1.1 Study Objectives
    1.2 Market Definition
    1.3 Market Scope

        1.3.1 Market Segmentation and Regional Scope
        1.3.2 Inclusions and Exclusions
        1.3.3 Years Considered

    1.4 Currency Considered
    1.5 Stakeholders
    1.6 Summary of Changes

    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Market Dynamics

        2.2.1 Drivers

            2.2.1.1 Operational resilience & digital  sovereignty imperative
            2.2.1.2 Rising demand for AI
            2.2.1.3 Accelerated spending on cloud
            2.2.1.4 Personalized customer experience
            2.2.1.5 Need for disaster recovery and  contingency plans

        2.2.2 Restraints

            2.2.2.1 Trust deficit in cloud adoption extends  beyond basic
                    security
            2.2.2.2 Lack of technical knowledge and  expertise
            2.2.2.3 Data security and privacy concerns

        2.2.3 Opportunities

            2.2.3.1 Intelligent infusion of AI and ML unlocks  greater cloud
                    value
            2.2.3.2 Adoption of IoT and connected devices
            2.2.3.3 Increasing government initiatives

        2.2.4 Challenges

            2.2.4.1 Multi-cloud complexity and integration  challenges hinder
                    seamless cloud  operations
            2.2.4.2 Risk of vendor lock-in
            2.2.4.3 High complexity due to adoption of  multi-cloud model

    2.3 Supply Chain Analysis
    2.4 Ecosystem Analysis
    2.5 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis

        2.5.1 Threat of New Entrants
        2.5.2 Threat of Substitutes
        2.5.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
        2.5.4 Bargaining Power of Buyers
        2.5.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry

    2.6 Technology Analysis

        2.6.1 Key Technologies

            2.6.1.1 Containerization
            2.6.1.2 Virtualization
            2.6.1.3 Orchestration
            2.6.1.4 Software-defined Networking (SDN) &  Network Functions
                    Virtualization (NFV)

        2.6.2 Complementary Technologies

            2.6.2.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
            2.6.2.2 Cybersecurity & Compliance
            2.6.2.3 DevOps & CI/CD
            2.6.2.4 Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine  Learning (ML)
            2.6.2.5 Big Data & Data Analytics
            2.6.2.6 Edge computing
            2.6.2.7 Industry cloud
            2.6.2.8 Green cloud computing

    2.7 Patent Analysis
    2.8 Trends/Disruptions Impacting Customer Business
    2.9 Key Conferences and Events, 2025–2026
    2.10 Business Model Analysis

        2.10.1 Pay-as-You-Go
        2.10.2 Subscription Model
        2.10.3 Freemium
        2.10.4 Custom Pricing Agreement

    2.11 Investment Landscape and Funding Scenario
    2.12 Major Use Cases & Workloads of Cloud Computing

        2.12.1 Compute Intensive

            2.12.1.1 High Performance Computing (HPC)
            2.12.1.2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine  Learning (ML)
            2.12.1.3 Video Rendering
            2.12.1.4 Simulation

        2.12.2 Data Intensive

            2.12.2.1 Big Data Analytics
            2.12.2.2 Data WarehoUsing
            2.12.2.3 Real-time Streaming & IoT Data

        2.12.3 Application Workloads

            2.12.3.1 SaaS Migration & App Modernization

        2.12.4 Development & Devops

            2.12.4.1 Continuous Integration (CI)/ Continuous  Delivery (CD)
            2.12.4.2 Application Testing
            2.12.4.3 Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
            2.12.4.4 DevSecOps

        2.12.5 Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Archiving

            2.12.5.1 Cloud Backup
            2.12.5.2 Disaster Recovery (DR)
            2.12.5.3 Archiving

    2.13 Industry Cloud/Vertical SaaS

        2.13.1 Healthcare & Life Sciences SaaS
        2.13.2 Bfsi SaaS
        2.13.3 Manufacturing SaaS
        2.13.4 Education SaaS
        2.13.5 Retail & E-Commerce SaaS
        2.13.6 Government & Public Sector SaaS
        2.13.7 Other Vertical SaaS

    3.1 Introduction
    3.2 Key Players’ Strategies/Right to Win
    3.3 Revenue Analysis
    3.4 Market Share Analysis, 2024
    3.5 Brand/Product Comparison
    3.6 Company Evaluation Matrix: Startups/SMEs, 2024

         3.6.1 Progressive Companies
         3.6.2 Responsive Companies
         3.6.3 Dynamic Companies
         3.6.4 Starting Blocks
         3.6.5 Competitive Benchmarking: Startup/SMEs, 2024

                   3.6.5.1 Detailed list of key startups/SMEs
                   3.6.5.2 Competitive benchmarking of startups/ SMEs

    3.7 Company Valuation and Financial Metrics of Key Vendors

           3.7.1 Company Valuation of Key Vendors
           3.7.2 Financial Metrics of Key Vendors

    3.8 Competitive Scenario and Trends

           3.8.1 Product Launches
           3.8.2 Deals