Cloud Computing in the Enterprise

February 12, 2008. Call in at 12:55 p.m. Eastern time Teleconference Is Cloud Computing Viable For Enterprise IT? James Staten, Principal Analyst Forrester Research

Theme Cloud Computing has the potential to disrupt IT as we know it today.

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Keeping up with the Jones’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What it takes to compete now ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What’s driving business to cloud-scale? Windows Live

The IT-business disconnect is growing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Wham!

Who’s filling the gap? Cloud computing

Definition: cloud computing A pool of highly scalable, abstracted infrastructure, capable of hosting end-customer applications, that is billed by consumption.

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Cloud computing architectural fundamentals Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet.

Cloud computing in use Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet.

Who are the cloud providers today? Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet. Virtual iron-based cloud infrastructure with embedded cluster load balancing and HA services FlexiScale XCalibre Cloud offering housed within Terremark collocation facilities Infinistructure Terremark Extendable cloud platform for Web-based applications Force.com Salesforce.com 3Tera AppLogic-based cloud utility computing platform GridLayer Layered Technology Cloud computing platform built on OpenSolaris and Joyent Accelerators (virtual servers) Accelerator for Applications Joyent 3Tera AppLogic-based cloud utility computing platform DynamicGrid Fortress ITX 3Tera AppLogic-based cloud hosting and cloud-enabling services Computing Utility Enki 3Tera AppLogic-based cloud hosting for small businesses Virtual Hosting AretiInternet Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) virtualized cloud infrastructure, Simple Storage Service (S3) cloud storage, various cloud implemented application services Amazon Web Services Amazon.com Content-delivery network solution that improves edge performance application experience by moving cloud applications closer to target users Application Performance Services Akamai Description Offering Company

Cloud computing: the latest evolution of hosting Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet.

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The cloud value prop to enterprise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: http://open.blogs.nytimes.com

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Who’s got next . . . most likely Source:

Why this is so compelling: It’s a disruptive technology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet.

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Who are the leading enterprise cloud builders today? Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet. Helps enterprises leverage clouds RightScale Network.com is Sun’s first foray into this space and the model upon which SunPS is architecting clouds today Sun AppLogic is a cloud infrastructure software offering. 3Tera Blue Cloud is IBM’s initiative to help enterprises, governments and educational customers build and deploy their own clouds IBM Dell Data Center Solutions offers Dell Cloud Computing Solutions for creation, optimization and management of enterprise clouds. Dell Offering Company

Cloud building blocks Source: upcoming research, Cloud Computing: Not Ready For The Enterprise...Yet.

Thank you James Staten +1 650.581.3824 [email_address] www.forrester.com Join our IT Research Panel today! By signing up you can contribute to surveys and get complimentary access to pre-published insight, comparative data, and best practices drawn from the surveys conducted. Visit: http://itpanel.forrester.com/

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