Comments on: Is Shakeout in the Cloud Application Platform Industry About to Begin? http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/2009/08/24/is-cloud-application-platform-industry-shakeout-beginning/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Little Fluffy Clouds http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/2009/08/24/is-cloud-application-platform-industry-shakeout-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Little Fluffy Clouds Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:38:22 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/?p=56#comment-65 [...] of platform enabling development of Web applications using a Cloud Computing model. A few weeks ago I blogged that the Cloud Application Platform market might be on the verge of shakeout; whether I was right or not, we should all agree that the market is young compared to the [...] [...] of platform enabling development of Web applications using a Cloud Computing model. A few weeks ago I blogged that the Cloud Application Platform market might be on the verge of shakeout; whether I was right or not, we should all agree that the market is young compared to the [...]

]]> By: Eric Knipp http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/2009/08/24/is-cloud-application-platform-industry-shakeout-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Eric Knipp Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:40:57 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/?p=56#comment-63 @Yoram - I haven't been briefed by the folks at Morph but upon first glance it looks like an APaaS. There is much differentiation from one APaaS to the next so I can't make any well-informed comments. Reviewing what is on their Web site leads me to believe that the design of the platform is similar to many other APaaS offerings. Gartner would call "blade server dedicated to the enterprise behind a firewall" NOT CLOUD. However, a private cloud could be created out of a cluster of such servers provided that internally resources are provisioned to different tenants elastically and metered by use - for example, a large enterprise might offer centrally-managed private cloud services to multiple business units. Each business unit would be billed only for what they use, which would vary depending on the elastically provisioned resources. In practice I believe this is hard to achieve, but many vendors are trying to go there. @Yoram – I haven’t been briefed by the folks at Morph but upon first glance it looks like an APaaS. There is much differentiation from one APaaS to the next so I can’t make any well-informed comments. Reviewing what is on their Web site leads me to believe that the design of the platform is similar to many other APaaS offerings.

Gartner would call “blade server dedicated to the enterprise behind a firewall” NOT CLOUD. However, a private cloud could be created out of a cluster of such servers provided that internally resources are provisioned to different tenants elastically and metered by use – for example, a large enterprise might offer centrally-managed private cloud services to multiple business units. Each business unit would be billed only for what they use, which would vary depending on the elastically provisioned resources. In practice I believe this is hard to achieve, but many vendors are trying to go there.

]]> By: Yoram Heller http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/2009/08/24/is-cloud-application-platform-industry-shakeout-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Yoram Heller Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:37:23 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/?p=56#comment-62 just came across your blog. was curious to see what you thought about mor.ph and the idea of the enterprise cloud ie a blade server dedicated to the enterprise behind a firewall. just came across your blog. was curious to see what you thought about mor.ph and the idea of the enterprise cloud ie a blade server dedicated to the enterprise behind a firewall.

]]> By: Jake Burns http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/2009/08/24/is-cloud-application-platform-industry-shakeout-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Jake Burns Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:34:53 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/eric-knipp/?p=56#comment-49 I think you're dead on right. There is a coming shakedown in the cloud. Those who are undercapitalized or have less functionality will likely be the first victims. www.workxpress.com I think you’re dead on right. There is a coming shakedown in the cloud. Those who are undercapitalized or have less functionality will likely be the first victims. http://www.workxpress.com

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