AGORIA: Impact of the Cloud on Belgian SME IT services companies
Project supervised by prof. Georges Ataya and PIco Lantini
Project accomplished for Dr. Ir. Stephane Wojcik at Agoria
Recent research from IDC shows that European enterprises are increasing their spending on consulting and migration to the cloud very rapidly. IDC estimates that in 2015, $8.2 billion will be spent on cloud professional services, an increase from only $560 million in 2010. The rapid increase is a result of companies starting to migrate existing applications to public or private cloud solutions.
IDC sees a clear trend that new outsourcing contracts include cloud services, and as much as 25% of cloud professional services will be delivered as part of outsourcing contracts.
The purpose of the mission is to evaluate the impact of the migration to the cloud on Belgian SME IT services companies. Since IT services companies should be able to manage both the traditional and the new environment, the following topics have to be evaluated: impact on revenue / profit, on management systems, and on people competencies. In addition (new) business models and strategy should be proposed.
Project accomplished for Dr. Ir. Stephane Wojcik at Agoria
Recent research from IDC shows that European enterprises are increasing their spending on consulting and migration to the cloud very rapidly. IDC estimates that in 2015, $8.2 billion will be spent on cloud professional services, an increase from only $560 million in 2010. The rapid increase is a result of companies starting to migrate existing applications to public or private cloud solutions.
IDC sees a clear trend that new outsourcing contracts include cloud services, and as much as 25% of cloud professional services will be delivered as part of outsourcing contracts.
The purpose of the mission is to evaluate the impact of the migration to the cloud on Belgian SME IT services companies. Since IT services companies should be able to manage both the traditional and the new environment, the following topics have to be evaluated: impact on revenue / profit, on management systems, and on people competencies. In addition (new) business models and strategy should be proposed.