Trends Report

Should There Be A Cloud Foundry In Your Future?

Awareness Runs High, But Few Understand The Rewards And Risks Of This Cloud Platform Choice

August 10th, 2015
John Rymer, null
John Rymer
Dave Bartoletti, null
Dave Bartoletti
With contributors:
Christopher Mines , Joseph Miller , Ian McPherson

Summary

The Cloud Foundry platform has all of the hallmarks of success: It has proven effective in speeding application delivery, is available as open source, is backed by HP, IBM, Intel, SAP, and VMware, is associated with OpenStack and Docker, and boasts strong name recognition. But success is not inevitable. Though the project is seven years old, customers are just starting to adopt Cloud Foundry, and the platform remains a complex choice freighted with risks that few customers, including application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals, understand. Read this report for a clear view of what Cloud Foundry is and for an understanding of the technology, people, and process strategies required to succeed with it.

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