Vendor Research

This agenda discussion document positions Info-Tech Indaba's upcoming cloud research. By uncovering the keys to cloud success, the research will help vendors ensure their channel's willingness to sell their cloud offerings, rather than their...

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There is real and growing interest in cloud computing despite the overuse and overhype of the term cloud. One of the fastest growing areas of the cloud is cloud-based development. Enterprises of all sizes are evalutating the potential of...

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There is real and growing interest in cloud computing despite the overuse and overhype of the term cloud. One of the fastest growing areas of the cloud is cloud-based development. Enterprises of all sizes are evalutating the potential of...

Template/Policy

This template will help you build a business plan for the enterprise as well as document business justifications and cautions for developing in the cloud.

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A key advantage of the cloud is that there are no up front capital costs. There is also a significant time savings, as there is no need to acquire, configure, test, and deploy servers. However, be aware that the cumulative TCO will approach (and...

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Enterprises must take care to assess the right fit of any new technology. Platform as a Service is one such technology that has garnered a lot of interest and excitement, but care should be taken not to move too quickly.

Solution Set

"The Cloud" has become major hype area as cost conscious enterprises explore the potential of renting IT services (infrastructure, applications, development platforms) to save costs over internal provisioning (i.e. buying and maintaining...

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Info-Tech developed these three rules of utility infrastructure investment as a way of establishing what matters to the business in increasingly abstracted infrastructures. Though cloud buzz calls both internal and external utility...

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Info-Tech's recent survey on cloud computing has revealed that although it is still early days, the external cloud is taking hold in small enterprises. And it appears to be more than just a fad: IT decision makers expect the external cloud to...

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Cloud computing offers a compelling opportunity for small businesses to reduce IT costs. Cloud costs are orders of magnitude lower than the per unit costs of internally developed IT resources.

While cloud computing hype can be overblown, actual benefits are out there. Start by understanding the types of cloud service and what they can do for you. This note cuts through the cloud hype so you can start reaping tangible results.

For hype alone, 2008 will be the year of "the cloud." Among those jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon will be the major players in enterprise infrastructure virtualization. But making the cloud an external extension of internal utility...