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Steve Hall
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Steve Hall

Chief AI officer, ISG
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Right · 100%It will likely be one or two more quarters before we start to see the bottom of this cycle for infrastructure-as-a-service.Infrastructure & Telecoms · made Oct 2023 · due Jun 2024

What happened. ISG's Q4 2023 release (January 2024) reported signs of a rebound, and its Q1 2024 release (April 2024) said cloud demand rebounded. Full-year 2024 IaaS ACV then rose 25 percent. The IaaS trough and rebound landed within the one-to-two-quarter window he gave. Sources: ir.isg-one.com, ir.isg-one.com.

Source: Cost Optimization Drives Record Demand for Managed Services in Q3, ISG Index Finds · two quarters after Q3 2023 results, i.e. Q1 2024 results

Caveat. No independent evidence available. Scored on ISG’s own figures.

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