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The
IT Utility: Journey to a Virtual Reality, 2006 - 2010
Document:
SSR-281
Date of Publication: October
19, 2006
Number of Pages: 28
Lead Author(s):
J. Cassell, C. Burns
Contributing Author(s): B.
Guptill, B. McNee
Price: $1,295.00
USD
(Single User License)
Report Overview: Utility Computing. On-demand Computing.
Enterprise
Agility. The IT Utility. Real Time Infrastructure.
Regardless of the label, the basic concept is remarkably
consistent.
Enterprise
executives want information technology acquired, delivered, used,
paid for, and managed in a manner similar to the way we use
electricity, natural gas, telephone service, and other commoditized
utilities.
The
attraction of the IT Utility
concept for users has three basic elements: 1) Savings, 2) Reliability/Availability, and 3) Agility/Flexibility. But
what is the reality of Utility Computing? Is it really a desirable
place to be? And how – and when – will we get there? Most importantly, given the real-world complexities of
migrating to an IT utility infrastructure, is user interest
justified?
The IT Utility: Journey to a Virtual Reality, 2006 - 2010 provides a comprehensive “reality check” for user and vendor
enterprises, by examining what it really takes to implement an
IT Utility environment. The report raises and answers
pressing IT Utility questions and challenges for users and vendors
– and provides a realistic “roadmap” for user executives to
follow in their journey when planning effective, efficient utility
computing for their enterprises.
To
produce this report, Saugatuck Technology has incorporated data and
insights from more than two years of research on the topic of the IT
Utility, including leveraging survey responses from several recent
research initiatives with more than 1,000 business and IT executives
worldwide, as well as deep-dive interviews with more than two dozen
user and vendor executives responsible for developing and
implementing utility computing strategies and offerings.
Research Summary:
Saugatuck research findings in the study include the following:
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Over 60 percent of large and mid-sized companies expect to, at minimum, be planning for an IT Utility deployment in 2006. By 2008, 60 percent plan to be in, at least, early deployment. |
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Over 65 percent of users will have virtualized the majority of their Windows and Linux servers by 2008. By 2010, over 60 percent of users will have virtualized a major portion of their entire server environment. |
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By the end of 2007, a majority of users will have contracted for infrastructure services on a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) basis. |
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A “Manager of Managers” – system management software capable of centralizing all management functions and repositories of status and application data for a heterogeneous environment – will be available in 2010. |
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A majority of IT Utility adopters will not gain the business benefits (agility, flexibility, etc.) until after 2008 when the required functionality becomes more available and mature. |
Press
Release / Media & BLOG Coverage
Executive Summary
Read This Report To Learn:
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What is the value/benefit of
implementing an IT Utility infrastructure? |
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How are customers beginning
to transition to an IT Utility infrastructure? |
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When will key technology
functionality to support the IT Utility be available? |
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What are the key challenges
to creating an IT Utility? And
how can these challenges best be overcome? |
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What is the impact of Open
Source software on the IT Utility? |
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How are the IT Utility and
Grid Computing related? |
Table Of
Contents:
Chapter
1: Introduction: Utility Computing - The Vision Unfolds
·
The
IT Utility: Saugatuck Planning Positions (SPPs)
·
Snapshot:
Today’s IT Utility Reality
Chapter
2: IT Utility Challenges and Inhibitors
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Challenge
1: Resource Sharing and Accounting/Chargeback
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Challenge
2: Security
·
Challenge
3: Workload Dispatching and Control - “State Awareness”
·
Challenge
4: Workload Dispatching and Control - “Inter-workload Dependency
Awareness”
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Challenge
5: Problem Determination and Resolution
·
Challenge
6: Systems Integration
Chapter
3: The Realities of IT Utility Planning
·
Phase
1: Early Virtualization
·
Phase
II: Policy-based Computing
·
Phase
III: The IT Utility
Chapter
4: The Basics of IT Utility Planning
·
Applications
Impact
·
Heterogeneous
Environment Impact
·
Preservation
of Existing IT
·
Budgeting,
Appropriation, and Vendor Disruption
·
Security
and Availability
Chapter
5: Summary/Conclusion
·
Key
User Recommendations
·
Key
Vendor and Services Provider Recommendations
List of Figures and Sidebars:
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Figure 1: User IT Utility Status: 2004 –
2010
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Sidebar:
Putting a Name on It: Defining the IT Utility
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Figure 2: The IT Utility Environment |
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Sidebar: Virtualization Popularity and a First
Step
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Table 1 : IT Utility Challenges
& Inhibitors |
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Sidebar: The Relationship Between the IT
Utility and “Grid” Computing
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Sidebar: Software-as-a-Service in the IT
Utility |
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Figure 3: The IT
Utility Progress Timeframe |
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Sidebar : The Open Source Impact |
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Sidebar : The Manager of Managers
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Figure 4: The Manager of Managers
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Sidebar:
The Hosted + Hybrid Utility Reality |
Related Research
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08-21-07
VMware: Making x86 Server Virtualization Real (C.
Burns, 3 pages, QT-373, $$$) |
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08-15-07
VMware and XenSource Fuel Credibility for "Virtual" Reality
(Bruce Guptill, 2 pages, RA-376) |
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08-08-07 IT Management Evolution Spells Vendor Opportunity
(Charlie Burns, 2 pages, RA-375) |
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07-31-07
IT Management Evolution: All Roads Lead to Rome (C.
Burns, 4 pages, STR-372,
$$$)
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5-29-07
Total Cost of Usage: Usage-Driven IT Cost Structures Require Usage-driven Metrics
(B. Guptill, C. Burns, 4 pages, STR-351,
$$$) |
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05-18-07
VMware Analyst Event Indicates Technology, Offering and Competitive Direction
(C. Burns, B. Guptill, 4 pages, MKT-347, $$$) |
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02-22-07 IT Insights and Trends: On the Road to Utility Computing - How Far is Far Enough?
(C. Burns, 5 pages, STR-321 $$$) |
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01-31-07
Virtualization Considerations: Forewarned is Forearmed (C.
Burns, M. West, B. Guptill, 3 pages, STR-315, $$$) |
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12-19-2006
SOA, SaaS, Open Source, and Utility Computing: Managing the New IT Portfolio
(C. Burns, M. West, 4 pages, STR-301 $$$)
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11-08-06 Utility Computing: Immediate Benefits Kick-start User Attraction
(C. Burns, B. Guptill, pages 2, RA-291) |
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11-07-06
Understanding and Managing the IT Utility Attraction (C. Burns, 4 pages,
STR-290
$$$) |
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10-18-06
The IT Utility: Journey to a Virtual
Reality, 2006 - 2010 (SSR-281, J. Cassell,
C. Burns, B. Guptill, B. McNee, 28 pages, $$$) |
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10-18-06
Key Pitfalls and Challenges on the Road to the IT Utility (Guptill,
Burns, 4 pages, RA-280) |
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09-05-06
Microsoft Vista Licensing: Reflecting Market Realities (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-269) |
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08-02-06
Hewlett Packard Buys Mercury Interactive
(McNee, Koenig,
3 pages,
RA-259) |
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07-26-06
Utility Computing: History Repeats Itself
(Burns,
2 pages,
RA-257) |
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07-19-06
Saugatuck Research Indicates Modest SOA Adoption
(Koenig,
Perrin, 2 pages, RA-256) |
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05-25-06
Utility
Computing: A Definition, A Path, and THE Challenge
(Burns,
6 pages,
MKT-245 $$$) |
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05-17-06
Utility
Computing: Key Considerations (Cassell,
Burns, 2 pages, RA-243) |
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05-16-06
Open Source's Impact on Utility Computing
(Cassell, 5
pages, MKT-242, $$$) |
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02-01-06
IBM
CIMS Lab Acquisition Reduces Inhibitors to IT Utility
Environments (Guptill,
Cassell, 2 pages, RA-220) |
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12-22-05
HP
Announces Flexible
Computing Services - Back to the Future
(Cassell, 1 page, RA-213) |
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12-15-05
The IT Utility: Key Obstacles and Inhibitors to Overcome
(Cassell, 3 pages,
RA-212) |
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11-23-05 Pay-As-You-Go: Migration to the IT Utility Confirmed by Survey
Results (Koenig, Cassel, 2 pagesl, RA-209) |
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11-09-05
Microsoft Memos: Further SIgns of a Utility / Services Reality
(Guptill, McNee, 2 pages, RA-207) |
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10-26-05
Utility IT Growth will Leverage Open Source-based Software (Guptill,
1 page, RA-204) |
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10-12-05
Microsoft Announces Licensing For Virtual Environments (Cassell,
1 page,
RA-202) |
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10-05-05
Cisco Announces Utility Data Center Initiatives (Cassell,
1 page,
RA-201) |
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06-30-05
Acquisitions Fill Gaps in Virtual Infrastructures: IBM buys Meiosys
(Cassell, 1 page, RA-185) |
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06-02-05
Utility Computing Spending Gap (Cassell,
McNee, 1 page, RA-178) |
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07-22-04
The IT Utility: The Future of the
Data Center 2004-2010 (SSR-150,
21 pages, $$$) |
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04-20-04
Pay-As-You-Go IT
Services: Where's the Business Value? (SSR-148, 54 pages, $$$) |
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12-10-03
"Pay As You Go" IT Services and the Information Utility (West,
5 pages,
FR-145) |
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12-08-03
The On Demand Hierarchy Addresses Market Confusion (Isaac,
5 pages, FR-144) |
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07-31-03
Utility
Computing: A Hard Sell (SSR-141a, 29 pages, $$$) |
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06-26-03
Utility Computing Requires Rethinking of Value Disciplines
(Isaac, 5 pages, FR-141) |
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