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Krishna Kumar

Chair, Cloud Platforms Working Group

Dated: 29th April 2015

Major Cloud Platform Players

Materials for National Workshop @ CDAC, Bangalore

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1. Data Explosion & Cloud Growth2. Leading Cloud Players Analysis – Gartner, IDC, Forrester3. Top 10 Players – Illustration (Features, Strength & Weakness)4. India Centric: Call for Action

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Surge in data requires a new approach for speed, agility, and security

Data growth and IT complexity are soaring

Data explosion

The number of apps to manage is rapidly increasing

IT complexity

1964-2014 - Birth of cloud computing http://www.thecloudnetwork.net/content/infographic-birth-cloud-computing

IDC predicts cloud will be $107B industry by 2017 compare to the $47B now! By 2020, more than a trillion applications will be exchanging 58 zettabytes of digital data

over 100 billion devices

1 trillion

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1. Gartner, Top Application Integration PaaS Players https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2014/03/gartner-apaas.html - Microsoft, Google, SalesForce

2. Gartner, Top IaaS Players https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140604161947-105411422-aws-microsoft-azure-ibm-softlayer-in-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-iaas - Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google

3. Top 10 PaaS companies http://www.networkworld.com/article/2288002/cloud-computing/10-most-powerful-paas-companies.html – Amazon, Google, Microsoft, CloudFoundry, OpenShift

4. Enterprise cloud preferred choice https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/43893.wss - IBM, Cisco, HP

5. Top 10 IaaS cloud providers compared http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/the-enterprise-cloud/top-cloud-iaas-providers-compared/ - Amazon, Microsoft, RackSpace, Google, HP

6. Top 10 service providers http://www.ichitect.com/best-cloud/ - Amazon, Microsoft, RackSpace

7. Top 10 cloud computing providers in all category http://www.cbronline.com/news/enterprise-it/it-services/10-top-cloud-computing-providers-for-2014-4401618 - OpenShift, Vmware, SalesForce

8. Top cloud providers and key features

9. Compare cloud computing providers http://cloud-computing.softwareinsider.com/

10. Mission Impossible: Sizing up the Cloud Contenders https://gigaom.com/2014/08/03/mission-near-impossible-sizing-up-the-cloud-contenders/

TOP PaaS Software

AWS

Azure

App Engine

OpenShift

Heroku

Cloud Foundry

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Amazon

Features Strength & Weakness

http://aws.amazon.com

• BeanStalk PaaS• RDS(MySQL, Oracle, MS

SQL) • NoSQL – DynamoDB• Market Place: 1-Click

Launch• Big Data Elastic Map

Reduce• Storage Services – S3• Cloud Formation• Cloud Watch – Monitoring• Elastic Load balancing• Messaging, Queuing

Service

• First market Entry• Far ahead of Competition• Large scale deployment• Breadth of offerings• Huge investment

• Public Cloud Business Only• Hardware pricing not

controlled• No dedicated

development tool• Complacency – must

innovate• All vendors are chasing• No Managed plans - client

self-manage

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Microsoft

Features Strength & Weakness

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us

• Integrated service offerings OS, DB, SDK, Office Apps, etc.

• Dedicated hypervisor - Hyper-v

• SQL Server Azure• Office 365 Online• System Center Managed

Private • Development tools integrated• Easy-to-use platform• Azure CDN• HDInsight – Hadoop service• Azure Windows AD Service

• Strong Software portfolio• User friendly back office IT

integration• Strong in both public & private

cloud• New focus on cloud• Easy-to-use platform• Can respond to Price war

• Late entry • Mainly Windows brand• Not that much open source

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Google

Features Strength & Weakness

https://cloud.google.com

• Compute Engine• App Engine – Python & Java • Cloud SQL DB• NoSQL services – Cloud

DataStore• Google gears/Gadget access• Integrate with Google

products• Dynamic scalable run time• MapReduce, Google Big

Query• Big data services• Cloud Storage (GCS)• MemCache, Task Queues

• Flexible – developer friendly• Innovation Leader• large Google Network• Space for differentiation• Cost is all under their control

• Long way to go to Enterprise• Mainly end user type for • Google data centers.• Specific hosted application

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SalesForce

Strength & Weakness

https://cloud.google.com

• Heroku & Force.com Powered PaaS

• Leading SaaS solution CRM & other Sales solutions.

• Buildpacks deployment• File collaboration and • Opportunity tracking• Analytics• Multi-regions,

Dahsboard scaling

• Pioneer & Leader in SaaS cloud solutions

• Industry leading online support

• Simple and lightweight usage model

• Heroku Connect Tool for Integration

• Customization is not easy

• Hosting Specific solutions not a generic platform

Features Strength & Weakness

www.salesforce.com

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RedHat

Features Strength & Weakness

http://www.redhat.com/products/cloud-computing

• Openshift for PaaS• Enterprise grade Linux• JBOSS Middleware• Enterprise MRG Grid• Enterprise virtualization

server & desktop• CloudForms• Support continuous

integration with Jenkin, etc.• Linux Openstack Integrated• Linux Storage Server

• Strong Openstack vendor• OpenShift PaaS offerings• Alliance with Cisco, etc.• Private & hybrid cloud

offerings• Industry leading Linux

platform

• Vendor lock-in• Not much specific app Suites• Long way to catchup• Not a HW player

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VMWare

FeaturesStrength & Weakness

http://www.vmware.com/cloud-computing/overview

• VCloud, vCenter

– management Suites• Advanced hypervisor features• Network virtualization using

NSXi• Integrated with leading

Operating Systems• Hybrid service with Partner

• CloudOps Service for Modelling

• Availability, DR compliance features

• Full Extensibility

• Leading hypervisor • Leading private cloud portfolio

• vCloud Hybrid service Software Defined (like firewall,

etc.)• QoS, third party echo system • Cloud Foundry PaaS founder

• Hypervisor is getting less important

• Pricy solution vs free hypervisors

• Microsoft owns the personal computer space

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IBM

Features Strength & Weakness

http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en

• Use Cloud Foundry for PaaS Softlayer Consulting Services

• BlueMix PasS Services• Cloudant scalable NoSQL• Strong SaaS presence (e.g:

WebSphere commerce Suite, CRM)

• Single Vendor entire HW & SW stack offerings integrated

• Provide AIX VM managed cloud

• BPaaS capabilities offered• Starter kit on cloud for

Power

• $1.2B more investing in cloud

• Biggest IT solution Provider• $6B R&D investment – Huge

intellectual property rights• Strong customer experience• Hybrid approach• Open Source Platform

• Expensive for small players• Traditional player mainly

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HP

Features Strength & Weakness

http://www.hpcloud.com

• Use Cloud Foundry for PaaS

• Cloud System Enterprise & Foundation

• Database services MySQL• DNS, CDN services• Automation & Cloud

management• Professional Services support• Mobile Enterprise cloud

solutions• Security risk & control

advisory• Cloud Foundry PaaS Offerings• Development Platforms &

Tools

• Open source cloud - No vendor lock

• Strong consulting services• Public & Private cloud

portfolio• POD offerings• Leading in Automation

capabilities, template creation, nicely designed UI

• New player relatively – cloud strategy is deriving

• Limited software offerings mainly IaaS.

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Cisco

Features Strength & Weakness

http://www.cisco.com/web/IN/solutions/trends/cloud/index.html

• Unified Communication Server(UCS)

• WebEX Product Suite• Cloud Intelligent Network• Unified Data Center deliver

IT-as-a-Service• Unified Fabric &

Management• Nexus Infrastructure• Wireless, virtual private

cloud• Cloud Application and

services

• #1 Networking Provider• Canopy partnership – EMC,

VMWare, Atos & Cisco• Free Accelerator kits for

adoption• Proponent of internet of

everything – Huge opportunity

• Not much cloud consulting• Cloud is from router level up

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RackSpace

Features Strength & Weakness

http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/

• Web & App hosting• On-Metal cloud Services• BIG Data services• Cloud Databases – SQL and

NoSQL• Networks, Load balancers,

DNS, Queues• Managed Service levels for

Infrastructure & Operations• Caching, Search, In-memory

Analytics

• Largest infrastructure deployment on OpenStack

• Hybrid cloud• Openstack standards• Offering managed plans

• Raw IaaS with Service offerings ONLY

• Not much innovation - No proprietary stuff

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India Centric: Call for Action

India-centric major Initiatives

Challenges & Barriers in India

Innovation Opportunities

Use Case Scenarios

Localization

Major cloud Players in India

Integration with other Traditional IT Domains

Other concerns

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