Melanie Posey is a research director at S&P Global Market Intelligence. She leads the Cloud & Managed Services Transformation team and manages the Voice of the Enterprise cloud survey. Melanie has a long history as a technology industry analyst. In 2016, she joined 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global in 2019), bringing experience in strategy analysis, forecasting and enterprise/consumer insight for the cloud, hosting, IT services and telecommunications markets. Her current research focus is the impact of the cloud operating model on the IT industry, including the changing dynamics of enterprise IT, vendor and service provider strategies, and the ways cloud has evolved into a platform for digital innovation, transformation and implementation of emerging technologies. Throughout her career, Melanie has been a go-to commentator for the business and technology trade press and is a frequent speaker at industry and client events. She holds a master’s degree in international relations/international economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, a division of Johns Hopkins University, a master’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a bachelor’s degree in French from Amherst College.
The imperative of cloud financial management is underlined by the rapid adoption of FinOps best practices, including those championed by the FinOps Foundation. Barely out of the gate, the organization is reaching for the brass ring that will extend its remit from public cloud financial management to adjacent cost centers.
Cloud platform evolution, IT modernization and AI adoption will be overarching market drivers in 2025, fueling other trends in cloud infrastructure and services and cloud-native technologies in the coming year. The cloud sector continues to transform as hyperscalers, managed service providers, global systems integrators, hardware vendors and independent software vendors advance overlapping visions for IT infrastructure and application modernization enabled by automation and powered by the (disruptive) promise of generative AI.
The company straddles many technical and geopolitical borders: consumer and datacenter/enterprise markets, original design manufacturer and branded hardware products, and its operations in China and the rest of the world. With worldwide PC sales falling, Lenovo is pinning its hopes on AI acting as an engine for a new refresh cycle.
The company's digital and sustainable transformation-focused global business brand, Uvance, occupies center stage in Fujitsu's 2030 value creation strategy, a program designed to drive growth through digital services that incorporate technological innovation, sustainability and positive societal outcomes.
This report analyzes organizations' progress with updating their IT estates to flexible environments that are more responsive to business requirements.
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