MULTI-TENANT DATACENTER PROVIDERS EVOLVE WITH CLOUD OFFERINGS DATACENTER MAY 2013
REPORT SNAPSHOT TITLE Multi-Tenant Datacenter Providers Evolve with Cloud Offerings ANALYST Glenn Ford, Senior Analyst Datacenters RELEASE DATE May 2013 LENGTH 57 pages ABOUT THIS REPORT In this report, 451 Research profiles MTDC providers that have moved up the services stack, as well as provides examples of providers that are looking at the potential business opportunities expanding from the cloud. This report also includes a summary of the cloud services market size and growth projections, and a review of security issues faced by providers and businesses alike. The intended audience for this report includes: Colocation datacenter providers assessing the market. Colocation and hosting providers considering moving up the cloud service stack. Hosting providers considering datacenter leasing decisions. Financial professionals considering investments in datacenter properties and companies. Enterprise customers looking for a cloud service provider. Service providers that provide IT technology consulting and managed services. We have also included and discussed MTDC providers that have made the conscious business decision to not directly offer cloud services, but that see a related business opportunity to support their service provider customers that are offering public or private cloud services directly. We have included a supplemental information section that provides an overview of cloud computing models and industry standards. The industry standards included are the NIST definition of cloud computing and the standards that it is drafting for government agencies as well as the general public. The Open Data Center Alliance also develops usage models for cloud computing with input from global IT organizations.
COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT 21Vianet Group 365 Main Allied Properties REIT América Móvil American Internet Services AT Tokyo (@Tokyo)/SECOM AT&T Bell Canada BLACKIRON Data BT C7 Data Centers CE Colo Cequel Data Centers Cervalis China Telecom China Unicom Clearview International Clise Properties Cogent Communications Cologix ColoSpace Colt Technology Services Group CoreLink CoreSite CSF Group Cybernest CyrusOne Data Foundry DataBank Datapipe Dataplex DCI Technology Holdings Digital Realty Trust Directlink Technologies DuPont Fabros Technology ebrc Entel Equinix e-shelter EvoSwitch Expedient Communications Fiber Media Group Fujitsu Global Switch Google Hines Global REIT Hostway Hurricane Electric iadvantage IDC Frontier Internap Network Services Internet Initiative Japan Interoute Communications Interxion Involta IO IPLAN KDDI (Telehouse) MTDC PROVIDERS EVOLVING SERVICE STACK WITH CLOUD SERVICES
COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT Keppel T&T KIO Networks KVH Latisys Level 3 Communications Markley Group Metronode Net2EZ NetAccess NTT Online Tech Pacnet Peak 10 PEER 1 Hosting Pivot Data Centres Pulsant Q9 Networks Quality Technology Services RagingWire Data Centers redit Reliance Communications Sabey Data Centers Swisscom Switch T5 Data Centers Tata Communications TDS Hosted & Managed Services TelecityGroup Telefónica Telstra TELUS Communications Telx TIVIT Tulip Telecom tw telecom UOL Diveo Vantage Data Centers VAZATA Verizon Terremark ViaWest Windstream Hosted Solutions Xand XO Communications zcolo Savvis (CenturyLink) Selectel Server Farm Realty Sify Technologies SingTel SOFTBANK TELECOM SunGard Availability Services
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 METHODOLOGY......................... 1 KEY FINDINGS......................... 2 ESTIMATED CLOUD COMPUTING MARKET 3 Figure 1: Cloud Computing: Market Size Data 3 Figure 2: IaaS Revenue and Growth Forecast 4 Figure 3: Cloud Revenue by Geography 4 Figure 4: Percentage of IaaS, by Type 4 GLOBAL MTDC PROVIDERS.................... 5 Figure 5. Global MTDC Provider Services Mix 5 BUSINESS MODEL 8 RATIONALE FOR MOVING UP THE STACK 8 PRODUCTION CLOUD?...................... 9 DECISIONS TO BE MADE DEVELOP/PARTNER/SYNDICATION....... 10 Figure 6: MTDC Providers and Cloud Technology Acquired 11 PRICING MODELS........................ 12 MANAGED SERVICES....................... 15 CLOUD ARCHITECTURE/PLATFORMS 16 OPEN SOURCE PLATFORMS.................... 16 PROPRIETARY PLATFORMS................... 16 CLOUD SECURITY OVERVIEW 18 SERVICE AND DEPLOYMENT MODEL DIFFERENCES........... 19 CRITICAL CLOUD SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS MTDC.......... 19 SPECIAL ISSUES....................... 23 A WORD ON COMMUNITY CLOUDS AND SECURITY........... 23 MTDC PROVIDERS EVOLVING SERVICE STACK WITH CLOUD SERVICES
PROFILES: MTDC PROVIDER CLOUD STRATEGIES 24 CLEARVIEW INTERNATIONAL................... 24 EQUINIX........................... 27 INVOLTA.......................... 30 ONLINE TECH.......................... 33 SAVVIS, A CENTURYLINK COMPANY............... 36 SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES................. 38 TDS HOSTED & MANAGED SERVICES................ 41 VIAWEST........................... 44 CONCLUSIONS 47 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION 48 CLOUD COMPUTING....................... 48 INDUSTRY STANDARDS...................... 49 Figure 7: NIST Cloud Characteristics and Service Types 52 451 RESEARCH DEFINITIONS 53 MANAGED SERVICES....................... 53 CLOUD CONSUMER...................... 53 CLOUD BROKER......................... 53 CLOUD PROVIDER........................ 53 SYNDICATED CLOUD SERVICE................... 53 INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE TAXONOMY 54 MTDCS............................ 54 COLOCATION.......................... 54 WHOLESALE DATACENTER................... 55 INTERCONNECTION...................... 55 MANAGED HOSTING....................... 55 DEDICATED HOSTING..................... 56 SHARED HOSTING........................ 57
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