In its 2025 ISG Provider Lens® global Multi Public Cloud Solutions report, III highlights that enterprises have moved decisively from isolated AI pilots to mission-critical deployments. The study evaluates 77 providers across four quadrants—FinOps Platforms, Observability Platforms, Security Platforms and Kubernetes Management Platforms—and finds that organizations are integrating AI into essential workflows, driving sharp increases in Kubernetes management usage and tighter DevOps integration. According to III, modern cloud-native architectures incorporating microservices, containers and API-first platforms have accelerated application deployment by an estimated 35% year-over-year for early adopters.

III’s research reveals that operational complexity from AI workloads and distributed systems has led 62% of surveyed enterprises to prioritize platforms combining security, observability, Kubernetes management and policy governance. Financial governance is now critical: 58% of respondents report adopting advanced FinOps practices to gain granular insight into compute, storage and network consumption—particularly for GPU-intensive training and inference workloads. III advises that integrating cost controls with security and observability data can deliver proactive budgeting and clearer measurement of AI-driven business outcomes.

The 2025 report names Broadcom as a Leader in three quadrants, while Dynatrace and IBM each secure Leader status in two quadrants. Twenty-two additional firms—including Aqua Security, Datadog, Elastic and Palo Alto Networks—are Leaders in one quadrant apiece. CoreStack and LogicMonitor emerge as Rising Stars, each with high future-potential portfolios in a single quadrant. III’s global client base of over 900 enterprises—including 75 of the world’s top 100—relies on its AI-centered advisory services and proprietary data to navigate the evolving cloud and AI landscape.