Cloud Computing Industry Soars in 2025: AI Drives Growth and Innovation

The 20 Coolest Cloud Monitoring And Management Companies Of The 2025 Cloud 100

A giant in project management tools. An upstart in threat detection powered by artificial intelligence. And a scanning and tracking technologies vendor still innovating after 50-plus years in business. Atlassian, Gurucul and Zebra Technologies are some of the vendors to make CRN's 20 Coolest Cloud Monitoring and Management Companies of the 2025 Cloud 100. As solution providers and their customers enter the AI era of workplace technology and the demand for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud options grows, vendors offering products to make monitoring and managing these technologies hold a compelling opportunity for solution providers already in the space and those looking to dive deeper. [RELATED: The 10 Hottest Cloud And AI Security Startups Of 2024] In November, a Gartner report forecast worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services at $723.4 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024 and showing more room for growth even this far into workplace technology's cloud era. The research firm also credits AI adoption for accelerating cloud computing. Gartner predicts that 90 percent of organizations will adopt a hybrid cloud approach through 2027. Data synchronization across hybrid cloud environments is the most urgent generative AI challenge organizations need to address in 2025, opening an opportunity for solution providers.

The 20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Companies Of The 2025 Cloud 100

These 20 cloud companies are revolutionizing the red-hot cloud infrastructure market as customer demand for AI solutions and digital transformation is top of mind for businesses of all shapes and sizes. From tech titans such as AWS, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell and Microsoft, to innovators like CoreWeave, Lumen Technologies, TierPoint and Zadara -- CRN searched the cloud landscape to find 20 influential companies that are leading the cloud infrastructure market in 2025 as part of CRN's 2025 Cloud 100 list. These companies provide the data, server, storage, networking, management, security and cloud computing offerings that power the vast majority of cloud infrastructure and data centers across the world today. The $336 Billion Global Cloud Infrastructure Market Global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services hit $84 billion in the third quarter of 2024 alone, up nearly $16 billion, or 23 percent year over year. This represents a record $336 billion annual run rate, according to data from Synergy Research Group. "Given the already massive size of the market, we are seeing an impressive surge in growth," said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy Research Group, in late 2024. "While some market headwinds have diminished, it is undoubtedly AI that is a prime factor behind this increased growth rate." Dinsdale said new "AI-oriented services and technology are helping the major cloud providers to ride a wave" with new capabilities leading to increased demand, revenue and customer investment in underlying technologies. Many of the companies on CRN's 20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Companies of 2025 own a portfolio of AI offerings or are investing heavily around AI-focused infrastructure, including Google Cloud, IBM and Rackspace Technology. Here are the 20 cloud companies shaking up the market in 2025.

The 100 Hottest Cloud Computing Companies Of 2025

Here are the 100 cloud computing companies of 2025 with the most innovative offerings around cloud security, software, infrastructure, storage and management that you need to know. More than $1 trillion will be spent on cloud computing in 2025 as businesses of all shapes and sizes pour their investment dollars into public, hybrid and multi-cloud technologies with artificial intelligence fueling customers' cloud ambitions. Gartner is forecasting worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services alone will reach $723 billion in 2025, up from $596 billion in 2024. Meanwhile, global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services is currently at a $336 billion annual run rate, with further growth expected throughout the year, according to Synergy Research Group. "Given the already massive size of the market, we are seeing an impressive surge in growth," said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy, in late 2024. "While some market headwinds have diminished, it is undoubtedly AI that is a prime factor behind this increased growth rate." From cloud juggernauts like AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft to hardware pioneers like Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise the world's top cloud infrastructure companies provide the foundation of cloud computing. However, companies like CoreWeave, Flexential and Lumen Technologies are seeking to shake up the market in 2025. CRN's list of the top 20 cloud infrastructure providers showcases some of the most innovative cloud companies on the planet right now that are looking at major tailwinds this year thanks to AI. Cloud Monitoring And Management On the cloud monitoring and management front, there are innovators like AlertOps, Gurucul, Hydrolix, Kion, Nobl9 and Tigera, which are fighting for market share alongside companies including AppDynamics, LogicMonitor and ScienceLogic. As businesses enter the AI era of workplace innovation and the demand for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud options increases, CRN's list of 20 companies on top of the cloud monitoring and management industry sheds light on some of the most compelling opportunities for solution providers. One hot area CRN is highlighting is the data synchronization opportunity for solution providers across hybrid cloud environments as it's one of the most urgent generative AI challenges customers need to address in 2025. Cloud Security Looking at one of the hottest markets in the world right now, cybersecurity in public, hybrid and multi-cloud environments is top of mind for many business leaders this year. Customers' move to cloud-based systems to leverage GenAI and the shift of enterprise data to the cloud has led to attackers to increasingly moving their focus to cloud security. In addition, the surge in innovation and development of large language models (LLMs) running in the cloud and GenAI-powered applications are bringing about a new set of cloud security concerns. Key growth markets include cloud access security broker and cloud workload protection with Gartner expecting total combined spending to climb nearly 30 percent in 2025 to $8.7 billion, CRN's list of top 20 cloud security companies leading the way include Aqua Security, Cyera, OpenText Cybersecurity, Orca Security, Skyhigh Security and Wiz, as well as large incumbents including Check Point Software Technologies, CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. Cloud Software CRN's list of 20 key cloud software companies provides insight into the innovators that are revolutionizing cloud software across enterprise applications, business process management and data analytics platforms. With global cloud spending set to reach $723 million in 2025, spending on SaaS applications will hit $300 billion this year, up from $250 billion in 2024. Looking at the market's cloud software standouts, companies like Databricks, MongoDB, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow and Snowflake made CRN's list of software providers, as well as did Cloudera, Couchbase, Pinecone and Qlik. CRN's 2025 Cloud 100 list showcases the 100 most innovative cloud companies on the planet today that you should know about. Cloud Storage In terms of cloud storage in 2025, storage companies are innovating around protecting business and consumer data by making it more difficult to compromise it. The lines between data protection and cybersecurity are getting blurry as many storage vendors are adopting security capabilities such as data immutability. CRN's list of the 20 cloud storage companies leading the way in 2025 include industry veterans Arcserve, Cohesity, Commvault, NetApp, Pure Storage and Rubrik, as well as companies like DataCore, DDN, Hammerspace, Infinidat and Wasabi.