Market Trends of VaaS Industry
The Hybrid Cloud Segment is Anticipated to Drive the Market Demand
- The hybrid cloud has seen significant overall growth in recent years compared to other cloud services, as it provides several benefits to organizations with large data volumes. Companies can scale computing resources by using a hybrid cloud. It also reduces the need to invest large sums of money to handle short-term surges in demand, which is useful when the company has to free up local resources for sensitive data or applications. Companies that use cloud services must pay only for the resources they use momentarily rather than purchasing, programming, and maintaining extra resources and equipment that sit dormant for long periods. This assists businesses in reducing costs that do not generate revenue.
- When processing and computing demand fluctuates, hybrid cloud computing enables businesses to scale out their on-premises infrastructure to the public cloud to address any overflow without exposing all of their data to third-party data centers. These innovations have proved beneficial in addressing the worries of end-users who were previously unwilling to migrate to this solution due to concerns about data security. Organizations benefit from the public cloud's flexibility and computing capacity for basic and non-sensitive computing tasks while keeping business-critical programs and data on-premises and secure behind a company firewall. To develop a hybrid cloud, service providers strive to create a combination of on-premise private cloud and public cloud that share a network connection.
- Further, a hybrid cloud is cost-effective when the user wishes to use both private and public cloud solutions or services on a single platform. In addition, the hybrid cloud allows an easy transition to the multi-cloud and does not require the customers to invest in an additional hardware component. Unlike private and public clouds, in the hybrid cloud, all the control is given to the organization and is not managed by a third party or the provider. Therefore, government organizations and banking sectors need not worry about the security of sensitive assets or workloads.
- The investment in this space has also grown exponentially over the past few years, as security is becoming one of the significant challenges for the growth of the technology. Companies offering hybrid cloud solutions are focusing heavily on security. Solution providers are offering integrated security services to cater to the consumer's requirements by providing multilayer security and monitoring. For example, McAfee, HP, and Cisco are working towards the development of high-level security systems to protect the data stored on hybrid clouds. With the market size growing significantly and companies expanding their hybrid cloud capabilities, the focus on security is increasing. Users rely on third-party hybrid cloud security solution providers to improve their abilities further.
- According to Service Express, an average of 48% of surveyed organizations' IT infrastructure environments were on-premises data centers, according to a 2022 poll in the United States. The public cloud accounted for 18%, while colocation and hosted private cloud both accounted for 17%. Such massive usage of the cloud would push the market players to deploy their solutions to the cloud.
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North America is Anticipated to Hold the Largest Market Share
- The United States is the largest economy in the world and has been a significant market for Video as a Service in the North America region. The flexibility, comfort, content personalization, availability of diverse content, and content volume have primarily driven the adoption of Video as a Service. With smartphone transmission speeds increasing dramatically, the country is witnessing an early transition from 4G to 5G.
- With increased rates of 5G, higher-resolution videos are expected to witness an uptick in demand. It is expected that 5G will enable faster and more reliable video streaming, as well as new video services such as HD video and XR services. Moreover, the introduction of 5G is anticipated to affect video surveillance for businesses and the video streaming industry, leading to rapid growth in the connected ecosystem. 5G would have a significant impact on the Video as a Service market, allowing for new and improved services and experiences for consumers.
- Further, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Workspace have all seen a spike in demand for video software and services as a result of the abrupt shift of many firms to a work-from-home culture. The number of individuals who are actively using these sites is significantly increasing. Microsoft Teams reported 270 million monthly active users in January 2022, an increase of 20 million from July 2021.
- Major industry players in the region are constantly enhancing their product offerings to maintain a competitive edge and suit the evolving needs of end customers. Therefore, they combine VaaS with advanced technologies like AI, deep learning, and machine learning. Additionally, VaaS market players embrace advanced AI-based VaaS to offer a self-contained way to monitor and enhance video content services in real time.
- For instance, the American company Zoom Video Communications, Inc., which develops communications technology, recently announced the addition of end-to-end encryption capabilities to its already-available video-as-a-service offerings for free and premium users worldwide. Additionally, integrating these sophisticated technologies into VaaS can lead to significant improvements in accuracy and a decrease in false alarms. These factors are anticipated to present new chances for the industry in the coming years.
- In March 2023, Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), a managed live streaming solution enabling developers to create interactive video experiences, was introduced by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Currently, developers create apps for various industries, such as social networking, e-commerce, and fitness, using Amazon IVS. Since the introduction of the Amazon IVS, collaborative live streaming has been a significant trend. Companies like Twitch have introduced tools like Guest Star that let streamers draw viewers into live video shows, resulting in more exciting and interactive programming.
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