Cloud computing went mainstream in Europe in 2011 – yet in a sense, it’s just getting started. A lot of money has been spent developing cloud products and services, but so far the revenue stream is little more than a trickle. Nevertheless, there are many reasons to be cheerful about the European cloud market. This report examines the overall state of the marketplace, profiling the major providers of cloud services in Europe. It includes a leaderboard of cloud infrastructure players, and takes a detailed look at various local markets.

1. STATE OF THE EUROPEAN
CLOUD PROVIDER MARKET
HOSTING
FEBRUARY 2012
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2. REPORT SNAPSHOT
TITLE State of the European Cloud Provider Market
ANALYSTS Daniel Beazer, Senior Analyst – European Hosting,
Cloud, and Data Centre
Doug Toombs, Research Manager – Hosting and
Managed Services
RELEASE DATE February 2012
LENGTH 37 pages
ABOUT THIS REPORT
Tech’s favourite buzzword went mainstream in Europe in 2011. ‘Cloud’ entered
everyday language, and newspapers and TV devoted much space and airtime to the
new phenomenon; surely time, the cynic might think, to declare the trend over-hyped.
However, cloud computing in Europe, at least in its new Internet-based form, has hardly
begun. Millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars, euros and pounds have been
spent developing cloud products and services, but so far the revenue stream is little
more than a trickle.
Nevertheless, there are many reasons to be cheerful about the European cloud market.
Most carriers and hosters have delivered on promises made over the last few years to
deliver a cloud portfolio, however rudimentary. Many are seeing cloud products with
revenue growth of nearly 20% or more. A flurry of investments in the space shows that
capital is available and forthcoming for the industry. Finally, there are some genuinely
interesting and innovative start-ups appearing across the region. Small at the moment,
they are all seeing the kind of growth that shows there is a genuine appetite for cloud
services in the region, across the whole enterprise spectrum. Despite the gloomy
economic climate, they inspire confidence that Europe companies can play a role in the
unfolding cloud drama.
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3. COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
Amazon Orange Business Services
Arsys OVH
Attenda PEER 1
Basefarm Prosodie
British Telecom (BT Group) Rackspace
CenturyLink Runa Capital
Claranet Savvis
CloudSigma SoftLayer
Colt Technology Services Group TDC Hosting
Darwin Private Equity Terremark
Dedipower ThinkGrid
Ecritel T-Systems
ElasticHosts UK2 Group
Gandi Verizon Business
Heart Internet
Host Europe
intergenia
iomart Group
ITS Integra
LeaseWeb
Linkbynet
Lloyds TSB Development Capital
Lumison Group
NTT
Oakley Capital Investments
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4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
KEY FINDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 3
EUROPEAN CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LEADERBOARD . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1: Top 15 Cloud Computing Providers in Europe . . . . . . . . 3
ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY 4
Figure 2: Programmes, Protocols, Languages and Tools
Developed in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
THE INTERNET EXCHANGE EFFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
HERE COME THE BANKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 3: Some Recent Notable Deals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
DATA PROTECTION TRENDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
CLOUD SLAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
THE OVERSEAS CONTINGENT 9
AMAZON WEB SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VERIZON/TERREMARK WORLDWIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CENTURYLINK/SAVVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RACKSPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
NTT EUROPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LOCAL MARKETS 15
DACH – GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
T-Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
intergenia AG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Host Europe GmbH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
CloudSigma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
FRANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Orange Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gandi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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5. Linkbynet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
British Telecom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Colt Technology Services Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Claranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Attenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The iomart Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
UK2 Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ElasticHosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ThinkGrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
BENELUX AND NORDIC COUNTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LeaseWeb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TDC Hosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Basefarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SOUTHERN EUROPE – ITALY, GREECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
TAXONOMY/GLOSSARY 36
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