Research and Markets: Data Centre Market in South Africa: lack of in-house capabilities is driving the demand for co-location and hosted services

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/98776c/data_centre_market) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Data Centre Market in South Africa" to their offering.

Data centres are essential to modern organisations. The data loads worldwide are forever increasing, and that trend is set to continue. The uptake of data centre services is therefore forecast to be high over the next six years with the growing competition between service providers. This study provides an overview of data centre services in South Africa in the context of increasing service provision by providers and adoption by end users. Key industry challenges and drivers are discussed, and best practices and strategic recommendations are presented.

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Data Centre Market in South Africa uncovers major market forces and trends, provides growth forecasts for different solution segments and key customer verticals and concludes with strategic recommendations for service providers/integrators wanting to capitalise on the opportunities presented. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine co-location, managed hosting and managed services across the financial services, government, ICT, media, retail, healthcare, mining, manufacturing, oil and gas and transport application industries.

Report Highlights:

• Skills Shortages to Motivate Demand for Data Centre Services in South Africa
• Data loads worldwide are constantly increasing, and this trend is set to persist. The uptake of data centre services, therefore, is forecast to be high during the next seven years, with intensifying competition between service providers.
• The lack of in-house capabilities is driving the demand for co-location and hosted services within the South African data centre market.
• South Africa, generally, lacks skilled manpower that can manage and maintain advanced data centre technology. In addition, highly skilled personnel charge a premium for their services, with some of the manpower being imported from overseas. As a result, companies are using third-party providers to manage specific data centre activities.
• High Real Estate and Energy Costs Create Concern
• From real estate and construction to power and cooling, creating data centres requires significant investment. Data centre providers have to deal with the increasing cost of real estate and power usage, which proves to be a challenge for growth within the market.
• Managing a data centre actively can result in approximately 40.0 per cent or more in improved energy savings, and, as such, paramount importance is placed on energy management. Organisations are going green, considering natural cooling, detailing energy management and centralising customers to reduce their loads.

Market Sectors Covered:

• Co-location services
• Managed hosting services
• Managed services

Applications Covered:

• Financial services
• Government
• ICT
• Media
• Retail
• Healthcare
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Oil and Gas
• Transport

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