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Kamesh Pemmaraju - Sand Hill Group

Kamesh Pemmaraju - Sand Hill Group

During January-February 2011, Sand Hill Group conducted a research study to gauge software vendors' cloud outlook for the coming year and beyond. The study utilized an online survey to gather executives' impressions on direction of the cloud market, their cloud strategies, and customer readiness for adoption. A total of 100 software CEOs and senior executives responded to the 24-question survey and provided insight about their cloud revenues today and next year, customer attitudes and readiness, and which products and services are gaining traction.

Maryann Jones Thompson - SandHill.com

The 2010 Future of Open Source Survey gathered insight on the opportunities and challenges of today's open source market based on 551 executive respondents from customer and vendor organizations. Michael Skok, General Partner at North Bridge and founder of the survey, explains the new role of innovation as an adoption driver, the power of the White House as a customer, the new money-making strategies being used by vendors and investors, and an outlook on the future of open source.

Kamesh Pemmaraju - Sand Hill Group

Our "Leaders in the Cloud" research study uncovered compelling evidence that the major adoption and growth in the cloud space will take place in private and hybrid clouds over the next three years.

Bruce Guptill, SVP and Head of Research - Saugatuck Technology & Mike West, VP & Distinguished Analyst - Saugatuck Technology

Saugatuck Technology's latest survey research indicates that more than half of all user firms worldwide plan on utilizing Cloud solutions for even their most core business operations within the next two to three years. And all our research points toward more powerful Cloud solutions, systems, and platforms, standing on their own as well as integrated with a wide range of traditional on-premise IT. This article examines the need for a Cloud development framework or model to provide a starting point, building blocks, and a benchmark for comparative analysis of offerings, and presents a simple foundational model for such a framework.