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Report:TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q3 2009

As Much Diversity Of Maturity Across Categories As Confusion Among Them

The No. 1 challenge in cloud computing today is determining what it really is. What categories of services exist within the definition and business model, and how ready are these options for...

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Report:Market Overview: Private Cloud Solutions, Q2 2011

Five Solution Types To Choose From For Advancing Virtualization Maturity

Over the past year, client inquiry questions have evolved from "What is cloud?" to "What vendors should I consider?" This market overview examines the landscape of vendors providing solutions...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Which Cloud Computing Platform Is Right For You?

Understanding The Difference Between Public, Hosted, And Internal Clouds

Cloud computing platforms are more than just shared, multitenant infrastructures on the public Internet. There are actually three infrastructure-as-a-service cloud deployment options available to...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Q&A: By 2011, CIOs Must Answer The Question, "Why Not Run In The Cloud?"

But Finding A Good Place To Start Is A Challenge For Most Shops

At Forrester's IT Forum in Las Vegas in May 2009, we hosted an analyst panel about saving, making, and risking cash with cloud computing. The session sparked a lot of interest — and a lot of...

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Report:TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q4 2011

Maturity, Acquisitions, And Enterprise Experience Drive Cloud Use Forward

With interest in and priority for investment in cloud rising, concern and challenges remain regarding what is (and isn't) a cloud computing service and which options are safe, mature choices. To help...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Hollow Out The MOOSE: Reducing Cost With Strategic Rightsourcing

Operationalizing BTaaS And Determining What Infrastructure Services Not To Do Yourself

Leading IT shops are leveraging today's recessionary climate to transform their organizations and the portfolio of services they manage and maintain. A new business-technology-as-a-service model, put...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Are Converged Infrastructures Good For IT?

New Unified Solutions Strive To Accelerate Virtualization Maturity

IT pros have most of the basic ingredients to cook up their own cloud-like infrastructure — but there's no recipe, and many ingredients just don't combine well. Complicating the story are the...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Make The Cloud Enterprise Ready

In 2008, Forrester examined whether cloud computing was ready for the enterprise. In 2012, the answer is a definitive yes, but many enterprises aren't ready for the cloud. This report outlines the...

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Report:Market Overview: Public IaaS Clouds, Q4 2011, Part 1

How To Sift Through The Cloud Washing And Uncover True Value

While cloud computing is still in the early adopter phase, you're under executive pressure to develop a cloud strategy. And it's up to you to sort through the cloud washing and not only understand...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Rightsource Your Applications For The Cloud

Build/Buy Capabilities: The Cloud Computing Playbook

CIOs frequently ask us which applications they should consider moving to the cloud or replace with cloud services. Forrester provides you with a methodology to answer this question and help you...

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Report:Cloud Keys An Era Of New IT Responsiveness And Efficiency

Future Look: The Cloud Computing Playbook

The cloud landscape is shifting to cover a broader range of enterprise needs. Why? Cloud is curing the lack of responsiveness and economic flexibility that ails on-premises IT. Look for the popular...

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Report:IBM Delivers On Its Cloud Marketing

Smart Business Solutions For Cloud Deliver True Enterprise Value

After two years of concerted effort to engage enterprises in a dialogue about cloud computing, IBM has delivered substantive solutions based on these discussions. Its offerings are a...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Market Overview: Public IaaS Clouds, Q4 2011, Part 3

Cloud Platforms: Foundational Systems Could Strengthen Your Preferred Service Providers

A growing number of public infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) clouds are coming to market that share the same underlying capabilities, technologies, and interfaces. Rather than build their clouds...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Oracle Gets More Specific About Its Sun Plans

No Forced Migrations, But Only Some Sun Products Seem Strategic To Oracle

As the European Commission's (EC's) objections to the acquisition of Sun Microsystems continue to delay the deal, Oracle issued clarification on its intentions for Sun's technology, most notably its...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Case Study: Amylin's Strategic Rightsourcing Strategy

Amylin Shaves 15% Off Its IT Budget By Incorporating Cloud Services

To keep pace with a changing business model and rapidly changing technology demands, Amylin Pharmaceuticals had to dramatically change the way it delivered IT infrastructure services. This required...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Strategic Rightsourcing Application Portfolio Analysis Tool

This portfolio analysis tool is based on Forrester's strategic rightsourcing methodology and client best practices and can be specifically adapted to your organization's objective of identifying...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Q3 2012 Global Cloud Developer Online Survey Results

This PowerPoint deck presents the data gathered from Forrester’s Q3 2012 Global Cloud Developer Online Survey.  The survey fielded 106 responses; 56% from North America; 25% from Western...

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