Abstract
This document is about Utility Computing: Market Adoption Road Maps and
Customer Requirements
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Utility Computing Demand-Side Survey
- Methodology
- Respondents
- Interviews
- Survey Schedule
- Data Weighting
- Data Analysis
- Respondent Profile
- Company Size
- Figure: Respondents by Company Size
- Figure: Respondents by Company Revenue
- Industry
- Figure: Respondents by Industry
- Executive Summary
- Industry Impacts
- Shift to Virtual Utilities
- Intelligent Sourcing
- Disruptive Factors
- Platform Strategies
- Competitive Challenges
- Value Creation
- Market Needs and Expectations
- Transformational Events
- Emerging Markets
- Technology Adoption
- Mindshare and Messaging
- Adoption Cycles
- Business Models
- Sourcing Models
- Transformational Requirements
- Contractual Arrangements
- Packaging
- Situation Overview
- Key Market Trends: Transformational Events
- Emerging Markets
- Figure: Current and Planned Strategies for Leveraging Emerging Markets by Company Size
- New Technologies
- Figure: Current and Planned Deployment of New Technologies
- Mindshare and Messaging
- Impact
- Figure: Utility Computing Services Mindshare by Company Size
- Figure: Familiarity with Term Utility Computing Services by Company Size
- Figure: Usefulness of Explanation of Term Utility Computing Services by Company Size
- Figure: Ability to Communicate Utility Computing Services Concept by Company Size
- Adoption Cycles
- Utility Computing Patterns of Adoption
- Impact
- Figure: Current and Planned Utility Computing Services Usage
- Figure: Current and Planned Managed Private Utility Usage by Company Size
- Figure: Current and Planned Public Utility Usage by Company Size
- Figure: Current and Planned SaaS Usage by Company Size
- Figure: Current and Planned Managed Private Utility Usage by Industry
- Figure: Current and Planned Public Utility Usage by Industry
- Figure: Current and Planned SaaS Usage by Industry
- Application Preferences
- Impact
- Table: Application Priorities by Company Size: Managed Private Utility
- Table: Application Priorities by Company Size: Public Utility
- Table: Application Priorities by Company Size: SaaS
- Business Model Usages
- Impact
- Figure: Utility Computing Services Business Model Usage by Company Size
- Value Proposition
- Figure: Top Benefits of Utility Computing as an Outsourced Service by Company Size
- Figure: Inhibitors to Procuring Utility Computing Services
- Sourcing Models
- Impact
- Figure: Preferred Method of Procuring Utility Computing Services by Company Size
- Figure: Provider Business Model Preferences by Company Size
- Table: Provider Preferences by Company Size
- Transformational Requirements
- Impact
- Figure: Professional Services Requirements: Rehosting or Replatforming
- Figure: Professional Services Requirements: Integration Services
- Contractual Requirements
- Impact
- Figure: Utility Computing Services Contract Length by Company Size
- Figure: Utility Computing Services Pricing Preferences by Company Size
- Packaging
- Impact
- Figure: Utility Computing Services Packaging Preferences by Company Size
- Figure: Storage Utility Bundling Preferences by Company Size
- Future Outlook
- Enterprise and User Consumption of "Virtualized" Utilities
- Figure: Personal Portals: Consuming Virtual Utilities
- Figure: Mashup Business Models: Leveraging Virtual Utilities Scenario 1
- Figure: Mashup Business Models: Leveraging Virtual Utilities Scenario 2
- Figure: Mashup Business Models: Leveraging Virtual Utilities Scenario 3
- Figure: Mashup Business Models: Leveraging Virtual Utilities Scenario 4
- Figure: Mashup Business Models: Leveraging Virtual Utilities Scenario 5
- Building Blocks for Virtualized Utilities: Intelligent Sourcing Ecosystems
- Figure: Four Key Areas Transforming Intelligent Sourcing Ecosystems
- Transformational Factors in the New "Virtual" World
- Service Procurement
- Figure: Transformation of Old World to New Virtual World Service Procurement
- Business Rules
- Figure: Business Rules in Old World Versus New Virtual World
- Disruptive Factors in the World of Virtual Utilities
- Table: Summary of Disruptions in the World of Virtual Utilities
- Platform Strategies
- Platform Models
- Internal Versus External
- Figure: Platform Business Models
- Multidomain Versus Single Domains
- Competitive Challenges
- Figure: Bottom-Up Competitive Threats
- Figure: Emerging Market Competitive Threats
- Driving Value
- Table: Five Key Building Blocks to Value Creation
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Appendix: Survey Instrument
- Overview
- Questionnaire
- Section 1
- Section 2: Technology Investments
- Section 3: Familiarity with Utility Computing
- Figure: Public Utility Model
- Figure: Software-as-a-Service Model
- Section 4: Use of Utility Computing Services
- Table: Utility Computing Usage
- Section 5: Preferences for Utility Computing Services Packaging
- Table: Utility Computing Usage by Application Function
- Section 6: Online Providers of Utility Computing Services
- Section 7: Spending on Utility Computing Services
- Section 8: Organizational Profile
- Section 9: Respondent Profile
- Synopsis
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