: Managed Services Market in South Africa

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/856d3433/managed_services_m) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's (News - Alert) new report "Managed Services Market in South Africa" to their offering.

Small to Medium Enterprise Sector Emerges as a Key Market for Cloud-based Offerings

Under the current economic conditions, managed services have emerged as particularly critical for businesses in South Africa as they aim to contain costs and improve efficiency. Enterprises are increasingly outsourcing non-core IT processes in order to focus on their core mission. The emergence of cloud computing has given impetus to this trend, as businesses are now able to access the computing resources they need, when they need them, over the internet.

Small and medium enterrises (SMEs) are positioned to benefit immensely from cloud-based offerings as these services essentially circumvent the need for businesses to invest in costly capital infrastructure. In South Africa, cloud computing is now a reality, and is poised to become the standard mode of delivering computing resources in future. More pertinently, a significant majority of enterprises have invested in or are planning to invest in cloud services in the near future.

Increased uptake of cloud-based services will be driven by the ever declining broadband costs, notes the analyst of this research. The SME sector represents a key market for cloud-based offerings as these companies often cannot afford to build their own infrastructure. The declining costs of bandwidth will make these offerings affordable and attractive to the sector. The cloud presents SMEs with the only route to access normally expensive computing resources.

Key Topics Covered:

- 1. Executive Summary

- 2. External Challenges: Drivers and Restraints - Total Managed Services Market

- 3. Forecasts and Trends- Total Managed Services Market

- 4. Market Share and Competitive Analysis - Total Managed Services Market

- 5. Competitor Profiles of Selected Industry Participants

- 6. Segment Analysis: Data Centre Hosting

- 7. Segment Analysis: Cloud Services

- 8. Strategic Recommendations for Service Providers

- 9. The Last Word

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/856d3433/managed_services_m

Source (News - Alert): Frost & Sullivan

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