Cloud delivery models are making Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) providers develop a holistic infrastructure outsourcing strategy and serve the evolving market demand. The increasing buyer demand for integrated end-to-end solutions, coupled with growing convergence of RIM providers with traditional players, is making asset-light providers look beyond labor-driven pure management services.
This research by Everest Group analyzes the impact of cloud delivery models on the infrastructure outsourcing market. It also discusses the limitations of RIM models in cloud environment, and how providers can strategize to exploit the newer market dynamics by providing holistic infrastructure services.
Scope
Analysis of different models in infrastructure outsourcing
Growth of RIM services
Crisis of genre faced by RIM providers
Disruption caused by cloud delivery models on infrastructure outsourcing
A case for holistic infrastructure outsourcing service strategy
Contents
This research analyzes the impact of cloud delivery models on the asset-light infrastructure management service market. It makes a case for providers to move beyond labor-driven models and embrace a holistic infrastructure service strategy, which includes datacenter services. As an example, the research analyzes the impact of cloud delivery models and the pressing need to move beyond typical asset-light strategies to deliver holistic infrastructure services. It elaborates the strategies for asset-light providers such as:
Different cloud infrastructure service models
Limitation of asset-light providers in offering cloud services
How asset-light providers can synchronize RIM and cloud offerings?
Models adopted by asset-light providers to plug gaps in infrastructure services
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