It’s Early Days For Cloud Computing Ted Schadler Vice President & Principal Analyst Forrester Research March 22, 2010
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It’s Early Days For Cloud ComputingTed SchadlerVice President & Principal AnalystForrester Research
March 22, 2010
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On-premises solutions require up-front payments
Year 1
Cash flow($$)
Year 2 Year 3
Cost (cash out)
Return (cash in)
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Cloud-computing costs rise as demand (and return) grows
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Cash flow($$)
Cost (cash out)
Return (cash in)
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Cloud computing encompasses three layers in the IT stack
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Cisco WebEx, Google Apps, Microsoft Exchange Online, salesforce.com
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
Google AppEngine, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, salesforce Force.com, EngineYard
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Amazon EC2 & S3, Rackspace, Terramark, Savvis, AT&T
10,000s
<10
Number of providersby 2019
100s
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SaaS leads in the US cloud conversion
Don't knowNot interestedInterested but no plansPlanning to implement in a year or morePlanning to implement in the next 12 monthsImplemented, not expandingExpanding/Upgrading implementation
Software-as-a-Service
Platform-as-a-Service
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Implementing or expandingNot implementing or don’t know
Source: Hardware Survey, Q3 2009Base: 301 European IT decision-makers
What are your firm's plans to adopt the following software technologies?
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Security and maturity lead the worry list
Too difficult to understand
The performance isn't good enough
Compliance requirements missing
Our custom apps aren't compatible
Capabilities don't match our needs
We believe our total costs are cheaper
Too immature
Security and privacy concerns
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Base: 407 US IT decision-makersSource: Hardware Survey, Q3 2009
Why isn't your firm interested in pay-per-use hosting of virtual servers (also known as cloud computing)?
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