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The Impact of Cloud Computing on IT

Professional Services

Russ KleinVP, Technology Research Group

Director

Dick Csaplar

Senior Research Analyst

Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and Storage

April 30, 2010

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Who is the Aberdeen Group? Cloud Computing as an Emerging Technology Value Proposition of Cloud Computing Vendor Landscape Architecture Changing Competitive Landscape for IT

Professional Services Looking Ahead Aberdeen Recommendations Further Reading

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Aberdeen Group: Brief Overview

History Research Methodology Addressable Audience Marketing Services

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Cloud Computing: Emerging Technology?

History Evolution Early Adopters Late Adopters

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Cloud Computing: Value

Self-Service Uptime Measured Service Support Resource Pooling

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Cloud Computing: Vendor Landscape

SaaS PaaS IaaS EaaS MaaS XaaS

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Cloud Computing: Architecture

Virtualization Storage Hybrid Deployments Scalability Security and Privacy

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Changing Competitive Landscape

Disruptive Technology New Old Problems M&A Software

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Looking Ahead

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Aberdeen Recommends…

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Further Reading

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Questions?