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Vendors of branded systems infrastructure hardware are reaching two major inflection points. First, system architectures are increasingly being sold as converged infrastructure (CI) that packages servers, storage, networking and infrastructure software into a single solution. Second, in order to gain agility, enterprises move away from on-premise solutions and increasingly adopt as-a-service infrastructure (IaaS) deployment options […] Read more »
We recently wrote about how to expand your cloud business and introduced our XaaS Expansion model. This expansion model applies not only to Software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors but also to Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) vendors. But SaaS, PaaS and IaaS vendors need different attributes to be able to compete effectively in their respective segments (see […] Read more »
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 »
This week we had the honour of hosting a session at the GigaOM Structure Europe event. The topic: The Public Cloud Revolution, is Europe ready? The audience: hosting, cloud, datacenter and SaaS providers. After ensuring that everybody is on the same page when discussing the public cloud, we confronted the audience with a few statements. […] Read more »
Yesterday KPN announced CloudNL. CloudNL is a Dutch cloud, located in Dutch datacenters, compliant with Dutch law, assured by KPN and Deloitte. In addition to CloudNL, KPN launched the cloud services aggregation platform Grip. Grip offers a single sign-on, single bill and single supplier contact to a mix of private, public and hybrid cloud services. […] Read more »
Q3 2012 results from HP showed a massive loss of almost $9 billion. This is by far the biggest loss in HP’s history. Should we fear the collapse of the big tech giant? The facts: Q3 2012 shows $29.7 billion in revenue and a loss of $9 billion before taxes. Q3 2011 showed $31.2 billion […] Read more »