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Client Inquiry:What Advantages — Besides Reduced Cost — Does A Public Cloud Service Offer?

When servers in the cloud fall over, no one's rushing to stand them back up. Is the general mentality and service structure of a cloud service inherently different than that of a private hosted...

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Tool:Most Commonly Cited Cloud Platforms

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Tool:Forrester Wave™: IT Consolidation Consultancies, Q4 '10

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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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Report:Justifying Your Cloud Investment: Test And Development

Improve Time-To-Market And Lighten Lab Management Burdens

It's one thing to say infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals need to invest in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing; it's quite another to justify the financial and resource...

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Client Inquiry:Autonomous Cloud Deployment

What are trends around building on top of Amazon (Web Services, cloud, EC2, etc.)? People in our organization were just "fooling around" with Amazon, but now it seems they are locked in and will go...

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Client Inquiry:What Are The Trends Around Autonomous Cloud Deployment?

What are trends around building on top of Amazon (Web Services, cloud, EC2, etc.)? People in our organization were just "fooling around" with Amazon, but now it seems they are locked in and will go...

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Report:Ignoring Cloud Risks A Growing Gap Between I&O And The Business

Navigating The Shifts In Computing Infrastructure

Over the past several years, we've seen two key cloud trends in the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) space: 1) Public cloud adoption rates are highest among "informal buyers" (non-IT employees),...

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Tool:Most Commonly Cited Cloud Platforms

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Report:Q&A: How To Get Private Cloud Right

From Scoping To Sizing To Incenting Use: Unconventional Thinking Is Required

Recent Forrester inquiries from enterprise infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals show that there's still significant confusion between infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) private clouds...

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Tool:Security Concerns Continue To Cloud The Use Of Public IaaS Offerings

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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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Client Inquiry:What Are The Best Practices For Building A Transformational Infrastructure Road Map?

We're in the process of building out a transformational infrastructure road map for our IT and business executives. What are some best practices for such an infrastructure road map?

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Report:You're Not Ready For Internal Cloud

But You Can Be: Here's How

Cloud computing — a standardized, self-service, pay-per-use deployment model — provides companies with rapid access to powerful and more flexible IT capabilities and at price points...

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Tool:Your Developers Are Embracing Cloud Computing Whether You Like It Or Not

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Report:Companies Building Private Clouds Focus On Infrastructure But Not Operations

Examining Peers' Investments In Private Cloud Reveals Uneven Spend

Almost one-quarter of the infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals polled in our Forrsights Hardware Survey, Q3 2010 said that building a private cloud is a high or critical priority for...

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Tool:Large Enterprises Partner With The Major Consultancies For IT Consolidation

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: IT Consolidation Consultancies, Q4 2010

Accenture And HP Lead A Strong Field Of Worldwide Providers

In Forrester's 40-criteria evaluation of IT consolidation consultancies, we found that Accenture and HP led the pack due to their breadth of capabilities and superior ability in business...

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Client Inquiry:How Should We Approach Consolidating Our Data Centers?

How should we approach consolidating our data centers?

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Tool:Nearly A Quarter Of Enterprises Prioritize Private Cloud, Up From 19% Last Year

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Tool:Cloud Builders Cite TCO, Time, And Efficiency Benefits From Their Virtualized Clouds

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Report:Justifying Your Cloud Investment: Web Sites

Web Sites Are Great First Candidates For Cloud Deployment

It's one thing to say infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals need to invest in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing; it's quite another to justify the financial and resource...

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Client Inquiry:The Evolution Of Cloud Delivery Using Business Partners As A Resource

Over the past year, what changes have you seen in the channel relating to delivery of cloud services using a business partner as a resource (cloud builder, cloud provider, cloud consulting, cloud...

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Report:The State Of Infrastructure-As-A-Service Cloud Standards

Cloud adoption, particularly of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), is still in the early-adopter phase, and as a result there are no set industry standards. For IT infrastructure and operations...

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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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