This report identifies key demand-side trends in the data center managed services space, helping enterprises fine-tune their data center management strategies. It provides an overview of top implementation challenges, key delivery models for data center engagements, workloads preferred for cloud repatriation, and the impact of generative AI (Gen AI) on data center management, based on Avasant’s assessment.
Why read this Market Insights?
Enterprises are facing significant hurdles in managing complex data center infrastructure while ensuring compliance and observability. Effective data center management is crucial for organizations to ensure operational efficiency, cost optimization, and the reliability of their IT infrastructure. They are adopting cloud repatriation strategies to enhance infrastructure availability and ensure cost control. Additionally, organizations are integrating Gen AI into specific data center functions such as monitoring, support, and configuration, anticipating a productivity impact of 10%–17%.
The Data Center Managed Services 2024 Market Insights™ aids enterprises in identifying important market trends and challenges for any data center management project that they take part in.
Methodology
The industry insights presented in this report are based on our ongoing interactions with enterprise CXOs and other key executives; targeted discussions with service providers, subject matter experts, and Avasant Fellows; and lessons learned from consulting engagements.
Table of contents
About the report (Page 3)
Executive summary (Pages 4–7)
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- Defining data center managed services
- Key enterprise data center managed services trends shaping the market
- Avasant recognizes 20 top-tier providers supporting the enterprise adoption of data center managed services
Demand-side trends (Pages 8–12)
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- Infrastructure management and observability pose significant hurdles for enterprises managing data centers
- Managed services and hybrid delivery models continue to be adopted by firms for data center engagements
- Enterprises are repatriating critical workloads to ensure privacy, availability, and performance, along with high computing and storage capabilities
- Organizations are integrating Gen AI into key data center functions, including monitoring, support, and configuration services
Key contacts (Pages 13)
Read the Research Byte based on this report. Please refer to Avasant’s Data Center Managed Services 2024 RadarView™ for detailed insights on the service providers and supply-side trends.