Cloud Billing: Market Research Report

January 2015 | 206 pages | ID: CE62B3D47DDEN
Global Industry Analysts, Inc

Abstracts

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Cloud Billing in US$ Million by the following Product Segments: Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies, and Billing Services for Enterprises. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2013 through 2020. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based on public domain information including company URLs. The report profiles 88 companies including many key and niche players such as -

• Accorto™
• Amazon Web Services, Inc.
• Amdocs Inc.
• Aria Systems, Inc.
• BluLogix

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
Product Definitions and Scope of Study
Types of Cloud Billing
Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies
Billing Services for Enterprises

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Billing Evolves from Simple Back Office Activity to a Core Business Function – A Review
Billing Solution Meets ‘Cloud’ Technology
Cloud Billing Market – A Review
The 2007-2009 Recession Sets Perfect Platform for Rapid Adoption of Cloud Based IT Deployments
Fresh Economic Challenges During 2012-14 Sustains Demand for Cloud Services – Cloud Billing too Benefits
Market Outlook

2. MARKET TRENDS & GROWTH DRIVERS

Cloud Computing Emerges as a Mainstream IT Strategy – A Key Opportunity Indicator for Cloud Billing
Opportunity Indicators:

Table 1. World Cloud Computing Spending (2011, 2014 & 2017) Breakdown of Estimated Annual Spending in US$ Billion (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 2. Cannibalization of Traditional IT by Cloud Computing: Percentage Share Breakdown On-Premise IT Spending Displaced by Cloud Computing for the Years 2008, 2014 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 3. Global Growth in Cloud Workload Processing: Percentage Share Breakdown of Workload Processed in Cloud Data Centers as Compared to Traditional Datacenters for the Years 2010, 2013 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 4. Growth in Cloud Datacenter Workloads (2014, 2016, and 2018) Breakdown of Data Volumes Handled in Exabytes by Geographic Region: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and North America (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Complex Billing Requirements Make Telecom Industry a Lucrative End-Use Market for Cloud Billing
Review of Select Cloud Billing Deployments in the Telecom Industry
Key Opportunity Indicators:

Table 5. Global Breakdown of Cloud Investments (In US$ Million) by Communication Service Providers (CSPs) by Geographic Region for the Period 2010-2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 6. Survey Findings Highlighting the Importance Attached to Billing System Upgrades Among Network Operators (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 7. Survey Findings Highlighting Major Challenges to Existing Telecom Billing Systems (by their Criticality): A Business Case for Upgrade (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 8. Growing Cloud Billing Penetration in the Telecom Industry - Key Statistical Findings from Survey of Network Operators to Identify Their Usage of Cloud Billing (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 9. Global Mobile Communications Industry: Total Number of Subscribers (in Billion) for Years 2012 & 2014, 2016(E) & 2018(P) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 10. Global Mobile Communications Industry: Total Number of Subscribers (in Billion) for Years 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

BFSI – Another Major End-Use Market for Cloud Billing
Growing Application Possibilities in the Government Sector Augurs Well for Cloud Billing
Public Cloud Service Providers too Tap into Benefits of Cloud Billing Services
Growing Demand for Public Cloud Services – A Major Opportunity Indicator for Cloud Billing for Cloud Services
Increasing Partnerships Between Cloud Service Providers and Billing Platform Providers
Opportunity Indicators

Table 11. World Public Cloud Computing Services Market: Revenue Figures (in US$ Billion) for Years 2014, 2017 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 12. World Public Cloud Computing Services Market by Service Type: Breakdown of Revenue Figures (in US$ Billion) for Years 2014, 2017 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Mushrooming of Small & Medium Business Enterprises, Including Cloud Service Providers Spurs Adoption of Cloud Billing
Opportunity Indicator

Table 13. Percentage of Companies with Less than 10 Employees in Select Countries (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Focus on Green IT Throws the Spotlight on the Cloud Billing

Table 14. IT Infrastructure Energy Efficiency (2014): Percentage Share Breakdown of Energy Consumption by Data Center Support Equipment (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Rising Need for Paperless Billing Services Shifts Focus on Cloud Billing
Government Support to Drive Future Gains
Enhanced Functionalities & Capabilities to Boost Demand for Billing as a Services
Proliferation of Internet Provides a Fertile Environment for Growth of Cloud Computing
World Internet Usage & Bandwidth Landscape

Table 15. Global Demand for Bandwidth (2010, 2015, 2018, 2020): Breakdown of Bandwidth Usage in Terabytes per Second (Tbps) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 16. Global Growth in Demand for Bandwidth: Breakdown of Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for the Period 2012-2020 by Geographic Region - Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania, and North America (US & Canada) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 17. Growth in IP Traffic Worldwide (2010, 2013, 2015): Breakdown by IP Traffic Volume in Petabytes per Month (PB/Month) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 18. Internet Penetration Worldwide (2015): Percentage Breakdown of Internet Penetration by Geographic Region - Africa, Americas (Central America, North America, South America), Asia (Central Asia, East Asia, South-East Asia, South Asia), Europe (Eastern Europe, Western Europe), and Oceania (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 19. Internet Connectivity Speeds Worldwide (2015) Breakdown of Average Net Connection Speeds in MBPS by Leading Countries - Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, and Vietnam (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Developing Markets to Lend Traction to the Cloud Billing Market
Cloud Billing Providers Adopt Aggressive Marketing & Promotional Strategies
Issues & Challenges
Data Security Issues
Data Encryption and Authentication
Low Awareness Levels
Lack of Effective SLA Monitoring Process
Lack of Readable Audit Trail

3. SERVICE OVERVIEW

What is Cloud Billing?
Types of Cloud Billing
Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies
Billing Services for Enterprises
Key Advantages of Cloud Billing
Cost Benefits
Improved Business Agility
On-Demand Scalability
Pricing Flexibility
Improved Customer Relationship
Improved Operational Processes
Minimal/No Customizations
Automation for Process Optimization
Improved ARPU
Time-to-Market
Types of Billing Model

4. SERVICE INNOVATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS

Redi2 Technologies Launches BillFin
Comverse Launches New Solution in Kenan Monetization Platform
Amysta Unveils Billing Solution for OpenStack
CosmoLex Launches New Cloud Legal Billing System
CosmoLex Introduces Version 1. 6 of Cloud Legal Billing System
BillingPlatform Introduces Enterprise-Class PaaS
Amysta Launches New Cloud Services
MetraTech Launches MetraNet 7.
MetraTech Adds New Automated Billing Functionality to Metanga
Redknee Introduces Converged Billing
MetraTech Unveils MetraNet for Cloud
Velvica Launches Cloud Billing for IaaS Providers
CSG International Introduces New Cloud Wholesale Billing Management Solution
Cerillion Launches Partner Program for Billing-as-a-Service Solution
Redknee Unveils New Cloud Billing Platform

5. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY

IDI Provides Cloud-Based Billing Service to Mitel
Ericsson to Acquire MetraTech
Paymentus Takes Over Tele-Works
Brightree Takes Over Strategic AR
Billing Platform Partners with Energy Australia
Brightree Partners with Conduit Office
Wright & Filippis Implements Billing and Business Management Platform of Brightree
MetraTech Partners with SOFTRAX
Achilles Selects MetraTech for Billing & Settlement

6. FOCUS ON SELECT GLOBAL PLAYERS

Accorto (US)
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (US)
Amdocs Inc. (US)
Aria Systems, Inc. (US)
BluLogix (US)
BMC Software, Inc. (US)
Cerillion Technologies Ltd. (UK)
CGI Group, Inc. (Canada)
Comarch SA (Poland)
Comverse, Inc. (US)

CSC (US)

CSG System International, Inc. (US)
International Business Machines Corporation (US)
MetraTech (US)
Mobilis Networks Limited (Spain)
Mphasis Limited (India)
NEC Corporation (Japan)
Oracle Corporation (US)
Redknee, Inc. (Canada)
SAP SE (Germany)
Zuora Inc. (US)

7. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE

Table 20. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 21. World 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 22. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 23. World 8-Year Perspective for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 24. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Billing Services for Enterprises by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 25. World 8-Year Perspective for Billing Services for Enterprises by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America and Rest of World Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

III. MARKET

1. THE UNITED STATES

A. Market Analysis
Current & Future Analysis
Cloud Billing Market Overview
Cloud Computing in United States – A Review
Product Launches
Strategic Corporate Developments
Select Players
B. Market Analytics

Table 26. US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 27. US 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

2. CANADA

A. Market Analysis
Market Overview
Product Launch
Select Players
B. Market Analytics

Table 28. Canadian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 29. Canadian 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

3. JAPAN

A. Market Analysis
Current & Future Analysis
NEC Corporation – A Key Player
B. Market Analytics

Table 30. Japanese Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 31. Japanese 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4. EUROPE

A. Market Analysis
Current & Future Analysis
Market Overview
Increased Cloud IT Spending: A Key Fallout of the Debt Crisis in Europe
A Peek into the European Cloud Strategy
B. Market Analytics

Table 32. European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 33. European 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 34. European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 35. European 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4A. FRANCE

Market Analysis

Table 36. French Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4B. GERMANY

A. Market Analysis
Current & Future Analysis
SAP SE – A Key Player
B. Market Analytics

Table 37. German Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4C. ITALY

Market Analysis

Table 38. Italian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4D. THE UNITED KINGDOM

A. Market Analysis
Current & Future Analysis
Product Launch
Strategic Corporate Development
Cerillion Technologies Ltd. – A Key Player
B. Market Analytics

Table 39. UK Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4E. SPAIN

A. Market Analysis
Mobilis Networks Limited – A Select Player
B. Market Analytics

Table 40. Spanish Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4F. RUSSIA

Market Analysis

Table 41. Russian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

4G. REST OF EUROPE

A. Market Analysis
Comarch SA (Poland) – A Select Player
B. Market Analytics

Table 42. Rest of Europe Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing Market Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

5. ASIA-PACIFIC

A. Market Analysis
Growing Demand for Public Cloud Services to Drive Gains in Cloud Billing Market
Cloud Computing in China
China – A Lucrative Market for Cloud Billing
Indian Cloud Computing Market – An Overview
Strategic Corporate Development
Mphasis Limited (India) – A Select Player
B. Market Analytics

Table 43. Asia-Pacific Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 44. Asia-Pacific 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

6. LATIN AMERICA

Market Analysis

Table 45. Latin American Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 46. Latin American 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

7. REST OF WORLD

A. Market Analysis
Middle East & Africa – A Potential Market
B. Market Analytics

Table 47. Rest of World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Billing by Segment - Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Revenue Figures in US$ Million for Years 2013 through 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 48. Rest of World 8-Year Perspective for Cloud Billing by Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Billing Services for Public Cloud Companies and Billing Services for Enterprises Markets for Years 2013, 2015 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

IV. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Total Companies Profiled: 88 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 88)
The United States (62)
Canada (5)
Japan (1)
Europe (10)
  France (1)
  Germany (1)
  The United Kingdom (3)
  Rest of Europe (5)
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan) (6)
Africa (2)
Middle East (2)