Predictions 2023: Cloud Computing

October 27th, 2022

Lee Sustar Principal Analyst

Charlie Dai VP, Principal Analyst

Liz Herbert VP, Principal Analyst

Paul Miller Vice President, Principal Analyst

Allie Mellen Principal Analyst

Jeff Pollard VP, Principal Analyst

Tracy Woo Principal Analyst

Danny Mu

Guannan Lu

With contributors:

Stephanie Balaouras , Brent Ellis , Naveen Chhabra , John Bratincevic , Andras Cser , Mike Gualtieri , Andre Kindness , Zachary Stone , Arthur Ross , Diane Lynch

Summary

Economic uncertainty, cloud-native technology, and demands for data sovereignty will reshape cloud in 2023. Enterprises seeking to contain cloud spending will turn to third-party providers for a vendor-neutral view while moving heavily into cloud-native infrastructure for a growing number of workloads. A hyperscale cloud provider will buy a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, while hyperscalers will adapt to demands for greater efficiency and security. “National” clouds will gather momentum, with the big German banks embracing such solutions. This report explores Forrester’s predictions for cloud computing in 2023.

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