Ten Trends That Shaped The Cloud Market In 2024
IDC, Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
Meet buyer needs in 2025 with ten standout cloud trends from 2024.
Every year certain technology trends stand out. Few bring about as much change across both technology and business operations as much as AI has in 2024. AI has altered the way organizations consider cloud, driving new business and cloud requirements and introducing new use cases. The hype around AI has also created a sense of agency around change.
IDC's quarterly Cloud Pulse survey (which surveys up to 1,700 cloud buyers each quarter) and the Cloud Adoption Trends and Strategies programs at IDC have been carefully tracking the maturation of cloud. Through surveys and industry conversations, our teams have been gauging the shifts in requirements of cloud buyers. These are the ten standout cloud trends from 2024 that vendors need to be aware of as they look to meet cloud buyer needs in 2025.