By
Ellie Brown
Liam Eagle
Michael Nocerino
October 28 2025 |
Technology & Business Insight
451 Research's Voice of the Service Provider helps to qualify and quantify buying behaviors, business drivers and strategic priorities for the expanding universe of public cloud providers, hosts, MSPs, telcos, systems integrators and software-as-a-service companies.
Data points from our Workloads, Key Projects & Infrastructure Evolution 2025 survey include information about service providers' approaches to engaging with key customer IT initiatives and supporting customer AI strategies and initiatives, IT transformation strategies, and customer hybrid IT approaches.
This online survey of 500 respondents was conducted from July 25 to Aug. 28, 2025. The margin of error for top-line statistics is +/- 4 points at the 95% confidence level.
Reports
Service providers look to vendors for enterprise AI support – highlights from Voice of the Service Provider (Spotlight)
Service providers see significant opportunities to support their customers' key IT initiatives, and the capabilities to capture those opportunities — namely, support for strategic planning, knowledge transfer and the curation of tools — are currently in development for many. Customer AI projects are critical areas of focus, and service providers view their own technology vendors as key sources of backing and support.
Data files
Crosstabs (Excel tables | Download link in sidebar to the right) – Crosstabs of complete worldwide and regional survey results datasets, including key metrics and segmentation.
Charts and Figures (PowerPoint charts | Navigate charts in sidebar to the left | Download link in sidebar to the right) – PowerPoint slide deck of complete top-line survey results in charts and figures.
Data Insights Deck (PowerPoint charts | Coming soon) – PowerPoint slide deck of advanced charts supporting deeper analysis and insight.
Information Security
Data, AI & Analytics
Customer Experience & Commerce
Cloud & Managed Services Transformation
Workforce Productivity & Compliance
IoT, Edge and Digital Industries
Datacenter Services & Infrastructure
Applied Infrastructure and DevOps
Fintech