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Stung by continued outages that cut service to
customers, including a highly publicized
Christmas disruption that caused Netflix to go
down, Amazon Web Services will appoint a
Chief Reliability Officer.
Amazon Changes Its Ways
Businesses are ready to move to the
cloud, but on their own terms. As a
consequence, they are taking advan-
tage of the myriad private cloud options
now being adopted. Public clouds,
offered by leaders such as Amazon Web
Services, will continue to be popular, as
will mixed private and public clouds.
Everybody Gets A Private Cloud
The OpenStack Foundation will enter
into a cooperative agreement with cloud
open-source rival CloudStack, and both
organizations will develop closer
relations with Amazon Web Services.
OpenStack, CloudStack Come Together
In 2012, federal, state and local
governments began to move toward
cloud computing as they realized the
cost savings it could achieve.
Government Gets On Board
Hewlett-Packard, which designated its
Converged Cloud strategy a top priority in
September, will make noise in 2013 by moving
as much of its business as possible to a cloud
services delivery model.
HP Moves Radically To The Cloud
Leading cloud storage vendors Amazon Web Service,
Google and Dropbox engaged in a price war in the
waning months of 2012 in an attempt to capture
market share.
New Storage Strategies
SMBs have cited security, complexity
and cost as reasons to stay hesitant
about delving into cloud services.
SMBs Move To The Cloud
Chinese hackers have been attacking
Internet-based companies, particularly
Google, for several years.
The Cloud Will Cause An
International Incident
In 2012, infrastructure-as-a-service providers led the
development of cloud computing as Amazon Web
Services, Rackspace, Terremark and others offered
customers access to hosting and computing.
From IaaS To PaaS
This will be the year that solution providers capitalize on
the opportunity presented by the cloud to become
brokers to move businesses to a hosted IT environment.
Solution Providers Finally
Become Cloud Brokers
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  • 1. Stung by continued outages that cut service to customers, including a highly publicized Christmas disruption that caused Netflix to go down, Amazon Web Services will appoint a Chief Reliability Officer. Amazon Changes Its Ways Businesses are ready to move to the cloud, but on their own terms. As a consequence, they are taking advan- tage of the myriad private cloud options now being adopted. Public clouds, offered by leaders such as Amazon Web Services, will continue to be popular, as will mixed private and public clouds. Everybody Gets A Private Cloud The OpenStack Foundation will enter into a cooperative agreement with cloud open-source rival CloudStack, and both organizations will develop closer relations with Amazon Web Services. OpenStack, CloudStack Come Together In 2012, federal, state and local governments began to move toward cloud computing as they realized the cost savings it could achieve. Government Gets On Board Hewlett-Packard, which designated its Converged Cloud strategy a top priority in September, will make noise in 2013 by moving as much of its business as possible to a cloud services delivery model. HP Moves Radically To The Cloud Leading cloud storage vendors Amazon Web Service, Google and Dropbox engaged in a price war in the waning months of 2012 in an attempt to capture market share. New Storage Strategies SMBs have cited security, complexity and cost as reasons to stay hesitant about delving into cloud services. SMBs Move To The Cloud Chinese hackers have been attacking Internet-based companies, particularly Google, for several years. The Cloud Will Cause An International Incident In 2012, infrastructure-as-a-service providers led the development of cloud computing as Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, Terremark and others offered customers access to hosting and computing. From IaaS To PaaS This will be the year that solution providers capitalize on the opportunity presented by the cloud to become brokers to move businesses to a hosted IT environment. Solution Providers Finally Become Cloud Brokers Cloud  in  2013