Strategy Analytics Business Cloud Strategies

Amazon Web Services is Taking Care of Business for Enterprise Cloud Customers

Mark Levitt — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud offerings are already delivering a major disruption to the way IT infrastructure hardware, software and services are acquired and used. AWS cloud data centers, combined with very frequent price reductions and enterprise service releases are attracting the attention of small, medium and large enterprises and government agencies that spent more than $2B last year on AWS services. This Insight provides an analysis of what AWS has done right in addressing the needs of large enterprise and government customers and what it still needs to do to reach its goal of becoming the #1 provider of cloud services to enterprises. Included are historical and forecasted global AWS cloud services revenue for 2008-2017.

Keywords: Amazon, cloud, IaaS, PaaS, BCS

Zipwhip's Cloud Texting Service Brings Business Landlines to the SMS Club

Gina Luk — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Text messaging is an extremely powerful and popular tool that many people choose over other ways of communicating. However, texting has been limited to mobile devices and inaccessible to landline phones. This Insight looks at how Zipwhip's cloud texting service will enable businesses to use their landline phone numbers for communicating more effectively and efficiently with customers and others who prefer texting.

Keywords: Advertising, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Enterprise, Healthcare, Insurance, Messaging, Professional Services, Real Estate, Retail, Zipwhip, Advertising, Messaging, texting, landline, Applications

Global Business Cloud Services Revenue Market Shares, 2012, and Forecasts, 2010-2017

Mark Levitt — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This model provides global revenue/shares of top business cloud service providers and forecasts of business cloud services revenue by cloud service type (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), cloud service mode (public, private) and geography (Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, North America, Central & Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa).

Keywords: Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Amazon, Cisco, Citrix, CSC, Fujitsu, Google, IBM, Microsoft, NetSuite, salesforce.com, SAP, Symantec, BCS

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Professional Services Firms Find Productivity in the Clouds But Need Help Finding Connections to Security and Mobility

Mark Levitt — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

To what degree are professional services firms adopting cloud computing? What types of clouds are being adopted and why? What can cloud providers do to be more successful with professional services firms?

Keywords: Cloud, Collaboration, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Security, Professional Services, bcs

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Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Firms Treat Themselves to Clouds

Mark Levitt — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

According to the Strategy Analytics 2012 global survey of 289 pharmaceutical & healthcare firms, business clouds are having a major impact on corporate IT.

Keywords: Cloud, Collaboration, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Security, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, BCS

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Top Business Cloud Predictions for 2013: Security, Cannibalization and Mobility

Mark Levitt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Business clouds will reach a level of mass adoption and maturity that will create challenges and opportunities for service providers, enterprise IT product vendors, and their customers in 2013. After years of rising adoption, 2013 will be occupied by efforts to address security threats, cloud cannibalization, and mobile clouds.

Keywords: Enterprise, business, cloud, predictions, Cloud, Enterprise Applications, Mobile Workforce, Security, Computers, Enterprise, Manufacturing, Service Providers, Software, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, BCS

Getting the Right Mix of Clouds for Large Enterprises

Mark Levitt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

To what degree are large enterprises adopting cloud computing? What types of clouds are being adopted and why? What can cloud providers do to be more successful with large enterprises?

Keywords: Cloud, Collaboration, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Security, bcs

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Enterprise Mobility and Cloud Predictions, 2013

Mark Levitt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Enterprise mobility and clouds will reach a level of mass adoption and maturity that will create challenges and opportunities for service providers, enterprise IT product vendors, and their customers in 2013. After years of rising adoption of business mobility and clouds, 2013 will be occupied by efforts to reconcile these two with security threats, corporate management, non-cloud environments, and other factors.

Keywords: Enterprise, business, mobile, cloud, predictions, Vendors, bcs

Manufacturing Firms Look to the Clouds to Support Cyclical Needs

Mark Levitt — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

According to the Strategy Analytics 2012 global survey of 285 manufacturing organizations, business clouds are having a major impact on corporate IT.

Keywords: Cloud, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, Infrastructure, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Manufacturing, bcs

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Can IBM's Strategy to Build Customer Private Clouds and IBM and Partner Cloud Services Protect its One Hundred Billion Dollar Business?

Mark Levitt — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

With a $100B IT software, hardware and services business, IBM faces significant risk when major industry or customer shifts occur. In response to high customer demand for cloud computing, IBM stated a goal of reaching $7B in annual cloud revenue by 2015 and began modifying its product and service portfolios and pursuing partnerships with service providers to become a leading provider of diverse cloud solutions. This Strategy Analytics Insight examines the impact that the cloud will likely have on IBM's current hardware, software and consulting businesses and presents our estimates of historical and forecasted IBM cloud revenue from 2010 through 2015 by type (hardware, software, consulting services, and cloud services). It also examines IBM's cloud product and go-to-market strategies that focus on providing the building blocks and expertise for building private clouds in customer data centers and public and private cloud services hosted by IBM and service provider partners.

Keywords: IBM, cloud, infrastructure, partners, service providers, SaaS, IaaS, bcs

Chinese Organizations Adopt SaaS and Other Business Clouds

Mark Levitt — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

According to the Strategy Analytics 2012 enterprise survey in China, business clouds are having a major impact on corporate IT.

Keywords: Apps, Cloud, Collaboration, IaaS, Infrastructure, PaaS, SaaS, Security, bcs

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Government and Education Actively Recruit Clouds for Public Service According to 2012 Global Survey

Mark Levitt — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

According to the Strategy Analytics 2012 global survey of 299 government and education organizations, business clouds are having a major impact on corporate IT.

Keywords: Cloud, Collaboration, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Education, Government, BCS

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Business Clouds and the Case of Big Data Analytics - Buyers and Suppliers Need to be on the Same Page

Mark Levitt — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The dramatic shift in the IT industry toward business cloud services is creating stronger relationships between buyers and their suppliers. Business-to-business (B2B) services delivered from clouds offer corporate buyers greater flexibility, scalability, visibility, manageability and efficiency for business users. For service providers, B2B cloud services create opportunities for developing new business as well as lowering the costs of current operations. Whether these benefits will be fully realized will depend on how well buyers and suppliers communicate about choosing among the many options for B2B cloud service types and deployment models. This report examines the benefits and opportunities for IT providers, service providers and their buyers for application and infrastructure workloads delivered from clouds, and the challenges in positioning these services that must be addressed to drive further adoption. Big data analytics are good examples of workloads that provide maximum benefits from moves to the cloud when buyers and suppliers work together on the best fitting combinations of cloud options.

Keywords: business cloud, big data, analytics, Cloud, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, analytics, big data, bcs

Business Clouds are on F.I.R.E as Financial, Insurance and Real Estate Firms Increase Cloud Investments According to 2012 Global Survey

Mark Levitt — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMT

According to the Strategy Analytics 2012 global survey of 315 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate (F.I.R.E) companies, business clouds are having a major impact on corporate IT. Our survey reveals that F.I.R.E firms around the world are:

- Increasing investments in business clouds, especially in Software as a Service (SaaS), and more than most other verticals
- Relying on private and public clouds for mission critical business applications including email, CRM, ERP, and web, audio and video conferencing
- Moving applications to the clouds despite security concerns to take advantage of flexible scalability over traditional on-premise software deployments
- Choosing business cloud services and providers that help make work easier for both IT staff and business users

Keywords: Cloud, Collaboration, Communications, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Security, Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate, bcs

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SMBs Run on Business Clouds According to 2012 Global Survey

Mark Levitt — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) with 1-250 employees have been among the early adopters of business clouds. Unlike larger enterprises with more substantial corporate IT staffing and architectural resources, SMBs have kept their internal IT operations simple and slim, relying on third parties when more complex solutions were needed. According to Strategy Analytics survey of 840 SMBs in Q1 2012, business clouds are playing a major role in SMB IT operations.

Keywords: Cloud, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, BCS

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Getting Down to Business with Cloud Readiness Assessments

Mark Levitt — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Businesses of all sizes, regions and vertical industries are moving applications and infrastructure to business clouds, according to the Strategy Analytics Enterprise Q1 2012 global survey. But are they ready for the next wave of transitions to the clouds that will have deeper and broader impacts on business? This report examines how the current crop of cloud readiness assessment tools from cloud product vendors and service providers can effectively engage businesses to discuss technological preparedness but fail to include sufficient consideration of workforce and other business factors that are equally relevant to evaluating readiness for choosing the most beneficial cloud types and deployment options. It wraps up with a view of clouds at the London 2012 Olympics.

Keywords: Business cloud, SaaS, enterprise apps, public cloud, private cloud, CIO, corporate IT, BCS

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Microsoft Surface Tablet: A Business Perspective on a Risky Strategy

Mark Levitt — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Microsoft made a ground-breaking announcement on June 18 that it plans to release several Microsoft Surface tablets under its own brand running Windows 8 and Windows RT (Real Time). This risky decision, that could alienate its OEM partners, suggests the following assumptions about the business tablet market being made by Microsoft which may or may not prove to be correct:

- Microsoft's partners are unlikely to beat Apple, Google and other tablet makers in the business tablet market without a Microsoft offering to jump start the Windows tablet category.
- Microsoft is able to beat Apple iOS and Google Android devices with its own branded products in the business tablet market because of its experience, software and services for helping business customers secure and manage Windows devices.
- Business tablets are sufficiently important for the future of Microsoft's software business based on Windows 8 to justify the risk of co-opetition pushing its OEM partners to focus on the Android tablet market.

This Insight analyzes these assumptions as well as the risks and opportunities involved for Microsoft and its partners.

Keywords: Microsoft, tablet, Windows, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, partner,TTS,EESS,TTS Metrics,case studies,Applications, Vendors, Devices, 3LM , Apple, Good Technology, Google, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Android, iPad, Business Tablet

Business Cloud Adoption Soars According to Enterprise Q1 2012 Survey

Mark Levitt — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT

The cloud is described so often as a fundamental building block for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by software and hardware vendors and service providers that one wonders whether corporate customer adoption of the cloud has caught up to the hype. Strategy Analytics conducted a survey in Q1 2012 of 1750 organizations in the US, UK, France, Germany, China, India, and Brazil to answer this and related questions.

Keywords: Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, South America, UK, US, Cloud, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, PaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Security, Software & OS, BCS, Western Europe

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BlackBerry Bites Back and goes Big on Developers with BB10

Andrew Brown — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Under-fire BlackBerry maker Research-in-Motion (RIM) came out fighting at its BlackBerry World keynote in Orlando on 1st May 2012, with CEO Thorsten Heins and other senior executives using the opportunity to highlight the core features of the forthcoming BlackBerry 10 platform and the support it has from the developer community.

Keywords: Apps, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, Cloud, Communications, Enterprise Applications, Handsets, HTML 5, Mobile Application Management, Mobile Business Applications, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Managed Services, Mobile Phone, Mobile Security, Mobile Service Management, Operating Systems, Private cloud, Public cloud, smartphone, Software & OS, Tablet, Telecommunications, touchscreen, Wireless, BB10, Apps, Consumer, Devices, Enterprise, Handsets, Software, Wireless, Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, Microsoft, QNX, RIM, Appcelerator, RIM, BlackBerry, BB10, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Devices, Vendors

HP Converged Cloud Manages Customer Needs and Its Own Strengths in the Cloud

Mark Levitt — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

This Insight looks at how the HP Converged Cloud announced on April 10, 2012, represents a cloud computing strategy that is well suited for HP because it elevates rather than disrupts existing corporate IT models for customers and HP. With this strategy, HP responds to rising customer interest in cloud computing while remaining focused on its core strengths of IT managed services and premium hardware systems based on open industry standards. The HP Converged Cloud approach and portfolio aim to help HP customers embrace change without risk. It allows their enterprise and service provider customers to incorporate cloud computing into their environments at their own pace by mixing and matching private, public and hybrid cloud systems and managed services with traditional IT infrastructures. While HP's new Cloud Services Ecosystem partner program is still in its early stages, it could be the most critical factor for HP's long term success in the cloud.

Keywords: enterprise, business, HP, IaaS, public cloud, private cloud, HP, enterprise, BCS, Cloud, Enterprise Applications, IaaS, Private cloud, Public cloud, SaaS, Software & OS, Akamai, Avaya, HP, Microsoft, SAP, Autonomy, Storage, partner ecosystem, corporate IT

Instant and Cloud Collaboration Drive Growth in Business Collaboration Applications

Mark Levitt — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Collaboration happens at the corporate intersection of people, information and processes. Its importance to the success of individuals, teams, organizations and market ecosystems has resulted in a steady stream of investment in collaboration applications. The additive nature of these products and services has meant that adoption of new types of collaboration does not cannibalize applications already in use. As a result, the amount that organizations spend on software license, maintenance, and subscriptions for collaboration applications has grown over time as email & calendaring users added real-time instant messaging and conferencing applications, as well as team and social collaboration solutions.

This Insight describes the major shifts that are occurring in spending on and usage of business collaboration applications. It provides projections of global business collaboration applications revenues (in US$M) for the following applications: email & calendaring, instant messaging & presence, web conferencing, and team & social collaboration. It presents this revenue forecast by geography (e.g. North America, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific, Central & Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa) and delivery model (e.g. on-premises software vs. Software as a Service). The report also provides a global forecast for business users of email & calendaring, instant messaging & presence and web conferencing (in millions). For these forecasts in spreadsheet format, see Global Business Collaboration Applications Revenues and Users, 2011-2017.

Keywords: business users, calendaring, collaboration, conferencing, email, messaging SaaS, software, BCS

Look Who's Talking Clouds Now: Avaya and NEC Roll Their Own Business UC Clouds at Enterprise Connect 2012

Mark Levitt — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

The cloud computing frenzy continued at Enterprise Connect 2012 in Orlando the week of March 26 as Avaya and NEC rolled out branded business UC cloud services and other vendors took to the stage and exhibits to display their cloud offerings.

Keywords: BCS, Avaya, cloud, Cisco, Comcast, Enterprise Connect, IBM, Jamcracker, Microsoft, NEC, ShoreTel, Siemens, West

Global Business Collaboration Applications Revenues and Users, 2011-2017

Mark Levitt — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMT

This forecast provides projections of global business collaboration applications revenues (in US$M)by application category, geography and delivery model (on-premises vs. SaaS). It also provides a global user forecast by application category (in millions).

Keywords: Apps, Cloud, Collaboration, Communications, Enterprise Applications, Public cloud, SaaS, Software & OS, Unified Communications, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Avaya, Cisco, Citrix, EMC, Google, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, Novell, Oracle, Research in Motion, SAP, Siemens, Messaging, Open Text, email, conferencing, calendar, BCS

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BYOD, Security and Clouds Hover Over Mobile World Congress 2012

Mark Levitt — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Despite the sunny weather, BYOD, security and cloud could be found floating all over Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona held on February 29-March 1, 2012. The increasingly critical importance of mobility in both business and consumer realms was evident in 2012 being the largest MWC ever with 67,000 attendees and ~15,000 companies exhibiting. This Insight takes a look at several key business devices, mobile device management (MDM) solutions and business cloud announcements and discussions at the conference.

Keywords: MWC, mobile, smartphone, tablet, cloud, Cloud, Enterprise Mobility Management, Hybrid cloud, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Service Management, smartphone, Tablet, Vendors

Building Better Apps for Massively Mobile Business Motivates IBM to Acquire Worklight

Mark Levitt — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

After more than a decade of helping customers extend web content to mobile devices on a relatively small scale, IBM will be bringing to its customers efficient, mass production of business-to-business (B2C) and business-to-consumer (B2C) mobile apps that are capable of offering compelling user experiences on any device. With the proliferation of mobile devices for business and consumer use, organizations that have been developing limited numbers of apps for particular mobile devices are now facing the need to develop large numbers of highly capable and engaging apps for all mobile devices in more cost-effective ways. In response, IBM has announced its intention of acquiring Worklight, a provider of a mobile enterprise and consumer application platform consisting of application development, server and client middleware, and management software for creating HTML5 and hybrid native/HTML5 mobile applications infused with corporate information from enterprise applications and repositories.

Keywords: IBM, Worklight, web, mobile, software, application, development, integration, BCS, Apps, HTML 5, Mobile Application Management, Mobile Device Management, smartphone, Tablet

Top Enterprise Trends in 2012: Business-Class Cloud, Mobile, Social and Location Products and Services All Boarding in 2012

Mark Levitt — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Enterprises of all sizes have been searching for ways to be more competitive by being able to respond faster and smarter to customer and market demands. The costs and time needed to launch new initiatives following the normal rules have made this difficult. As a result, many organizations have felt the need to disregard long standing rules intended for their protection or look for new ways to conduct business. In 2012, organizations are expected to embrace cloud, mobile, social and location products and services that will provide the insights and interactions needed to allow them to have their user-friendly technology and manage it too.

Keywords: trends, predictions, enterprise, cloud, mobility, management, ease of use, BCS

Global Cloud Services Revenues, 2010-2016

Andrew Brown — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics forecasts the global cloud computing services market which includes Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS) services purchased by SMBs and larger corporations for both public and private clouds.

Keywords: Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Extended enterprise, Storage, Security, BCS

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Global Cloud Computing Services Forecast and Analysis: Software, Infrastructure and Platform Development as a Service Move to the Mainstream

Andrew Brown — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This Cloud Computing report is designed as an update of the original 2008 Wireless Enterprise Strategies (WES) Report, What Does Cloud Computing Really Mean for the Enterprise and Mobility?

This document contains our latest analysis of the global cloud services market. It features forecasts for global cloud services revenue ($Mn) by type and geography for 2010-2016.

Keywords: BCS, Cloud, SaaS, Software & OS, IaaS, PaaS, Public cloud, Private cloud, Hybrid cloud, Service Providers, Services, Extended enterprise, SaaS, Amazon, AT&T, BT, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Google, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, NTT docomo, Oracle, Orange

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Moving Closer to the Mobile Enterprise: A Crowdsourced View from the Enterprise 2.0 Conference

Mark Levitt — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

With millions of workers fired up by the ease of use and rich capabilities of the latest smartphones and tablets backed by applications available for free or nearly free from app stores, enterprises and their solution providers are beginning to explore how becoming a mobile enterprise could represent a transformation in the way business is done. This was the focus of discussion at the new "mobile enterprise" track sessions at the Fall 2011 Enterprise 2.0 Conference held in Santa Clara, CA, on November 14-17, 2011.

Keywords: enterprise, mobility, mobile, location, social, Enterprise 2.0, Devices

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