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CloudScape Research Team  

Founder/Chief Analyst
John Abbott

Principal Analyst
William Fellows

Research Director
Sean Hackett

Research Director - Hosting & Cloud Computing
Antonio Piraino

Research Director, Storage
Simon Robinson

Research Director, Infrastructure Computing for the Enterprise (ICE)
Rachel Chalmers

Research Director, Enterprise Security Program (ESP)
Josh Corman

Research Director, Mobility
Chris Hazelton

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About CloudScape

451 CloudScape is an interdisciplinary research and advisory program from the 451 Group and Tier1 Research, providing detailed insight, advice and analysis targeting cloud practitioners.

CloudScape draws on the unique expertise of The 451, with its ten year history of insight into grid, utility, and cloud computing, and Tier1 Research, the leading analyst company covering hosting, internet infrastructure and IT services.

Insight is delivered via daily commentary, long format reports, analyst advisory services, events and webinars.


Recent CloudScape Reports:

Cloud Storage On-Ramps
Nov 2011 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Conducting the Cloud: Orchestration - With a Focus on Test & Development
Oct 2011 - Buy - Exec. Summary

The Coming PaaS World War
Jul 2011 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Telcos Align Growth Strategies With the Cloud
May 2011 - Buy - Exec. Summary

State of SaaS 2011
May 2011 - Buy - Exec. Summary

How to Become a Cloud Supplier
Apr 2011 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Codex 2011
Jan 2011 - Exec. Summary

Cloud Computing Is Set To Reshape the Asia-Pacific ICT Market
Dec 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Mobile Device Management in the Cloud
Nov 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud E-Discovery
Nov 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Archiving: A New Model for Enterprise Data Retention
Oct 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Seeding the Clouds
Aug 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Heavyweights Shape the IaaS Landscape
Aug 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

IT is Cloud – To Infrastructure and Beyond
Jun 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

PaaS and the Cloud
Mar 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

SaaS and the Cloud
Mar 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Outlook 2010
Feb 2010 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Managing the Cloud: Automation
Dec 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Managing the Cloud: Performance
Nov 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Infrastructure Services 2: Here Come The Heavyweights
Oct 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Identity in the Cloud: Winds of Change Forecast
Oct 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Journeys in the Cloud
Oct 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Storage: Enabling the Distributed Datacenter
Sep 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Codex
Jul 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Cloud Infrastructure Services 1: Managed Hosters
Jul 2009 - Buy - Exec. Summary

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Recent CloudScape Digests:

Cloud Digest November 2009
Nov 2009

Cloud Digest October 2009
Oct 2009

Cloud Digest September 2009
Sep 2009

Cloud Digest August 2009
Aug 2009

Cloud Digest July 2009
Jul 2009

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Upcoming CloudScape Reports:

Cloud Transition Index
Dec 2011


Related CloudScape Research

Fujitsu ties its cloud into Azure as a hybrid offering

The company is taking advantage of its leadoff position with Azure and bringing hybrid IaaS/PaaS cloud services to market with a range of deployment and service-delivery models.

MIS / Market Development, 9 Dec 2011

William Fellows

SaaS in high demand as IBM bags DemandTec

Big Blue is buying 'big data' supply-chain management vendor DemandTec for a half-billion dollars. While DemandTec is getting attention for the per-share premium IBM offered, other public SaaS firms are also benefiting from the sector's growing interest.

TDM / Deal Analysis, 8 Dec 2011

Ben Kolada, Jay Lyman

Alcatel-Lucent and HP team up for carrier-grade cloud

HP brings the IT, and Alcatel-Lucent brings the network for this attempt to drive carrier-class network service provisioning into the dynamic, on-demand world of cloud.

MIS / Market Development, 8 Dec 2011

William Fellows

Data, systems management or devops likely to drive Red Hat's next deal

The company continues to expand based on RHEL, JBoss and its efforts in IaaS and PaaS, and is an active acquirer. So what's next for the open source poster child?

TDM / Acquirer IQ, 7 Dec 2011

Jay Lyman

PATRIOTism, the cloud and the rise of jurisdiction shopping

No cloud conversation, let alone cloud conference, would seem to be complete now without some reference to the Patriot Act and data privacy/protection. However, there appear to be many expert opinions but few actual answers.

MIS / Spotlight, 7 Dec 2011

William Fellows

Hybrid Amazon clouds are driving opportunity for Eucalyptus Systems

Eucalyptus is now on to version 3 of its core product, with a focus on high availability and a target audience of enterprises. Amazon and hybrid clouds continue to propel the company.

MIS / Market Development, 6 Dec 2011

William Fellows

Maldivica aims to seed service providers with data for cloud success

The two-person startup has yet to release its first cloud storage gateway virtual appliance, but its intention to work exclusively with service providers makes it one to watch in the New Year.

MIS / Impact Report, 6 Dec 2011

Simon Robinson

In largest-ever SaaS deal, SAP looks to SuccessFactors for success in the cloud

SAP is paying a double-digit multiple for the HCM vendor after its homegrown SaaS efforts failed to go 'by design,' as it were. The combination faces many challenges, but the infrequent acquirer has seen good early returns from its big purchase of Sybase.

TDM / Deal Analysis, 5 Dec 2011

Brenon Daly

Duo Security looks to shake up authentication market with mobile and service focus

Founded by Arbor Networks alums, Duo is one of a new breed of vendors with a fresh view of authentication, looking to mobile computing as a vehicle to extend the reach of the technology. Can Duo pull ahead of the pack with a services architecture?

MIS / Impact Report, 5 Dec 2011

Steve Coplan

OpSource tackles commercial software licenses in the cloud

The company takes a new approach to an old problem, looking to make progress on commercial licensing for cloud.

MIS / Market Development, 5 Dec 2011

William Fellows, Carl Brooks, Agatha Poon

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