Trends Report

Vendor Landscape: Hybrid Cloud Management Solutions Of Major Service Providers, Q2 2016

May 23rd, 2016
Naveen Chhabra, Principal Analyst
Naveen Chhabra Principal Analyst
Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst
Bill Martorelli Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Glenn O'Donnell , Eveline Oehrlich , Alice Ma , Vanessa Wegner , Bill Nagel

Summary

Service providers are relying more upon software assets and intellectual property (IP) when carrying out client engagements. This is certainly true with hybrid cloud management: Providers are building capabilities that in some cases are direct alternatives to products from independent software vendors (ISVs) and open source solutions. While service firms are making a welcome contribution to hybrid cloud management, it does come at a price: Infrastructure and operations (I&O) pros will find managing such managed service engagements more complex and must accommodate the treatment and disposition of supplier IP.

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