Gebrek aan digitaal mainportbeleid bedreigt ruim 3 miljoen banen

De Nederlandse digitale infrastructuur is een belangrijke motor voor digitalisering, banen en economische groei. In 2019 leverde elke €1 omzet maar liefst €15 aan toegevoegde waarde op voor de Nederlandse economie. De impact van digitalisering op de Nederlandse economie zal in 2025 in totaal € 460 miljard gaan bedragen. Dit is 60% van het BNP, […] Read more »

Why Data Centers and Cloud Providers are Indispensable

More and more industries are changing due to digitalisation. In the primary sectors (agriculture, forestry, fisheries and mining) the importance of sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) is increasing. Secondary sectors (industry, utilities and construction) are employing digital technologies such as Industry 4.0, IoT, Smart Grid and Building Information Modeling (BIM). The tertiary sector […] Read more »

The Foundation of our Digital Economy

A study into the digital building blocks that enable the data-driven economy Digitalisation is a force that is significantly changing our economy. We are increasingly dependent on online services. The infrastructure of networks, data centers and cloud providers that enables these services plays a crucial role but is largely hidden from view. There is insufficient […] Read more »

The Future of the Dutch Cloud & Hosting Industry

METISfiles recently presented on the Future of the Dutch Cloud & Hosting Industry at an event organized by the Dutch Hosting Provider Association (DHPA). The current state of the Dutch cloud & hosting industry can be summarised as follows: Cloud & hosting providers provide web hosting, infrastructure hosting, application hosting (or a combination of all […] Read more »

Service Providers In A Hybrid Multi-Cloud World

We recently wrote about systems integration in a multi-cloud world and argued that IT services vendors should position themselves as cloud integrators and orchestrators to continue to play an important role for their customers. But there are more players in the value chain that will reposition themselves. The graph below provides a snapshot: Carriers – […] Read more »