Traditional SMBs are businesses with less than 500 employees who provide non-technology products to customers; Tech-focused SMBs are businesses with less than 500 employees who provide technology-focused or hybrid products to customers; Enterprises are businesses with over 500 employees.
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Global usage of cloud services by type by organizations 2021
In 2021, ** percent of enterprises indicate using cloud hosting/infrastructure services such as AWS EC2 or Azure VMs. Enterprises are also using platform as a service (PaaS) solutions including Heroku or Azure App Service to a great extent. Notably, traditional small and midsize businesses use less cloud services in general and therefore have less complex cloud setups.
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