Servers and Virtualization Software Technology Roadmap

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1 Servers and Virtualization: Wave 13 Servers and Virtualization Software Technology Roadmap Capturing IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending and vendor short lists, the in-depth roadmap covers 19 software technologies, including: system monitoring, VM monitoring, CMDB, policybased provisioning, service catalogs and commercial or open source cloud orchestration stack. NEW YORK BOSTON WASHINGTON DC SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE DENVER LONDON SAO PAULO DUBAI SINGAPORE

2 About TheInfoPro s Servers and Virtualization Study TheInfoPro s Servers and Virtualization Study takes an in-depth look at key industry trends and tracks the performance of individual vendors. Now in its tenth year, this study was finalized in October 2013 and is based on 180 interviews. TheInfoPro s methodology uses extensive interviews with a proprietary network of IT professionals and key decision-makers at large and midsize enterprises. Each interview explores several fundamental areas, including the implementation and spending plans for technologies, evaluations of vendors observed from business and product perspectives, macro IT influences transforming the sector, and factors affecting decision processes. Results are collated into comprehensive research reports providing business intelligence in the form of technological roadmaps, budget trends and vendor spending plans and performance ratings. Examples of Vendors Covered in the Study BMC Software Brocade CA Cisco Citrix Dell EMC Emerson HP IBM Microsoft Novell/Attachmate Oracle Puppet Labs Red Hat ServiceNow SolarWinds Symantec Teradata Uptime Software VCE Veeam Software VMTurbo VMware About the Author This report was written by Peter ffoulkes, Research Director for Servers and Virtualization. Peter ffoulkes has more than 25 years of diversified international experience in enterprise and high-performance computing, including positions in management, business and product strategy development, product marketing, sales and training with leading international information technology companies. His most recent positions were vice president of marketing at Adaptive Computing, director of outbound marketing at ClearSpeed Technology, director of marketing for high-performance computing at Sun Microsystems and director and principal analyst for the Worldwide Workstation Computing program at Gartner Dataquest Research, LLC.

3 Guide to Servers and Virtualization Study Reports A wave of research produces a series of reports that are published approximately in this order: 2013/2014 SERVERS AND VIRTUALIZATION OUTLOOK METRICS REFERENCE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP VENDOR VULNERABILITY AND SPENDING VENDOR MARKET WINDOWS AND RATINGS CUSTOMER ASSESSMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL VENDORS NARRATIVES MARKET DYNAMICS IT professionals describe how 2013 and 2014 look for budgets, projects and pain points, with time series charts to give perspective to the coming year. Benchmarking organization efficiency, this report contains metrics about the number of internal employees, IT structure changes, and how efficiency is measured. Allowing comparison of all 30 technologies tracked in the study, this high-level reference contains the Technology Heat Index, the Adoption Index, leading vendor tables, overall technology roadmap and spending charts. It also indicates what is included in the more detailed reports based on each technology segment covered in the study. Capturing IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending and vendor short-lists, the in-depth roadmap covers 11 hardware and two related software technologies including: x86 rack/blade servers, micro servers, Linux OS, converged infrastructure, database, business analytics and cloud appliances. This report was previously called the Server Hardware Technology Roadmap. Capturing IT professionals adoption plans, projected spending and vendor short-lists, the in-depth roadmap covers 19 software technologies including: system monitoring, VM monitoring, CMDB, policy-based provisioning, service catalogs and commercial or open source cloud orchestration stack. This report allows you to compare IT professionals spending intentions and loyalty ratings for eight vendors. TheInfoPro s unique Market Window uses IT professionals ratings of vendors on 14 separate criteria to calculate scores for Vendor Promise and Vendor Fulfillment, allowing comparison of vendors effectiveness at strategy, marketing, delivery and execution. Summarizing IT professionals assessments for each of eight vendors, this report profiles individual vendors based on spending, vulnerability, and ratings on 14 categories. Time series are included. Compiling open-ended commentary from in-depth interviews with IT professionals, you hear the direct voice of the customer discussing technology, their industry and the future of this sector. Designed for IT professionals, this report captures highlights from the complete study, and provides business intelligence in the form of technological roadmaps, budget trends and voice-of-the-customer narratives. Source: Servers & Virtualization Wave Research, LLC.

4 Table of Contents About TheInfoPro Servers and Virtualization Study 2 Principal Findings 5 Overview of Segment 7 Roadmaps of Individual Technologies 10 Cloud Platform Discovery and Inventory Management Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Usage-based Reporting and Accounting (Show-back) Runbook or Script-based Automation and Provisioning Service-level Monitoring Tools Pay-per-use Accounting (Chargeback) Server Provisioning and Configuration Service Catalogs Policy-based Provisioning Application Performance Management and Monitoring Capacity Planning Tools VM Monitoring and Management Tools System Monitoring Virtualization Planning, Modeling and Configuration Utilities P to V Root Cause Analysis Policy-based Service Management Live Migration Assured-availability Management Software Technology Indexes and Leading Vendors 47 Appendixes Narratives 52 Methodology, Sample Variation, Demographics 61 How to Interpret the Data 63 Source: Servers & Virtualization Wave Research, LLC.

5 Each individual report summarizes interesting portions of TheInfoPro s Wave 13 Servers and Virtualization Study and does not comprehensively review the hundreds of pages of research that form the full study. For access to TheInfoPro s reports and services, please contact sales@451research.com. Methodology questions may be addressed to client.services@451research.com. 451 Research, a division of The 451 Group, is focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company s analysts provide critical and timely insight into the competitive dynamics of innovation in emerging technology segments. Business value is delivered via daily concise and insightful published research, periodic deeper-dive reports, data tools, marketsizing research, analyst advisory, and conferences and events. Clients of the company at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user organizations rely on 451 Research s insight to support both strategic and tactical decision-making. TheInfoPro, a service of 451 Research, is widely regarded as The Voice of the Customer, providing independent, real world intelligence on key IT sectors including Servers and Virtualization, Information Security, Networking, Storage and Cloud Computing. Using one-onone interviews conducted within a proprietary network composed of the world s largest buyers and users of IT, TheInfoPro provides data and insights that are used for strategic planning, technology benchmarking, competitive analysis, and vendor selection and negotiation. Reproduction and distribution of this publication, in whole or in part, in any form without prior written permission is forbidden. The information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. 451 Research disclaims all warranties as to the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of such information. Although 451 Research may discuss legal issues related to the information technology business, 451 Research does not provide legal advice or services and their research should not be construed or used as such. 451 Research shall have no liability for errors, omissions or inadequacies in the information contained herein or for interpretations thereof. The reader assumes sole responsibility for the selection of these materials to achieve its intended results. The opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice. TheInfoPro and logo are registered trademarks and property of 451 Research, LLC Research, LLC and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved West 37th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY P F