Cloud Management and Automation, Highlights from 451 Research

Cloud Management and AutomationA 451 Research Report

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Consumerization of IT Meets the Cloud The consumer technology experience

comes to the enterprise.

Self-serviceCloud management and automation enable self-service portals.

On-demandEnterprise customers won’t know–or care -where cloud services are coming from.

Pay-per-useEnterprises are eager to adopt utility-like pricing models.

How IT Becomes a Service Broker

Building an ‘enterprise cloud console’ will require significant cloud management and automation expertise

Enabling provisioning and management of multiple providers via self-service mechanisms

Establishing policy-based access to applications from a single portal

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Top Cloud Projects in the Next 12 Months

Cloud migration is clearly under way, with enterprises evaluating and using infrastructure providers in record numbers.

40%35%30%25%20%15%10%5%0%

Private Cloud

Cloud Provider Assessments

IaaS

SaaS

Technology Refresh

Self Service

Source: 451 Research. Note: Data is from First Half of 2013.

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Cloud Management and Automation Roadmap

Cloud management and automation tools enable users and administrators to directly manage cloud service environments.

Enterprise Application Store

Self-service Catalog

Unified Cloud Management Console

Cloud Governance

Cloud Broker

31%26%

28%26%

14%24%

13%29%

7%11%

Current

Planning

Source: 451 Research

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PLANNING

26%CURRENT

31%

Meet the Enterprise App Store

It’s a consumer-friendly Web portal through which end users can access, download and install software applications.

It’s also the low-hanging fruit of cloud-based apps: 31% of companies are currently doing it and 26% are planning it.

You can build or purchase a ‘white label’ application store that is created, maintained and managed by a third party.

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PLANNING

26%CURRENT

28%

The Lure of Self-Service Catalogs

Enterprises are building a self-service catalog function for selecting and automatically provisioning infrastructure resources. This accessible approach echoes the advantages of consumer portals.

Not surprisingly, it is quickly gaining momentum: 28% of enterprises in the cloud computing study are deploying self-service catalogs and another 26% are in the planning stages.

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Rise of ‘Best Execution Venue’ Strategies

Enterprises may employ BEV experts to make smart decisions about where to run applications, and from where to source cloud services.

To operate in a multi-vendor cloud, enterprises must be willing to own fewer assets but be good at managing hosted resources with cloud management and automation tools.

Some enterprises will hire ‘cloud brokers’ to manage and negotiate cloud services business relationships.

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Cloud Governance

‘Governance’ refers to the use of an orchestration platform that enables dynamic placement of workloads based on policy. Overall, 13% of sites surveyed have adopted these tools, but another 33% have it in their plans, which is also evident in a sharp rise in 2014 enterprise spending plans for this technology.

Homegrown

12%10%8%6%4%2%0%

VMware

Open Source

Microsoft

IBM

EMC

Vendor Implementation

Current

Planning

Source: 451 Research

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Unified Cloud Management Console

A unified cloud management console provides a single window from which to access and manage a hybrid cloud ecosystem. Overall, 14% of sites surveyed have deployed this technology, and another 25% of enterprises are in the planning stages this year.

Source: 451 Research

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Homegrown

50%40%30%20%10%0%

VMware

OpenStack

Microsoft

Dell

Cognizant

Vendor Implementation

Amazon.com

Current

Planning

Self-Service Catalog

The self-service catalog provides IT resource provisioning across internal and external infrastructure. Twenty-eight percent of enterprises in the study are deploying a self-service catalog for accessing cloud services and another 20% are in planning.

Source: 451 Research

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Homegrown Current

Planning

20%15%10%5%0%

VMware

ServiceNow

HP

Citrix

Microsoft

Vendor Implementation

IBM

The 451 Research CloudScape report, abridged here, was released in November 2013.

The Cloud Computing Study Wave 5 data used in this report was finalized in July 2013, and is based on 100 interviews, including a proprietary network of IT professionals and key decision-makers at large and midsized enterprises.

Methodology and Next Steps

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