1、 EQUITIES IT SERVICES SOFTWARE SOFTWARE 2025 Global Cloud Scanner Survey:And the winner is.16 JULY 2025 Sector Research Report Production time:06:05*(London time)Research Analysts&Publishing EntitiesResearch Analysts&Publishing Entities We publish the fifth and final piece of our Survey of 100 Softw

2、are Buyers globally In our first report(see link)we published a summary of key findings in terms of spend intentions(down y/y in the US but flat in Europe)and category prioritizations(AI and GenAI leading priority areas).In our second report(see link)we focussed on results in the Platform and Data c

3、ategories with Microsoft leading the way,but Databricks making significant improvements and gaining ground on Amazon and Google(and leapfrogging Snowflake in Data warehousing).In our third report(see link)we provided results for GenAI related questions with Microsoft and OpenAI dominating results ac

4、ross infra and apps(and LLMs).In our fourth report(see link)we focussed on Apps and SaaS where SAP flexed its increasing back and mid-office dominance as the suite part of the cycle takes over for best of breed,with Salesforce and Microsoft strongest in front office and productivity.We now look at I

5、aaS and Cloud migration,which may be reaching a mid-way point In todays report,we show cloud migration continuing-with 54%stating they are running more than half of their workloads in the cloud,up 10pp y/y.Cost,performance,and security are the main drivers.Microsoft retains the lead as the preferred

6、 IaaS provider but Amazon has re-captured some ground.Oracle has now moved solidly into the#4 preferred IaaS provider position with 12%now using OCI,up from 6%last year.Hybrid Cloud continues as a theme with 71%using multiple IaaS providers.Company specific scores.And the winner is:Microsoft on top;