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2013 Cloud Computing Planning Guide: Rising Expectations
1 November 2012
 
Drue Reeves   Kyle Hilgendorf  

Cloud computing continues to be a rapidly evolving and volatile market. In 2013, customer expectations will force IT organizations to adopt a hybrid-IT operating model that can host critical applications in the private cloud and can use public cloud services to increase business and IT agility.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Summary of Findings
  • Introduction
  • Industry Overview
    • Macro Trends: Social, Mobile, Cloud and Information — The Nexus of Forces
    • Cloud Computing Trends
      • Provider Security, Availability, Performance Issues and Enterprise-Grade Cloud Services
      • Hybrid IT
      • Cloud Management Platforms
      • Hybrid Clouds
      • Cloud Application Design and the Evolution of the IaaS and PaaS Markets
      • SaaS: A Rapidly Growing and Fragmented Market
  • Setting Priorities
  • Recommended Reading
  • Notes
Figures
Figure 1.
Foundation for Cloud Computing
Figure 2.
Economics of IT and Cloud Computing
Figure 3.
Hybrid-IT Operating Model
Figure 4.
Sample Cloud Decision Framework
Figure 5.
SaaS Market Sweet Spot




Document History:
 
2013 Cloud Computing Planning Guide: Rising Expectations
1 November 2012
  
2012 Cloud Computing Planning Guide: From Hybrid IT to Hybrid Clouds
1 November 2011
  




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