According to the research company IDC, the cloud segment of the ICT market in 2014 has increased by 47 percent. Often, cloud-based technologies are used by enterprises to ensure the availability of IT-services, data protection and lower costs of its enterprise on IT.

"Fans" of new technologies are in almost every industry. The greatest number of them - among production companies, retailers and banks. According to IDC data, these sectors now account for 15-18% of the implementation of cloud services in Ukraine.

"The interest of small enterprises in cloud solutions will grow," -

Oleg Shcherbatenko, CEO of IT-Enterprise (developed by SmartTender.biz), predicts.

BUSINESS: What are your estimated volumes and dynamics of the Ukrainian cloud services market?

O.Sh .: Our company notes the increasing interest of the business in cloud services and the great need to use flexible, reconfigurable corporate solutions. This is especially true for small and medium-sized businesses.

For example, the volume of trading conducted with SmartTender.biz in the I quarter of 2015 increased in money terms by more than four times compared with the indicator in the IV quarter of 2014.

BUSINESS: What are the industry-specific features of using cloud services?

O.Sh .: Each of our cloud solutions is designed to optimize specific company functions. So, the IT-Enterprise.Cloud service line includes a solution for production and logistics tasks, so its users - medium and small manufacturing enterprises. In our arsenal, there are many and more universal solutions, such as the electronic trading platform SmartTender.biz, where the procurement of enterprises of various industries: metallurgy and machine building, food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, utilities, etc.

BUSINESS: How are cloud services nowadays demanded by small and medium-sized enterprises and what are the prospects for introducing new technologies in this segment?

O.Sh .: A highly competitive market forces companies to migrate to the clouds more quickly, especially for medium and small businesses. Because in the cloud, you can quickly (during the day) start work, scale the system and save - the company does not need to buy expensive server equipment.

Read full article about the prospects of cloud technologies in Ukraine and interviews with Oleh Shcherbatenko on the Business site.

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