The webinar discusses some of the findings from a recently published report on end user adoption of cloud computing.

About the report:

Cloud computing is transforming IT. We no longer have to begin every cloud discussion by answering the question, 'What is cloud computing?' Instead, users want to know how to get started, how different models work, which vendors they should be considering, what can be done via a DIY approach, what goes onto the cloud first – and what their competitors are doing. IT plans are being affected by the cloud regardless of whether an organization has a cloud strategy or not. Users are demanding to know from suppliers and service providers what their cloud plans are, and they are benchmarking internal systems against public clouds.

End users in our early-adopter research program typically see clouds as part of a continuum – a logical endpoint for some combination of activities including grid and utility computing, virtualization and automation. People are starting to talk about an infrastructure progression from physical to virtual to clouds (PVC), and users are planning or already undertaking journeys that correspond to this progression.

In this report, we examine ways in which users are developing such PVC strategies, what tools and processes are being used, what's working and what's not, and how effective vendors are in meeting users' needs. The report provides a perspective on cloud computing adoption trends at end-user organizations across multiple industries.