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• Rapid Growth in UCaaS with Different Vendors Leading in Each Segment
• Fourth Quarter Growth in Cloud Services Tops off a Banner Year for Cloud Providers
• Videoconferencing Market Increasingly Being Driven by USB Video Rooms
• Cloud Communications Continue to Drive and Disrupt the $45 billion Collaboration Market
• Data Center M&A Deal Volume Grew in 2018; but Total Value Dropped from 2017
• Hyperscale Data Center Count Jumps to 430; Another 132 in the Pipeline
• Enterprise IT Infrastructure Spending Jumped 13% in 2018; Cisco Maintains a Big Lead
• 2018 Review Shows $250 billion Cloud Market Ecosystem Growing at 32% Annually

2018

• Ethernet Switch & Router Market at an All-time High; Cisco Increases its Market Share
• 2018 Hyperscale Capex is Running at 53% Above 2017 Levels
• No Change at the Top as AWS Remains the Leading Public Cloud Provider in all Regions
• The Leading Cloud Providers Increase Their Market Share Again in the Third Quarter
• Boost in Data Center Infrastructure Market Driven by Public Cloud and Enterprise Servers
• UCaaS Subscriber Growth is Increasingly Being Driven by Large Enterprises
• Hyperscale Capex Jumped 59% in the Second Quarter, Maintaining Record Start to Year
• Quarterly SaaS Spending Reaches $20 billion as Microsoft Extends its Market Leadership
• Cloud Revenues Continue to Grow by 50% as Top Four Providers Tighten Grip on Market
• AWS is Leading the Public Cloud Market in all Major Regions
• Spending on Public Cloud Infrastructure Continues to Surge in Q1
• Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT Lead Colocation Market, Helped by Aggressive M&A Strategy
• Hyperscale Capex Leapt to a New High in Q1
• Cloud Growth Rate Increased Again in Q1; Amazon Maintains Market Share Dominance
• Cisco and Microsoft Battle for Leadership as Collaboration Market Reaches All-time High
• UCaaS Subscriber Numbers are Blossoming; Mitel and RingCentral Lead
• Telepresence Market Rebounds; Cisco and Polycom Lead the Way
• Hyperscale Capex Reached $22 billion in Q4 and is Still Growing Rapidly
• Cloud Growth Rate Increases; Amazon, Microsoft & Google all Gain Market Share
• Just 20 Metros Generate 59% of Worldwide Colocation Revenues
• 2017 Review Shows $180 billion Cloud Market Growing at 24% Annually
• Enterprise IT Infrastructure Spending Increased in 2017; Cisco Maintains a Big Lead
• Value of Data Center M&A Deals Leapt to $20 Billion in 2017

2017

• Hyperscale Data Center Count Approaches the 400 Mark; US Still Dominates
• Switching & Router Revenues Still Growing; Cisco Still Controls Half of the Market
• Cloud Market Keeps Growing at Over 40%; Amazon Still Increases its Share
• Chinese Data Center & Cloud Market Remains Dominated by Local Companies
• UCaaS Market Accelerating 29% per year; RingCentral, 8x8, Mitel, Broadsoft and Vonage Lead
• Data Center Infrastructure Market is Low Growth, but Public Cloud Blossoms
• Microsoft Leads in SaaS Market; Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle and SAP Follow
• The Leading Cloud Providers Continue to Run Away with the Market
• Cloud & Hyperscale Growth Forecast Presents both Opportunity and Major Challenges
• Equinix & Digital Realty Extend Colocation Leadership via Major M&A Deals
• Cloud Business Communications Growing by 23% per year; RingCentral Leads
• Amazon Cloud Growth is Hardly Hampered by the Chasing Pack
• Hyperscale Operators Continue Ramping Up Share of Cloud Markets
• Dallas and Washington DC now the Highest Growth US Colocation Markets
• Cisco Ends 2016 on Collaboration Market High; Microsoft the Main Challenger
• Battle Intensifies for Cloud Infrastructure Leadership as Q4 sees Three-Way Tie
• Microsoft Leads in Burgeoning SaaS Market; Oracle and Google are on a Charge
• Microsoft, Google and IBM Public Cloud Surge is at Expense of Smaller Providers
• Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT Extend Colocation Leadership in 2016
• Enterprise Spending Nudged Downwards in 2016; Cisco Maintains a Big Lead
• 2016 Review Shows $148 billion Cloud Market Growing at 25% Annually

2016

• Hyperscale Data Center Count Passes the 300 Milestone in December
• HPE & Cisco Maintain Lead in Cloud Infrastructure; Dell EMC and ODMs Challenge
• Amazon Dominates Public IaaS and Ahead in PaaS; IBM Leads in Private Cloud
• Dell Technologies Challenging HPE, Cisco and Microsoft for Cloud Infrastructure Leadership
• SaaS Growth Driven by ERP & Collaboration; Microsoft now the Overall Leader
• Cisco Continues to Roll with the Punches in Switching & Router Market
• Amazon Leads; Microsoft, IBM & Google Chase; Others Trail
• HPE, Cisco and Microsoft Continue to Lead Burgeoning Cloud Infrastructure Market
• Top Three Colocation Operators Extending Leadership via Acquisitions
• Big Four Still Dominate in Q1 as Cloud Market Growth Exceeds 50%
• Microsoft is on a Charge in the SaaS Market
• Just Five Metros Generate 27% of Worldwide Colocation Revenues
• HPE Maintains Lead in Cloud Infrastructure but Cisco Narrows the Gap
• US Accounts for Almost Half of all Major Cloud and Internet Data Centers
• Cisco Extends Collaboration Leadership as Market Reaches All-Time High
• Cisco’s Dominant Share of Switching & Routers Holds Steady
• AWS Remains Dominant Despite Microsoft and Google Growth Surges
• Low Growth in Enterprise Spending During 2015; Wide Variances by Segment
• 2015 Review Shows $110 billion Cloud Market Growing at 28% Annually
• UCaaS Continues to Disrupt Traditional Business Communications