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Field Research Summary: Building Internal Clouds
28 September 2011
 
Chris Wolf  

Gartner conducted field research encompassing 17 end-user organizations that are early adopters of internal/private cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Although each organization had unique strategy, architecture, and implementation details, considerable similarities existed among the participants. In this field research summary, Research VP Chris Wolf reveals the key insights customers learned on their journey to internal/private cloud.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Summary of Findings
  • Research Findings
    • Getting Started
      • What Is an Internal Cloud?
      • Benefits and Justification
      • Building the Business Case
      • Resistance to Change
    • Internal Cloud Architecture and Deployment
      • Planning and Strategy
      • Infrastructure
      • Management
    • Internal Cloud Operations and Governance
      • Application Qualification/Onboarding
      • IT Organizational Structure
      • Governance
      • Vendor Licensing and Support
      • SLA Enforcement
  • Recommendations
    • Break Up the Data Center Transformation Into Small, Manageable Projects
    • Keep It Simple — An Internal Cloud Requires Less Than Most Vendors Profess
    • Use Caution in Mimicking Public Cloud Provider Support Life Cycles
    • Position Traditional Infrastructure as a Last Resort
    • Consider Technology the Easy Part
    • Consider Dedicated Physical Infrastructure to Satisfy Security and Audit Requirements
    • Reassess the Importance of "Best of Breed" vs. "Good Enough"
  • Methodology and Demographics
  • Recommended Reading
  • Notes
Figures
Figure 1.
Internal IaaS Cloud Building Blocks
Figure 2.
Industry Demographics of Organizations Participating in the Study




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