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Utility Computing: Market Adoption Road Maps and Customer Requirements

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: July 2007
Product Code: R104-31186
Description
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

Impact

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

Impact

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

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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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