by Tom Bittman | May 24, 2010 | 2 Comments
After spending the day discussing IT operations, here are some musings on the future of IT ops. Traditionally, IT ops has been responsible for managing operationally "dumb" applications. These legacy applications are like infants – they need constant care and feeding. They can’t take care of themselves, and they rely entirely on others to survive. [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Tags: Future of Infrastructure, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | May 18, 2010 | 23 Comments
I continue to talk with clients who understand the concept of private cloud computing, they think they know it when they see it, but they can’t quite explain it in words. A year ago I described The Spectrum of Private to Public Cloud Services, but I didn’t put that in the form of a definition. [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud
by Tom Bittman | April 21, 2010 | 13 Comments
I’ve been looking for an excuse to use this cartoon – I finally found it! I’m finishing a research note on some polls I took recently of data center executives, managers and decision-makers. Interesting results. Here’s a summary: (1) The first poll was focused on the top three concerns that data center professionals have with [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud
by Tom Bittman | April 16, 2010 | 9 Comments
Private cloud computing is rapidly moving up the Gartner hype cycle. In terms of raw market hype, I think we’ll peak late this year. VMware’s “Redwood” won’t be the only announcement – every major infrastructure vendor in the planet will likely put “private cloud” in their announcements, their marketing, their product names. So before we [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization, VMware
by Tom Bittman | March 13, 2010 | 5 Comments
Almost all large companies and many small and midsized enterprises are virtualizing. Based on surveys, the majority of large companies consider building a private cloud a core strategy. Surprisingly, that’s even true with midsized organizations – but slow down a bit. While the direction makes sense, be careful about getting too caught up in the [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | February 9, 2010 | 5 Comments
Do cloud computing providers understand customer requirements? Do customers understand their requirements? No and no, and this is a problem. Today, most cloud computing providers offer one-size-fits-all services – with few options or service level alternatives. As the market matures, there will be thousands of providers, each trying to differentiate by focusing on specific market [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing, private cloud
by Tom Bittman | October 29, 2009 | 8 Comments
Gartner analysts answer thousands of questions daily on various IT topics, and we learn a lot about IT trends by talking to our clients. For example, for the last twelve months we answered more than 1,000 inquiries from clients specifically on the topic of cloud computing. Which end-user verticals are asking the most questions? Financial [...]
Category: Cloud Tags: cloud computing
by Tom Bittman | October 22, 2009 | 7 Comments
At this week’s Gartner Symposium in Orlando, there was a noticeable shift in the end user discussions regarding virtualization and cloud computing, and a few surprises: 1) In my presentation on server virtualization on Monday, before I started, I asked the audience how many of them considered private cloud computing to be a core strategy [...]
Category: Cloud Virtualization Tags: cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | October 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tomorrow I leave for Orlando for our annual all-up IT conference of the year in Orlando, Florida. Attendees see this conference as a one-stop week-long update on all IT industry trends, an opportunity to network with thousands of their peers (including more than a thousand CIOs), and an opportunity to have face-to-face one-on-ones (as opposed [...]
Category: Cloud Industry Analyst Virtualization Tags: analyst, cloud computing, private cloud, Virtualization
by Tom Bittman | October 12, 2009 | 4 Comments
It seems like some hard lines have been drawn in the market over cloud computing versus on-premises computing. On the one hand, the proponents of cloud computing are promoting a massive shift of software development toward cloud platforms, designing for multitenancy and massive scale. No more software packages – just buy software as a service. [...]
Category: Cloud Future of Infrastructure Tags: cloud computing, Future of Infrastructure, private cloud
