In a 2024 survey, around 61 percent of SMBs indicated that they managed their workloads in public cloud today, along with 60 percent having stored data in public cloud. Additionally, there was a two percent reduction in storage of data in public cloud within the next twelve months.
Share of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMB) using workloads and data in public cloud in 2024
Characteristic
Workloads in public cloud today
Workloads not in public cloud
Additional workloads in public cloud in twelve months
Reduction of data in public cloud in twelve months
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