Cloud Computing
· Cloud Trends
o Global Cloud Trends
o Rapidly Changing Cloud Market
§ More providers & Investments
§ Lower price (price reduction)
o IT Asset Ownership and Deployment Model
§ Shift from Owning to Service Provisioning
§ Evaluate cloud solution across IT portfolios
§ Address how cloud drive business/mission needs
o Cloud Spending Trends
§ USG Cloud Trends
o Drivers of Cloud Adoption
§ Big data, Social networks, Mobile apps, Data centers
· Cloud Planning (Factors to consider)
o Cost
o Platform maturity
o Volume of data/network bandwidth requirements
o Connectivity and availability
o Support
o Security
· Market Report
o Market analysis
o Market share
o Market forecast
o Marker Players
§ Providers
§ Resellers
§ Distributors
§ Advisor
Cloud Computing Brokerage Services
Cloud Computing Planning
· Capacity planning
· Contingency planning
· Planning guide
o 2015 Planning Guide for Cloud Computing, https://www.gartner.com/doc/2862717/-planning-guide-cloud-computing
o Preparing your Virtualized Data Center for the Cloud, Intel, http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/cloud-computing/cloud-computing-technology-for-tomorrows-cloud-planning-guide.html
o Cloud Security Planning Guide, Intel, http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/cloud-computing-security-planning-guide2.pdf
· CLOUD Computing Research, Gartner Inc., http://www.gartner.com/technology/topics/cloud-computing.jsp
· IDC Cloud Research, http://www.idc.com/prodserv/FourPillars/Cloud/index.jsp;jsessionid=A0E08C8993CC53F5BC663C73596CE535
· Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development, Louis Columbus, May 9, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/05/09/amazon-web-services-leading-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-service-app-development/
· Roundup of Cloud Computing Forecasts and Market Estimate, 2015, by Luis Columbus, 1/24/2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2015/01/24/roundup-of-cloud-computing-forecasts-and-market-estimates-2015/
IDC Forecasts worldwide public IT cloud services spending to reach nearly $108 billion by 2017 as focus shifts from saving to innovation, Sept. 3, 2013, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24298013
IDC Predicts nearly two-thirds of global competitive strategies will required 3rd platform IT as service (ITasS) by 2016, Jan. 28, 2015, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25404515
Global Cloud Computing Market Forecast 2015-2020, http://www.marketresearchmedia.com/?p=839
|
Cloud Computing Catagories |
Transition and Management Service |
Growth |
Geography |
|
· IaaS · PaaS · SaaS · ITaaS |
· Transition planning · Interoperability & Middleware · Training · Compliance & Security |
· Mobile cloud · HPC in the cloud · In-memory cloud |
· Americas, EMEA, Asia/Pacific Rim · Top 12 countries |
VAR (Value Added Reseller) and System Integrator
ISV (Independent Software Vendor)
SI (System Integrator)
Strategies
· Market presence (vendor participation)
· Risky bets
· Contenders
· Strong Performers
· Leaders
References
· Developing an Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy, http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/cloud-computing/software-as-a-service--saas-/intel-it-developing-cloud-computing-strategy-paper.html
· Creating and Implementing and Enterprise Cloud Strategy, http://www.abiquo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Abiquo_Creating_and_Implementing_a_Cloud_Strategy.pdf
· Cloud Computing and IT Strategy, http://www.accenture.com/us-en/Pages/service-cloud-computing-strategy-summary.aspx
· How to Avoid a Cloud Strategy that Fails, http://www.forbes.com/sites/gartnergroup/2014/09/10/how-to-avoid-a-cloud-strategy-that-fails/
o Explore three rationales for doing cloud computing
§ It’s a way to save money: Cloud computing can save money, but only for the right services
§ It’s a way to renovate enterprise IT: Enterprise IT can learn from cloud computing, and private cloud, when applied to the right services (that can’t be deployed to a public cloud provider), can drive the organization to more efficient and effective standards.
§ It’s a way to innovate and experiment:
· Five Cloud Computing Trends Affecting Cloud Strategy Through 2015, http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/show.aspx?c=95261
Cloud Standards
· OpenStack
Cloud Computing Services and Vendors
· Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting
Enterprise-Class IT in the Cloud (Virtustream)
IaaS Vendors
· IBM Bluemix Paas, http://www-01.ibm.com/software/bluemix/
·
PaaS Vendors, http://www.clouds360.com/paas.php
· Amazon
· Appistry, www.appistry.com
o Powering next generation medicine
o CloudDX Clinical, http://www.appistry.com/clinical/cloud-dx-clinical/
· AppScale Systems, http://www.appscale.com/
o The AppScale Cloud Platform, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3698982/
o The AppScale Cloud Platform, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3698982/pdf/nihms454843.pdf
· CA Technologies
· Emgine Yard
· Flexiscale
· Salesforce.com
· gCloud3
· Gogaspaces
· Visual WebGui
· GridGain
· LongJump
· WindowAzure
· OrangeScape
· OS##
· OutSystems Agile Platform
· RightScale
· ThinkGrid,
· FuJITSU Cloud Platform as a Service, http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/application-services/paas/index.html
SaaS Vendors
ITaaS Vendors
Newtork aaS vendord
The 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors of 2014, CRN, Jan. 31, 2014, http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/240165812/the-100-coolest-cloud-computing-vendors-of-2014.htm
The 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors of 2015, CRN, Jan. 28, 2015, http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/300075525/the-100-coolest-cloud-computing-vendors-of-2015.htm
· The 20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Vendors (IaaS) of the 2015, by Joseph Tsidulko, Jan. 26, 2015, http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/300075475/the-20-coolest-cloud-infrastructure-vendors-of-the-2015-cloud-100.htm
o www.atlantic.net, Cloud VPS Hosting (HIPPA Compliant Hosting, Customer Dedicated Hosting (Private Virtualization Hosting)
§ Hosting Package & Prices, https://www.atlantic.net/vps/vps-hosting/
o AT&T Cloud Architect, http://cloudarchitect.att.com/Home/
o Century Link, http://www.centurylink.com/business/cloud/index.html
o Cisco (InterCloud Fabric, Cloud-of-Cloud Strategy), http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/intercloud-fabric/index.html
o CloudSigma (Zurich Switzerland), https://www.cloudsigma.com/company/
o DataPipe, http://www.datapipe.com/
o DigitalOcean, https://www.digitalocean.com/
o ElasticHosts, http://www.elastichosts.com/
o Equinix Cloud Exchange, http://www.equinix.com/
o HP Helion (Enterprise Cloud), http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-overview.html
o IBM (high-end enterprise cloud; SoftLayer), http://www.ibm.com/marketplace/cloud/
o Internap, http://www.internap.com/
o Microsoft Azure
o NTT Communications – IaaS Cloud Services (Software Defined Network to the Cloud), http://www.ntt.com/worldwide/service/global-cloud.html
o OrionVM, http://www.orionvm.com/au/
o ProfitBricks, https://www.profitbricks.com/
o RackSpace, http://www.rackspace.com/cloud
o Sherweb, http://www.sherweb.com/
o Verizon Terremark, http://www.verizonenterprise.com/solutions/cloud/
o Virtustream, http://www.virtustream.com/
·
· The 20 Coolest Cloud Platform and Development Vendors of the 2015
o Amazon Web Services
o AppDirect
o Canonical
o Canopy
o Citrix Systems
o CoreOS
o Docker
o ElasticBox
o Engine Yard
o Google
o Mirantis
o MuleSoft
o Oracle
o Parallels
o Pivotal
o Puppet Labs
o Red Hat
o Scribe Software
o Shippable
o Zenoss
· The 20 Coolest Cloud Storage Vendors of the 2015
o Acronis
o Asigra
o Attunity
o Avere Systems
o Barracuda Network
o Carbonite
o Ctera Networks
o Datacastle
o eFolder
o EMC
o Infrascale
o Intronis
o Morpheus Data
o Nakovo
o Nasuni
o Panzura
o Storage Craft Technology
o Vembu
o Zetta.net
· The 20 Coolest Cloud Software Vendors (SaaS) of the 2015
o Brist
o CloudPhysics
o Databricks
o HubSpot
o NetSuite
o New Relic
o Otixo
o Qlik
o Qubole
o Salesforce.com
o Salsify
o SAP
o ServiceNow
o Snowflake Computing
o Soonr
o Splunk
o Strevus
o SumAll
o Treasure Data
o Xplenty
· The 20 Coolest Cloud Security Vendors of the 2015
o Absolute Software
o Alert Logic
o AVG
o CA Technologies
o Centrify
o CipherCloud
o Co3 Systems
o Cofer
o Elastica
o HyTrust
o Netskope
o OpenDNS
o Ping Identity
o Proofpoint
o Seculert
o Sumo Logic
o ThreatMetrix
o Vaultive
o Webroot
o Zscaler
Cloud Business Summit,
Nov. 12, 2014, The Yale Club of NYC, http://cbs2014.saugatucktechnology.com/
· Opening Keynote: Digital Business – Rethinking Fundamentals, Speaker: William S. McNee, Founder and CEO at Saugatuck Technology
· Featured Presentation: The Emerging Intercloud: Enabling the Internet of Everythings, Speaker: Kit Beall, VP Cloud and Managed Services at Cisco [Cloud of Clouds]
The Internet of Everything
is leading to rapid innovation and business
opportunities along with challenges for IT leaders. CIOs now
need to broker multiple online services and applications, while minimizing
risks and increasing agility. However effective brokering requires the ability
to move policy-based workloads seamlessly among all IT environments and clouds.
This keynote addresses how Cisco and its partners are connecting private,
public, and hybrid clouds into a global “cloud of clouds” – the Intercloud – to enable the Internet of Everything.
· Panel: CIO Panel – Technology, Vision and Leadership: The Digital Business Era,
Session Leader: Mike West, Research Fellow at
Saugatuck Technology
Panelists: Rich Roseman, former CIO at 21st Century
Fox, Joe Simon, CTO at Conde Nast, Malcolm Frank, EVP
and Chief Strategy Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Daniel Widera, CIO Advisor
o IT leaders face unique challenges as Cloud and related IT – mobile, social, analytics, IoT – become table stakes for creating a Digital Business. This panel looks at how IT leaders are addressing key challenges involving people, process and technologies as they guide their firms to success.
o Key issues include:
§ How can IT leaders optimize traditional and emerging resources, internally and externally?
§ How should IT leaders rethink getting work done and delivering operational excellence?
§ What changes must be made to realize the enormous potential of Digital Business?
· Panel: CFO/CIO Panel – Farming Digital Business Success
Session Leader:
Bill McNee, Saugatuck Technology
Panelists: Vinay Mehra, CFO
at WGBH, Pat Milano, CFO at McGraw Hill Education, Harpreet
Grewal, CFO at Constant Contact, Scott Henry, EVP and CTO at Madison
Square Garden Co.
· Today's Finance leaders are accelerating their adoption of Cloud-based accounting solutions as well as advanced "big data" analytics. But Finance is also at the center of a rethinking of business, technology and operating models brought on by the shift to Digital Business. This panel will focus on the scope of Finance's migration to the Cloud,
§
How CFOs and CIOs are aligning anew, and what are the emerging
operating principles, frameworks and risk management models being deployed for
Digital Business success?
· Fireside Chat: Digital Business Means Re-thinking, Re-engaging, and Re-inventing
With
Tim Minahan, CMO at SAP Cloud
Hosted by Bruce Guptill, Research Fellow at Saugatuck
Technology
o There is a rapidly-occurring, and very marked, shift in enterprise thinking about Cloud, from pursuing low-cost and more-efficient solutions to building and leveraging business platforms for innovation, for new engagement models, for new business models, and for entirely new business. This conversation with SAP Cloud CMO Tim Minahan will explore what SAP has experienced as a Master Brand, especially what it sees among its customers and partners who are re-thinking and re-inventing what business means.
· Panel: Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps: Accelerating Innovation
Session
Leader: Charlie Burns, VP at Saugatuck Technology
Panelists: Eric Reed, Global CTO at GE Capital, Emery Czulak,
Assistant CISO at Dept. of Homeland Security, Helen Donnelly, Director at
Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Volker Will, Sr. PM Manager at Microsoft
Beyond Cloud, the real key to Digital Business growth is through accelerating innovative solutions that enable business process transformation. IT's role must be as a facilitator of this innovation acceleration. Success depends on IT leaders understanding and utilizing new technologies and processes, new relationships with providers, and managing new security threats. This panel will focus on dealing with infrastructure change, enabling new offerings such as managed services, and new process methodologies such as DevOps.
· Featured Presentation: What Digital Business Need in Mission-Critical Enterprise Cloud
Speaker: Teesee Murray, RVP CloudSuites at
Infor
Businesses have been seeking to move mission critical, back-office applications to the cloud – but few options have become available. It's been a world of point solutions requiring extensive integration, or early efforts have simply lacked the deep functionality required. This presentation will discuss how businesses are now innovating by adopting flexible architecture to integrate people and information, replacing complexity with simplicity, and enhancing the digital user experience so we can work the way we live to be more mobile, social and modern.
· Panel: Cloud Business Solutions – New Synergies
Session Leader:
Mike West, Research Fellow at Saugatuck Technology
Panelists: Vikram Nair, VP & Head of IT Strategy
at Carnival Corp, Louis Nauges, CIO Advisor &
Blogger at DHASEL Innovation, Daniel Couture, SVP & CIO at Zoetis, Mark Nittler, VP at
Workday
To accomplish
the transition to Digital Business, many firms are creating hybrid
architectures, and integrating Cloud apps with on-premises assets. Advanced
analytic investments, combined with mobile and social systems of engagement are
enabling new synergies with solutions in Sales / Marketing, Customer Service /
Support, Human Capital Management, Finance, Manufacturing / Supply Chain and
Collaborative Commerce. Key issues include:
o
How are apps evolving to enable Digital
Business?
o What innovative solutions have been enabled by mobile and social synergies?
· Fireside Chat: Turbo-Charging Digital Business with a Cloud-First Strategy
With Bethann Cregg, Vice President,
Information and Analytics Group Cloud at IBM
Hosted by Mike West, Research Fellow at Saugatuck Technology
While Cloud provides businesses with the opportunity to innovate and transform more rapidly than ever before, businesses are also faced with new challenges. Markets, customers, and competition are all changing more rapidly than ever. In this conversation with one of IBM’s leads as it concerns its SaaS and Analytics portfolio, Ms. Cregg will explore key challenges businesses face in digital transformation, best practices for business and IT collaboration, and how IBM’s customers are using Cloud to more rapidly transform themselves as Digital Businesses.
· Panel: CMO/CIO Winning in a Data Rich World
Session
Leader: Bill McNee, Founder and CEO at Saugatuck
Technology
Panelists: Steve Mann, CMO at LexisNexis Research Solutions, Reuben Hendell, Managing Partner at Barrytown
Group, Joe Fuller, CIO at Dominion Enterprises
Cloud-based data is at the heart of today's digital marketing revolution. But with more and more types of data from more sources, marketers must think through a data strategy as never before. This includes not just what the best sources are to use, but when and how to apply different types to the greatest effect at the right time – as third party, first party, social, media, engagement and transactional data are all widely available. This panel will focus on what marketers need to know about today's data-rich world, and how best to navigate and leverage for success.
· Fireside Chat: Customer Engagement in a Bricks-and-Mortar - Digital World
With Fred
Argir, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital
Officer at Toys“R”Us, Inc.
Hosted by Bill McNee, Founder and CEO at Saugatuck
Technology and Reuben Hendell, Managing Partner at Barrytown Group
This fireside chat will focus on the leading trends in digital commerce today related to the consumer shopping experience, how the digital experience interacts with bricks and mortar (both at home and in the store), the role of omni-channel strategies, and how technology is playing a crucial role. Furthermore, we will discuss how data enables these efforts, and the key challenges that today’s myriad data opportunities represent.
· Panel: Digital Expectations Shaping the Future Business – and IT
Session
Leader: Bruce Guptill, Research Fellow at Saugatuck
Technology
Panelists: Eileen Feretic, Editor-in-Chief, Baseline
and CIO Insight at QuinStreet, Esmarelda
Swartz, CMO at MetraTech, Ron Exler,
Strategy Consultant at Saugatuck Technology, Alex Bakker, Research Director at
Saugatuck Technology
Studies by Saugatuck, IBM, McKinsey and others continue to show that the "digital expectations" of customers and partners increase almost daily. Session key issues include: How will expectations shape and re-shape IT and business – for buyers and sellers? How will these technologies and services evolve? How should CIOs, CMOs and CFOs collaborate to streamline the effects of these changes – while fostering and rewarding business innovation?
· IDC Cloud Research, http://www.idc.com/prodserv/FourPillars/Cloud/index.jsp;jsessionid=A0E08C8993CC53F5BC663C73596CE535
· Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure as a Service App Development, Louis Columbus, May 9, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/05/09/amazon-web-services-leading-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-service-app-development/
· Roundup of Cloud Computing Forecasts and Market Estimate, 2015, by Luis Columbus, 1/24/2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2015/01/24/roundup-of-cloud-computing-forecasts-and-market-estimates-2015/
IDC Forecasts worldwide public IT cloud services spending to reach nearly $108 billion by 2017 as focus shifts from saving to innovation, Sept. 3, 2013, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24298013
IDC Predicts nearly two-thirds of global competitive strategies will required 3rd platform IT as service (ITasS) by 2016, Jan. 28, 2015, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25404515
Global Cloud Computing Market Forecast 2015-2020, http://www.marketresearchmedia.com/?p=839
|
Cloud Computing Catagories |
Transition and Management Service |
Growth |
Geography |
|
· IaaS · PaaS · SaaS · ITaaS |
· Transition planning · Interoperability & Middleware · Training · Compliance & Security |
· Mobile cloud · HPC in the cloud · In-memory cloud |
· Americas, EMEA, Asia/Pacific Rim · Top 12 countries |
Cloud Solution Providers
· Platform
o Microsoft Cloud, http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/microsoftcloud/platform/default.aspx?WT.mc_id=Search_google_OneCom__virtualization%20software&OCID=COM_SEM_google_#fbid=0U-jh0EiasM
§ Microsoft Azure, Windows Server, and Microsoft System Center
The Top Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) vendors, http://www.clouds360.com/iaas.php
· Amazon AWS
· AT&T
· BlueLock
· CA Technologies
· Cloud Scaling
· DataPipe
Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2015, http://cloudspectator.com/2015/01/best-iaas-providers-2015/
· Benchmarking Iaas Providers
· Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2015, http://connect.cloudspectator.com/cloud-vendor-benchmark-2015-pdf-download
· Top 10 IaaS Vendors
o Amazon EC2
o CenturyLink Cloud, http://www.centurylinkcloud.com/
o DigitalOcean, https://www.digitalocean.com/
o Google Cloud, https://cloud.google.com/
o HP Helion, http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-overview.html
o IBM SoftLayer, http://www.softlayer.com/
o Joyent, https://www.joyent.com/
o Microsoft Azure, http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
o Rackspace Cloud, http://www.rackspace.com/cloud
o Verizon Cloud, http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/consumer/products/verizon-cloud.html
Microsoft Azure Iaas, http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_US_sem_google_UB_UBInfrastructureSolution_VirtualMachines_iaas&WT.srch=1
· Recorded webinars, http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/webinars/
Amazon Web services
· Analyst Reports, http://aws.amazon.com/resources/analyst-reports/
IaaS vendors
PaaS vendors
· IBM Cloud Marketplace, http://www.ibm.com/marketplace/cloud/us/en-us/
SaaS vendors
Virtualized Machines
For the purposes of
· Server consolidation
· Fault containment
· Security and resource management
X86 CPU Architecture Extension to directly support virtualization in hardware
Comparison of Platform Virtualization Software, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtualization_software
Agnostic Virtualization Comparison, http://www.virtualizationmatrix.com/matrix.php?category_search=all&free_based=1
· VMAare vSphere 5.5 (Enterprise Plus – with OM)
· Readhat REHV 3.3
· Microsoft HyperV (Data Center)
· Citrix XenServer 6.2 (Commercial Edition)
Matrices for Comparison
· Content
· Assessment: Overview, Maturity, Market Position
· Pricing
· Updates & Backup
· Deployment
A Comparison of Software and Hardware Techniques for x86 Virtualization, by Keith Adams and Ole Agesen, https://www.vmware.com/pdf/asplos235_adams.pdf
· Presentation slide, University of Wisconsin – Madison, http://Fresearch.cs.wisc.edu%2Fareas%2Fos%2FSeminar%2Fschedules%2Farchive%2Fvmware_osseminar.ppt
Competitive Strategies
· Service Innovation and maturity (with priority)
· Focus on financial costs and benefits (consumption basis vs. traditional cost-budget basis)
· IT Infrastructure
o Transform Data Centers
o Infrastructure Modernization
· Business continuity & disaster recovery
· Big data analytics
· Globalization vs. localization
IDC Forecasts worldwide public IT cloud services spending to reach nearly $108 billion by 2017 as focus shifts from saving to innovation, Sept. 3, 2013, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24298013
IDC Predicts nearly two-thirds of global competitive strategies will required 3rd platform IT as service (ITasS) by 2016, Jan. 28, 2015, http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25404515
Global Cloud Computing Market Forecast 2015-2020, http://www.marketresearchmedia.com/?p=839
|
Cloud Computing Categories |
Transition and Management Service |
Growth |
Geography |
|
· IaaS · PaaS · SaaS · ITaaS |
· Transition planning · Interoperability & Middleware · Training · Compliance & Security |
· Mobile cloud · HPC in the cloud · In-memory cloud |
· Americas, EMEA, Asia/Pacific Rim · Top 12 countries |
Cloud Solution Providers
· Platform
o Microsoft Cloud, http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/microsoftcloud/platform/default.aspx?WT.mc_id=Search_google_OneCom__virtualization%20software&OCID=COM_SEM_google_#fbid=0U-jh0EiasM
§ Microsoft Azure, Windows Server, and Microsoft System Center
The Top Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) vendors, http://www.clouds360.com/iaas.php
· Amazon AWS
· AT&T
· BlueLock
· CA Technologies
· Cloud Scaling
· DataPipe
Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2015, http://cloudspectator.com/2015/01/best-iaas-providers-2015/
· Benchmarking Iaas Providers
· Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2015, http://connect.cloudspectator.com/cloud-vendor-benchmark-2015-pdf-download
· Top 10 IaaS Vendors
o Amazon EC2
o CenturyLink Cloud, http://www.centurylinkcloud.com/
o DigitalOcean, https://www.digitalocean.com/
o Google Cloud, https://cloud.google.com/
o HP Helion, http://www8.hp.com/us/en/cloud/helion-overview.html
o IBM SoftLayer, http://www.softlayer.com/
o Joyent, https://www.joyent.com/
o Microsoft Azure, http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
o Rackspace Cloud, http://www.rackspace.com/cloud
o Verizon Cloud, http://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/consumer/products/verizon-cloud.html
Microsoft Azure Iaas, http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/?WT.mc_id=azurebg_US_sem_google_UB_UBInfrastructureSolution_VirtualMachines_iaas&WT.srch=1
· Recorded webinars, http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/webinars/
Amazon Web services
· Analyst Reports, http://aws.amazon.com/resources/analyst-reports/
IBM IaaS
IBM
· Cloud service for your virtual infrastructure, Part I: IaaS and Eucalyptus, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cloud-virtual1/
· Cloud computing service models, Part 1: Infrastructure as a Service, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud/library/cl-cloudservices1iaas/
Characteristics of cloud service
Types of Cloud Services
Topology a single-cluster Eucalyptus installation
Topology of a Multi-cluster Eucalyptus installation