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The latest data estimates expenditure was over $2 billion more than in the previous quarter and $14 billion more than in Q1 2021.
The research firm said the top three cloud service<\/a> providers — Amazon Web Services<\/a> (AWS), Microsoft Azure<\/a> and Google Cloud<\/a> — have benefited from increased adoption and scale, collectively growing 42% year-on-year and accounting for 62% of global customer spend.
“Cloud has continued to be a hot market and transformation strategies are emphasizing digital resiliency to face the market challenges of today and tomorrow,” said Canalys<\/a> Research Analyst Blake Murray. “To be effective in resiliency planning, customers are turning to channel partners with the technical and consulting skills to help them effectively embrace hyperscaler cloud services<\/a>.”
Cloud-enabled business transformation has become a priority as organizations face global supply chain issues, cybersecurity threats and geopolitical instability. Organizations of all sizes and vertical markets are turning to cloud to ensure flexibility and resilience in the face of these challenges.
Top cloud partners are doubling down on certification efforts and skills recruitment around hyperscaler cloud services<\/a>. Global systems integrators, including Accenture, Atos, Deloitte, HCL Technologies, TCS, Kyndryl, Tech Mahindra and Wipro, are building practices with tens of thousands of cloud engineers and consultants.
“As the use cases for cloud infrastructure services expand so does the potential complexity, and we see that hybrid and multi-cloud deployments are commonplace in the market,” said Canalys Research Analyst Yi Zhang. “The hyperscalers are investing in rapid channel development and partners are responding as the opportunities grow.”