Analyst reports

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Comprehensive reports on public cloud & IaaS

These independent reports provide in-depth information about cloud-based IT infrastructure.
Forrester Report 2025

The Sovereign Cloud Platforms Landscape, Q4 2025

Forrester Research on sovereign cloud platforms

Get a strategic market overview of 23 providers of leading cloud platforms. The report shows how companies combine local data control with global scalability.

  • Current market analysis of sovereign cloud platforms
  • Comparison of providers, approaches, and use cases
  • A sound basis for decision-making for your cloud strategy
Excerpt from the study
“Sovereign cloud platforms enable organizations to deliver sovereign SaaS, AI, and infrastructure services at scale.”
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IDC Spotlight 2025

Sovereign cloud solutions for the defence sector

Sovereign and private cloud models for defence and public authorities

The IDC Spotlight shows how your organisation can use a sovereign cloud solution to:

  • Keep control of your data, infrastructure and operations
  • Meet the highest security and compliance standards
  • Drive innovation securely and agilely
Extract from the Spotlight
“The sovereign cloud is not just a technical upgrade, but a strategic necessity that underpins Europe's security, autonomy and industrial competitiveness in the 21st century.”
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Compute Benchmark from Cloud Mercato

Reliable yet affordable computing

Cloud benchmark reveals IONOS Cloud as a compute price leader

The results show why SMBs and mid-sized companies should consider IONOS Cloud and get their computing bill under control.

Read about:

  • IONOS Cloud vCPU servers dominate in terms of compute price-performance ratio
  • SYSbench CPU test summary
  • Unique Dedicated Core servers for the most demanding requirements
Extract from the report
"The price/performance ratio of IONOS‘s 8vCPU 16GB solution is 2.6 times better than Google‘s Custom N2 8 vCPU 16GB in United States."
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IDC InfoBrief

Cloud security in Europe

The key challenge for success in the cloud

IDC has analysed aspects of IT security in multiple market research studies and compiled the results.

Read about:

  • Challenges in cloud security
  • Key elements of a successful cloud security strategy
  • Top factors for selecting a cloud service provider
Extract from the InfoBrief
"The top-ranked challenge is skills. Cybersecurity talent and skills are in short supply, particularly for cloud capabilities."
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