Cloud Computing Business Models: Antonio Piraino - Tier1 Research
Cloud Computing Business Models: Antonio Piraino - Tier1 Research
Cloud Computing Business Models: Antonio Piraino - Tier1 Research
• SaaS providers
– Run on top of underlying
cloud infrastructure platforms
– CRM, ERP, VoIP, BI, supply chain
• Web 2.0
– interconnectivity and interactivity of
web-delivered content
– New Services exploiting underlying platforms
5 Parallels – Optimized Computing TM
Clouds: Grid, IaaS or PaaS?
• PaaS
– ERP,DB,XML files, flat files,web services,
on-demand apps, SaaS hoster, API’s,
– load balancing, DNS configuration, storage
• IaaS providers
– Proxy for buying servers, software,
data center space or network equipment
– Pay for memory, bandwidth, storage consumed
• Grid has many definitions
– Network of computing clusters
– Resources used in parallel
as a virtual super-processor
6 Parallels – Optimized Computing TM
Topics Covered
Other
Enterprise
SMB
Soho
Other PaaS
SaaS providers
ISV’s
Developers
Other
Easy to use console
Brand-name
IT spend can move from capex-to-opex
Green IT
Tiered Billing system
SLA
Speed of provisioning
Reliability
Security
Flexibility
Low Cost
Shared resources
Software licensing
Product/Service option available
On premise software/legacy infrastructure
CxO sponsorship
Cultural/organizational (resource ownership)
Availability/uptime
Regulation/compliance
Nervous about Security
• Parallels
– Rackspace, ThePlanet, Enigmatec, Dedipower
• VMware
– Verizon, BT, ATT, Savvis, Terremark, SunGard, Mosso
(Rackspace)
• XEN-based
– FlexiScale, Novell’s Suse, Neocleus, Citrix, Amazon AWS
• Microsoft HyperV
– Layeredtech, SoftLayer, CrystalTech, HostMySite
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Antonio Piraino
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