cloud services vendor analysis

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Cloud Services Vendor Analysis

April 2011

Robert Keahey

IndustryAnalysis

Executive Summary

The cloud computing landscape continues to rapidly grow in scope, scale and complexity. Unfortunately, as with so many trends in the IT industry, this rapid growh is accompanied by lack of definition and standardization, resulting in multiple definitions for "cloud computing". Utility computing, virtual compute environments, software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, and on-demand are just a few of the variations of cloud computing. In addition, cloud computing has evolved to include storage, networking, software development, quality assurance, management and a variety of other topics and services.

As a result, the industry has begun to refer to cloud "computing" as cloud "services", which encompasses the multitude of definitions that have sprung up over the past year. This too is problematic in that it now includes almost any vendor that chooses to attach "cloud" to their product or service descriptions. Now, instead of the traditional few cloud providers we now have hundreds.

This industry analysis categorizes and evaluates, based on a fairly simple model, the most recognized cloud services providers. The purpsoe is to provide the reader with a tool to help analyze the different services sectors to gain a better understanding of which providers offer services or technologies in a given segment (e.g., infrastructure, platform, security, productivity applications, etc.).

While the list of service providers included in this industry analysis does not cover all providers, it is an attempt to identify those that we feel reprsent the broad cross section of the cloud services industry. We will continue to update this analysis from time to time to reflect new service providers and any changes in ratings of existing service providers.

Disclaimer:

This industry analysis is developed using readily available product and service information, independent industry analysis, and personal experience and expertise. The information contained herein is provided as-is, without any warranty, expressed or otherwise, as to the accuracy of the data used to construct the industry analysis or the information as presented. SummaLogic is not responsible for any inconsistencies or omissions, nor is it responsible for any damages resulting from the use of the information provided herein.

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10Gen MongoDB Y

3Leaf Systems Dynamic Data Center Server (acquired by Huawei)

3Par InServ, InForm (acquired by HP)

3Tera (now CA) AppLogic

3X Systems 3X Remote Backup

Abiquo Abiquo Cloud Management

Acadia Virtual Computing Environment, BOTS (now VCE)

Acquia Cloud Development Platfomr for Drupal

Adaptive Computing MOAB, MOAB Cloud Portal, Adaptive Operating Env

Adaptivity Blueprint 4IT

Akamai Cloud Optimization

AllenPort Virtual File Cabinet

Amazon.com AWS, EC2, S3

Appistry CloudIQ

Apigee API service provider

Apprenda SAASGRID App Server

AppRiver Secure Hosted Exchange

AppScale Google App Engine Y

AppZero Virtual Application Appliance

Aptana Aptana Studio

Arunja Agility

Aryaka Wide area optimization for CDN

Asana startup

Asankya Application Delivery Network

Asigra Cloud Backup

AT&T Synaptic

Axcient ServerALive, SmartCloudDR

Product or Service DomainRole

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Barracuda PureWire Web Security

Birst Analytics Applications

Bluelock VMware cloud hosting specialists

Bluewolf Agile Process, Arcade

BMC Cloud Lifecycle, ProactiveNet, BladeLogic Automation

Boomi AtomSphere Platform

Booz Allen Hamilton Cloud Computing Technology and Transition

Boundary Network monitoring (geared toward AWS)

box.net Box Business Edition

CA Cloud-Connected Management Suite

Callidus Software Callidus SPM Suite

Calxeda High performance ARM-based servers

Carbonite Carbonite Online Backup

Caringo CAStor

Caspio Caspio Bridge

Cast Iron Systems Cast Iron Integration Solutions (now IBM)

Cisco Unified Service Delivery, VCE

Citrix Citrix Cloud Center (C3), Paglo

Cloudbees Java Application Platform, Dev@cloud, Run@cloud

Cloud.com CloudStack 2.0 Y

Cloud Passage Security for virtualized systems

Cloud9 Analytics Analyst Suite

Cloudant CouchDB, AutoSharding

Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop

Cloudkick Cloud management suite (acquired by Rackspace)

Cloudscale Cloudcel, Cloudscale Enterprise

Cloudscaling IaaS, storage, consulting




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Cloudswitch Explorer

Cloudworks Cloudworks

Cordys Process Factory

CSC BizCloud, VCE hosting and integration

Ctera Portal, C200, CloudPlug

Cumulogic Java Application Platform (beta)

Cumulux Mobile Axis, Hybrid Axis, ManageAxis

Datameer DAS for IT, DAS for Hadoop, Log Filer

Dell Dell Data Center Solutions (Perot Systems)

DotCloud Multi-language development/deployment (Beta)

Doyenz ShadowCloud

eFolder eFolder Email Archive

Egnyte Cloud File Server

Elastra Enterprise Cloud Server, Elastra for AWS

Embrane Sofware only network-based appliances (FW, LB)

EMC Atoms, Atoms onLine, GreenPlum

Engine Yard AppCloud Platform, Xcloud (Rails)

ENKI Computing Utility, AppLogic Consulting

Enomaly Elastic Computing Platform

Equinix IBX Centers, Platform Equinix

Eucalyptus Systems Eucalyptus for AWS, Ubuntu Y

FinancialForce.com Accounting, Billing, Mobile, Chatterbox

Flexiscale Extility, Flexiscale Public Cloud

force.com Force.com Platform, Chatter

Foundstone (McAfee) Readiness Check, Security Check

gCloud3 gPLATFORM desktop virtualization

GigaSpaces XAP App Server, XAP Data Grid




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GigeNet Cloud Servers (Elastic Ease)

Gluster Cloud Storage Appliance

GoGrid Cloud Servers, Dedicated Servers, Storage

Google App Engine

gOS gOS 3 Gadgets. Cloud

GoToManage GoToManage, GoToAssist

greenqloud Beta

Grid Dynamics Cloud4Agility, Cloud4QA

gridcentric labs Copper

Heroku Ruby Platform (acquired by salesforce.com)

Hosting.com Cloud VPS, Enterprise, Dedicated

HP Cloud Service Automation, Cloud Design Service, BTO

HubSpan WebSpan Business Integration

Hyperic SpringSource Hyperic HQ

i365 Evault, Evault SaaS

IBM Smart Business Cloud, LotusLive

InContact Call Center Platform

Informatica Informatica 9

Innotas On-Demand IT Governance

Intacct Intacct, Intacct Accountant Edition

Intalio Intalio/Cloud Application Suites (BPM, CRM, DMS)

Intel ECF, xECF, ISF

Intronis Partner Portal

Joyent SmartMachines, SmartPlatform, SmartDC Y

JumpBox JumpBoxes

Kaavo IMOD Application Centric Management

Karmasphere Karmasphere Application Framework Y




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Keynote Systems Web Performance and Measurement

LayeredTech Virtual Private Data Center

Librato Silverline

Limelight Networks Content delivery and acceleration

Linode VPS Hosting, Linode Backup Service

LiveOps On-Demand Contact Center

LogMeIn LogMeIn Backup

LongJump Multi-Tenant SaaS Ecosystem

M86 Security Email Security, Web Security, Endpoint

Makara Java, PHP application deployement/management

MANAGEtoWIN Manage to Win

Meeza Hosted Exchange and Sharepoint

Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform

Microsoft Windows Azure, SQL Azure, AppFabric, OfficeLive

MorphLabs mCloud on Deman, mCloud Server, mCloud Controller

MyDials MyDials Platform

Nasuni Cloud Storage Gateway

NephoScale IaaS platform provider - server/storage on demand

Nephosity Pomsets-core, Pomsets-gui

NetApp NetApp Dynamic Data Center Solution

NetSuite SuiteCloud, SuiteApps

New Relic RPM

NewScale RequestCenter, PortfolioCenter, DemandCenter

Nicira Startup - virtualized networking services

Nimbula Private cloud OS, Nimbula Director

Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network, hNode

NorthScale Memcached Server, Membase Server




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Novell SUSE, Groupwise, ZenWorks, Identity and Security

Nubefy Startup - cloud management

Nutanix Storage appliance based on Google storage arch.

OpenNebula OpenNebula Toolkit Y

Opscode CHEF, Cookbooks Y

OpSource Managed Hosting, Cloud Hosting

Oracle Siebel

OrangeScape PaaS Application Builder

Panda Security Cloud Office, Email, Internet Protection

Parallels Parallels Desktop, Parallels Server

ParaScale Parascale Cloud Storage

Pbworks Pbworks Business Edition

Ping Identity PingFederate, PingConnect On-Demand SSO for SaaS

PivotLink BI Platform, RediMetrix

Platform Computing ISF, LSF, Symphony, Cluster Manage, MPI, HPC Suite

Proofpoint Enterprise & Protect, Shield, Archive

Puppet Labs Cloud management frameworks and software

QlikTech QlikView

Qualys QualysGuard

Quantivo Infected web site - no data available

RackSpace CloudServers, CloudFiles, CloudSites, Mosso

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, JBoss

Reldata Unifed Storage Engine Platfrom, RELvos

Rhmobile Mobile content aggregation and distribution

RightScale RightScale Server Templates

Riptano Apache Cassandra

Robobak Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) Backup




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rPath Release Lifecycle, Platform Provisioning

Rypple Team feedback and status

Saavis Dedicated Hosting, Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting

salesforce.com Salesforce CRM, force.com, Chatter

SAS Institute SAS Data Integration forMidsize Businesses

ScanSafe Web Intelligence Reporting (WIRe)

SeaMicro Intel-Atom based servers

ServiceMesh Agility Platform

SIMtone USP, VSP, SNAP, ASPEED

Skytap Skytap Cloud

SOASTA SOASTA Cloud Test (Performance Testing)

SolidFIre startup

Sonian Archiving and data migration

Spiceworks IT discovery, management and reporting

Still Secure Safe Access, Strata Guard, VAM, ProtectPoint

Stoneware webNetwork, fileAccess, Universal Connection Broker

Stratascale Private Cloud Hosting, Public Cloud Hosting

StrikeIron IronCloud Web Services Delivery, Data as a Service

SuccessFactors SuccessCloud

Sugar CRM Sugar Professional, Sugar Enterprise Y

SyferLock GridGuard

Symantec MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services

Symform Cloud Control, RAID-96

Symplified Symplified Trust Cloud, CAM, WAM, IDR

Taleo Talent Management, Talent Grid

Terremark vCloud Express, Enterprise Cloud (acq' by Verizon)

ThinkGrid Hosted Services, Hosted VDI




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Trend Micro Email Security Platfrom for ISPs

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Y

Unisys ClearPath Cloud Development and Test

Univa UD Reliance, UniCloud

UShareSoft Uforge Appliance Factory, Open Appliance Studio

VCE Vmware, Cisco (vBlock, UCS), EMC

Vembu StoreGrid

Verizon Cloud as a Service (CaaS)/Terremark

Vertica Vertica Analytic Database

Virtustream xStream Platform, xStream Advisor

Visual WebGui Windows over Web (WOW)

VMforce.com Spring IDE platform for force.com

VMware Cloud Foundry

Voltage Cloud Security

Voxel voxServer, voxCloud, voxCast, voxNet

Vyatta Network OS, Network Virtualization

WatchGuard Reputation Enabled Defense

Webroot Web Security, Email Security, Endpoint Security

WebSense Triton Security-as-a-Service, TruContent

WhiteHat Security Sentinel

Workday HRM, Financial Management, Payroll

WorkXpress PaaS Application Builder

Xactly Xactly Express Sales Performance Managemtn

Zenith Info Tech Managed Service Back Office

Zetta Enterprise Storage on Demand

Zettar Zcloud Sandbox for Amazon S3

Zeus Technology Elastic Application Delivery Platform




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Zimory Zimory Enterprise Cloud

Zlago Hosted Windows Desktop, Exchange, PBX/VOIP

Zmanda Network Backup, MySQL Backup, Cloud Backup Y

Zoho Hosted Business Applications

Zscaler Zsaler for Enterprises

Zuora Z-Commerce Platform


Key

ROLE

A primary component of the vendor's core business model

A secondary component of the vendor's core business model

A secondary component of the vendor's core business model, usually offered through a partner relationship

A secondary component of the vendor's core business model, usually offered on a special request (pricing) basis only

Not a component of the vendor's core business model

PRODUCT OR SERVICE DOMAIN

Considered to be a full-featured product or service with respect to competition in the same cloud services domains

Robust with respect to features and functions, but may be lacking a few minor elements when compared to competition

Lacks some key features or functions with respect to competitor's products or services

Product lacks a substantial numver of features when compared to competition (may be a new offering under development)

Vendor is deemed not to have a relevant offering in this service domain

RELATIVE STRENGTH

Considered recognized industry leader, relative to the competition in the same cloud services domains

Products and/or services are considered to be above average with respect to the service domain(s) competition

Products and/or services are considered to be about average with respect to the service domain(s) competition

Products and/or services are considered to be below average with respect to the service domain(s) competition

Company in startup mode or product in beta - no rating provided


Methodology

The Cloud Services Vendor Analysis is developed using research and investigation from several sources. The main source of information is the vendor's product information available on their website. This information is augmented with industry analyst reports, product reviews and personal experience. The resulting analysis is derived by summarizing these various information sources and applying a subjective rating to determine the rating/ranking for each categories.

Each vendor is rated on two categories: Role and Primary Product/Service Domain.

Role

Four categories are defined:

Service Provider - the vendor is actively engaged in the delivery of cloud services. I.E., they provide the service to a broad population of customers and consumers via an infrastructure capability and delivery model that they provide directly or via a third party.

Technology Provider - the vendor provides technology products and services that may be consumed by other vendors in the delivery of their cloud services. These products and services may be purchased directly from the vendor or may be licensed under one of several licensing structures.

Consultant - the vendor provides consulting services such as planning, design, analysis, sizing, reporting, transition management, or similar services to companies who are or plan to deliver cloud services.

Integrator - the vendor provides business and IT integration services such as application development, data migration, infrastructure design and installation, systems and network operations, performance management, or similar services to companies who are or plan to deliver cloud services.

A vendor may play one or all of the roles described - e.g., IBM, HP, EMC, Cisco, but the degree of capability will vary between vendors. The Role ratings are based on the vendor's capability with respect to "cloud" services, and does not take into account any other IT or business services they may offer. Where the vendor clearly targets a role (e.g., Cisco with respect to "Services Provider"), but does not have a direct delivery capability, then they will be ranked accordingly (i.e., A secondary component of the vendor's core business model, usually offered through a partner relationship ). As stated in the introduction to this section, the determination of whether a role is a primary or secondary component of a vendor's core business model is somewhat subjective based on their published strategy.

All vendors pursue different types of revenue opportunities, and while a vendor may not publicly indicate they play a particular role with respect to cloud services, they would more than likely offer services if the revenue opportunity presented itself. Every attempt has been made to rate vendors based on their state strategy, current capabilities, or history of participation in the role.

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Primary Product/Service Domain

Eight categories are defined:

Infrastructure - "raw infrastructure" that may be utilized for any purpose the customer desires. Includes dedicated hosting, managed hosting, data center outsourcing, private clouds, etc. Commonly referred to as "Infrastructure as a Service" (IaaS).

Platform - infrastructure combined with a platform "stack" including hypervisors, operating systems, middleware and management tools that may be utilized by the customer to run their own business applications. Commonly referred to as "Platform as a Service" (PaaS). May also include specific-function platform models such as development, QA, and application/SaaS integration environments.

Storage and Backup/Recovery - data storage, management and integrity services. May be provided in the form of "raw storage", backup and recovery services, archiving (file, email, et al), file sharing services, etc. May also include content management and caching services (e.g., Akamai)

Security - network-based security services such as intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, malware and virus detection, remote scanning, etc.

Productivity Application - hosted applications that provide, on a subscription basis, a specific set of business functions (e.g., sales management, process management, collaboration services, document development and management, etc.). Offered in a multi-tenancy "Software as a Service" (SaaS) model.

BI/Analytics and Data Warehousing - business performance management and reporting including business intelligence reporting, supply chain management analysis, online analytical processing (OLAP), data integration, etc.

Planning - cloud service design, development, configuration, tracking, etc., provided as part of a consulting service or as a SaaS model.

Management - standalone cloud management tools that are offered outside of integrated management tools (e.g., tools offered as part of a PaaS stack). May be offered as a enterprise product or as a SaaS model. May relate to management of a specific domain (e.g., management of a productivity

Each domain is rated on the vendor's capability with respect to their offering in that domain. While the vendor may offer ancillary products or services, every attempt is made to rate the vendor on their core offering. Ratings are based on a vendor's relative performance to other vendors in the same domain.

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Relative Strength

The overall rating for a vendor is based on their capability to deliver products and services with respect to vendors in the same general domain(s). Some vendors play a wide variety of roles and offer products and services in several domains (e.g., IBM). Vendors who play fewer roles and/or may offer products and services in only a single domain are rated based on their ability to compete specifically on that role, product or service. Thus, a small vendor with a single product or service may rate higher than a global enterprise in terms of relative strength. Therefore the entire spectrum of roles, products and services should be considered when evaluating a company.

Relative performance is based on several factors including product feature/functionality, market awareness, market penetration, delivery capability, etc. However, the "potential" of a company to be "disruptive" in a particular product or service domain is also taken into consideration and may result in a higher ranking, even when compared to an established company.

While several factors are considered when determining relative performance, the ultimate rating is subjectively assigned. Company performance factors such as revenue, profits, shareholder returns, EBITDA, etc. are not considered in this analysis.


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