The Dutch Public Cloudscape

The METISfiles Dutch Public CloudScape

Popular examples of vendors providing public cloud services always include the likes of Salesforce, Amazon, Google and Microsoft. But there are also many Dutch companies that are selling public cloud services successfully today. This research document provides a first look at who’s who in the Dutch SaaS, PaaS and IaaS world. The (partial) list that [...] Read more »

KPN Launches Open Cloud Store

KPN Open Cloud Store

Cloud stuff is happening with the Dutch incumbent. KPN Business has had its own cloud business for a while. KPN Corporate is selling cloud, most notably the Assured Dutch Cloud. Now KPN Wholesale has joined the ranks and launched the Open Cloud Store. There is a nice infographic (Dutch) that explains the concept on the [...] Read more »

The Future of the App is inside the Store

Future of the App

2012 was the year of the enterprise app stores. All of a sudden partner solution catalogs morphed into enterprise app stores. IBM recently launched its PureSystems Centre, SAP recently demonstrated its latest enhancements of the SAP Store at Sapphire Madrid. So what’s the big deal? For a long time partners have been able to publish [...] Read more »

Expanding The Public Cloud Opportunity: How To Grow Your XaaS Portfolio

XaaS Business Expansion

The Public Cloud is a segment of the IT industry that we keep under close surveillance. Within our three research themes – Elastic Enterprise, Connected Worker and Partner Ecosystems – the Public Cloud is a major area of focus because it accelerates enterprise elasticity and worker connectivity and disrupts traditional partner ecosystems. When we look [...] Read more »

Finding & Funding the Opportunity for Dutch Technology Start-ups

Segmenting Tech Start-ups

Dutch technology start-ups are on the rise. There is a number of interesting start-ups emerging that are gaining traction from national and international investors. In European rankings or start-up contests (Deloitte Fast 50 local and EMEA, Red Herring Top 100 Europe, Wired EMEA, Accenture Innovation Awards, Dutch Start-up Awards, etc) the number of Dutch participants [...] Read more »

SAP HANA – Partner Ecosystem Expanding Rapidly

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SAP HANA was introduced to the market a year ago, reason for SAP to celebrate. During the party, SAP – like any proud parent – boasted about HANA’s accomplishments. And like any good party – SAP gave away some presents in the form of credit programs to its partners. SAP HANA has shown impressive adoption [...] Read more »