2022 Global Tech Trends Survey

2022GLOBALTECHTRENDSSURVEY Theacceleratedevolutionofdigital—acritical timefortransformation Exploringglobaldigitalleaders’viewsonthetrends,challengesandopportunitiesshapingbusinessesaroundtheworld. Tableofcontents Clickonanoptionbelowtojumptothedifferentsections. INTRODUCTION 3Executivesummary 4Background 5Methodology DIGITAL—UNDERPINNINGBUSINESS 7Future-proofingpriorities 8Threatstobusinesssuccess 9Expandingacrossgeographies 10Planningfordigitalexpansions 11Three-yeartechnologystrategies CLOUDANDINTERCONNECTION 13Cloudasacomponentofdigital-firststrategies 14Multicloudmodelsmaintained 15Cloudmigrationexpectations 16Ameasureofcloudconfidence 17Acontinuedneedforinterconnection 5GANDEDGE 19Viewson5G 20Expectationsofthedigitaledge EVOLVINGTECH 22TheevolutionofWeb3 23Consideringservicemodelstrategies 24XaaSappeal 25XaaS:What’sholdingtechiesback? COVID-19 27Digitalstrategyreview 28Investmentandworkplaceadjustments SPENDING 30Changeinspending:carrier-neutralcolocation 31Changeinspending:interconnection SUSTAINABILITY 33ConsideringtheenvironmentalimpactofITinfrastructure 34Thesustainabilityimperativeandchallenge TECHTALENT 36Growingskillschallengesfortech 37Thebiggestskillschallengesforbusiness 38Investigatingthetechskillsgap 39Reskillingworkers 40Identifyingrolesforreskilledworkers 41Industryoriginsofreskilledworkers 42Exploringhighereducationpartnerships LEARNMORE 43Discovermoreinsights CONTACTUS 44Questions? INTRODUCTION Executivesummary Astheworldcontinuestofacenewchallengesandnavigateunchartedterritories,businessesmustbecomeevermoreagile.Leaderswillneedtheabilitytopivotatamoment’snoticetopositionthemselvestotakefulladvantageoftheopportunitiesahead. Tobeprepared,theyareplanningtoinvestheavilyintheirdigitalinfrastructuretosupportexpansionsintonewregions,countriesandcities. Concernsoverlaborshortages,supplychainchallengesandthenewhybridworkdynamicaredrivinganeedformore virtualization.Astheyattempttoregaintheirfootinginthewakeofthepandemicandanuncertaineconomicoutlook,businessesmustexploremoreresilientdigitalinfrastructuresolutionsthatdrivebothcostandrevenuebenefitsfortheirorganizations. OurGlobalTechTrendsSurveygatherstheopinionsof2,900ITdecision-makersfromdiverseenterprisesacrosstheAmericas,Asia-PacificandEMEAregions,onthecurrentchallengesandopportunitiestheyface. OurfourthiterationofthesurveyexploreseverythingfromthecontinuedimpactofCOVID-19onbusinessstrategiesandspending,theadoptionofevolvingtechnologies,andopinionsontechskillsattractionandretention. Aswelooktowhat’snext,wehopethewealthofdataherestandsasausefulguidetohowITteamscanworktoensurethefuturesuccessoftheircompanies. KarlStrohmeyer ChiefCustomerOfficer,Equinix INTRODUCTION Background TheEquinixGlobalTechTrendsSurveyexploresglobaldigitalleaders'viewsonthetrends,challengesandopportunitiesshapingbusinessesaroundtheworld. TheannualsurveyprovidescomparisonsofITstrategiesacrossregionsandcountriesaroundkeythemes,including: ⯀5Gandedge ⯀Cloudandinterconnection ⯀Evolvingtech ⯀ImpactofCOVID-19 ⯀ITspending ⯀Sustainability ⯀Techtalent ThecommentaryanddatapointscitedinthisreportrelatespecificallytotheresultsoftheEquinix2022GlobalTechTrendsSurvey. 4©2022EQUINIX,INC.|#Equinix#Techtrends INTRODUCTION Methodology  2,900ITdecision-makersin29markets SurveyedfromMarch1,2022–March29,2022 EMEA x17(n=1,700) Bulgaria,Finland,France,Germany,Ireland,Italy,Netherlands,Nigeria,Poland,Portugal,SouthAfrica,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UnitedArabEmirates,UnitedKingdom  Asia-Pacific x7(n=700) Australia,China,HongKong,India,Japan,Singapore,SouthKorea  AMER x5(n=500) Brazil,Canada,Colombia,Mexico,UnitedStates 5©2022EQUINIX,INC.|#Equinix#Techtrends Digital—underpinningbusiness Intoday'sever-changingworld,disruptioncanbreedopportunityforbusinesseswillingtoembracechange.Prioritizinginnovativeand,crucially,flexibletechnologystrategies,stayingagileinthefaceofrisingsecuritythreats,andplanningforgeographicaland digitalexpansionsaresomeofthewaysrespondentsarepositioningthemselvestobereadyforthenextnormal. 6©2022EQUINIX,INC.|#Equinix#Techtrends Future-proofingpriorities Ascompaniesreinventthemselvesintheaftermathoftheglobalpandemic,thosethattaketheopportunitytoremakeandfuture-prooftheirbusinesswillpullaheadofrivals.Improvingcybersecurity,complyingwithdataprotectionregulations,future-proofingbusiness,andimprovingcustomerexperiencearethehighestprioritiesflaggedbyorganizationsacrosstheglobeastheyreviewtheirtechnologystrategies. Howmuchofapriorityiseachofthefollowingforyourorganization’stechnologystrategy? 85868683 84878383 83888281 83868282 818282 78 818581 78 808482 76 798384 73 78 8181 72 77 8379 82 71 77 7972 76 8179 71 7678 79 72 7672 79 75 81 74 78 79 7373 77 66 696867 71 61 6569 58 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Improvingcyber-security Complyingwithdataregulations Future-proofingourbusiness Improvingcustomerexperience Acceler-atinginnova-tion Improvingemployeeuserexperi-ence Digitizingourbusiness MigratingITinfra-structuretothecloud MovingITinfrastruc-turetothedigitaledge Integra