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Cloud & Infrastructure Market Narratives Infrastructure Investment Landscape ANZ 2024: ​Size-Based Strategies, Modernisation Imperatives ​and the AI Revolution Feb 21, 2025 Infrastructure investment in Australian organisations is evolving, with cloud infrastructure consistently accounting for 26-29% of budgets across all business sizes. While large enterprises prioritise AI and PaaS, mid-market firms focus on modernisation, and SMBs take an aggressive approach to AI adoption. Request to Download

Infrastructure investment in Australian organisations is evolving, with cloud infrastructure consistently accounting for 26-29% of budgets across all business sizes. While large enterprises prioritise AI and PaaS, mid-market firms focus on modernisation, and SMBs take an aggressive approach to AI adoption. Regulatory changes and talent shortages are reshaping spending priorities, driving a shift from simple cloud migration to comprehensive transformation.

 

Core Insights:

Cloud and AI dominate investments

  • Cloud infrastructure remains a top spending area (26-29% of budgets) across all business sizes.
  • AI adoption is accelerating, with SMBs leading at 73% and large enterprises at 65%.
  • Large enterprises invest heavily in PaaS (72%), while mid-market firms focus on workload optimisation.

Modernisation over migration

  • 62% of organisations are increasing focus on legacy infrastructure modernisation.
  • Application modernisation (60%) and API evolution (58%) are key priorities.
  • Despite strong focus, funding constraints (22-24% of budgets) could slow execution.

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