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Michael Coté

Research Director, Infrastructure Software

cote@451research.com

@cote – http://cote.io

Responsible for systems management, application development, cloud software, and misc. “infrastructure software” agenda.

Before 451 I worked Dell in corporate strategy/M&A for software & cloud; as an analyst for 6+ years at RedMonk; software developer for 10+ years.

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2012 2014 2018

CaaS Forecast ($bn)

IaaS PaaS ISaaS

The public cloud market is growing at a 29% CAGR

Source: “Cloud Computing Market Overview,” 451 Research, August 2014.

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Infrastructure

as a Service

Stand-

Alone

PaaS

PaaS

from

SaaS

Integration

as a Service

(iPaaS)

IT Management

as a Service

Online

Backup/

Recovery

Cloud

Archiving

IT Service

Management

Systems Network

Monitoring &

Management

Resource

Utilization,

Capacity Planning

and Billing

Platform as a ServiceInfrastructure Software

as a Service

Cloud Computing as a Service

Don’t like applications? Public cloud is much more than SaaS

Source: “Cloud Computing Market Overview,” 451 Research, August 2014.

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If your friends jumped off a bridge…

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29%

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Jan-11 Apr-11 Jul-11 Oct-11 Jan-12 Apr-12 Jul-12 Oct-12 Jan-13 Apr-13 Jul-13 Oct-13 Jan-14 Apr-14 Jul-14

Corporate Market: Public and Private Cloud Usage(451 ChangeWave, private not tracked until Jul 2012)

% using public cloud % using private cloud

Source: Two studies, the first with 1,137 respondents, the second with 1,097, involved in their company's IT buying decisions

participated in the January 2014 and July 2014 survey, including 470 and 445 whose company currently use public cloud.

ChangeWave Research is a service of 451 Research, from "Corporate Cloud Computing Trends," 451 ChangeWave, Feb, 2014 and "Corporate Cloud Computing Trends," 451 ChangeWave, Aug 2014.

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Enterprise IT priorities are shifting from savings to growth

Allocate 100 points among the following five goals as they relate to your company or organization

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2521

22

21

1114

12 15

2013n=1540

2014n=2041

Lower risk

Speed time to market

Improve product or service quality

Lower costs

Increase revenue

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21

20

21 2125

20

20 20 26

1215 15 12

12 15 16 16

Smalln=480

Mediumn=700

Largen=704

Govt/Educn=157

Priorities by Company Size

Source: Multiple 451 Research surveys

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Use a workload-based approach to define your cloud provider strategy

Source: "The Best Execution Venue: Positioning for the Next Wave of Change in Enterprise IT Infrastructure," 451 Research, July, 2014.

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