Data Overview Report

The State Of Public Cloud In Manufacturing, 2024

Firms Overcome Early Hesitancy Around Latency And Sovereignty In The Race To Transform An Old Industry

January 18th, 2024
Paul Miller, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Paul Miller Vice President, Principal Analyst
Dario Maisto, Senior Analyst
Dario Maisto Senior Analyst
With contributors:
Pascal Matzke , Lauren Nelson , Lee Sustar , Hannah Jachim , Marissa Fritz

The manufacturing sector was slower than others to adopt cloud computing, with limited connectivity to factories and machines, internal challenges aligning IT and operational technology (OT) initiatives, and concerns around digital sovereignty and cybersecurity all inhibiting early growth. This data-driven report examines the current state of public cloud adoption in manufacturing and shows how far the sector has come in integrating public cloud infrastructure into their technology landscape.

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