Always a pleasure, Chip! -Sally
________________________________ From: Chip Childers <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> Cc: Geralyn Miller <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 11:51 Subject: Re: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software Report - Fact Check Confirmation Awesome, thanks Sally! On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone --a quick heads-up that I heard back from Forrester a few > minutes ago. > > They confirmed that they have incorporated our request for > changes/corrections (sent last week: updates to version and release date, > along with product and organization name), and that their report will be out > over the next few days. > > Many kind regards, > Sally > > > ________________________________ > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > To: Geralyn Miller <[email protected]>; > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 13:49 > > Subject: Re: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software > Report - Fact Check Confirmation > > Thanks, Geralyn. > > Anyone else have any comments/corrections/additions? > > -Sally > > > ________________________________ > From: Geralyn Miller <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; > Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 13:38 > Subject: RE: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software > Report - Fact Check Confirmation > > Thanks, Sally. I don’t have any comments. > > > > From: Sally Khudairi [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software > Report - Fact Check Confirmation > > Gentle ping. Comments due tomorrow (Wednesday). > > Cheers, > Sally > > > ________________________________ > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2014, 15:40 > Subject: Re: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software > Report - Fact Check Confirmation > > Hi folks --how are we looking here? > > Any additions? Comments? Corrections? > > Thanks so much, > Sally > > > ________________________________ > From: Geralyn Miller <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 12:58 > Subject: RE: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software > Report - Fact Check Confirmation > > > > > Thanks. > > From:Sally Khudairi [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Fwd: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software > Report - Fact Check Confirmation > > Geralyn and team --here you go! > > [From the mobile; please excuse spelling/spacing errors and brevity] > > ----- Forwarded message ----- > From: "Caputo, Michael" <[email protected]> > To: "Sally Khudairi" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software Report > - Fact Check Confirmation > Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 14:26 > > Hi Sally, > > Thanks for the note - and yes that's fine, I've pasted the rest of the > entries below - please bear in mind that this report is a work in progress > so it is not fully complete. I have some updates for you all on this > process: > > -We've pushed the deadline out to a week instead of 48 hours. Given that its > Labor Day weekend, we'd like responses by Wednesday 9/3 if at all possible. > > -Please note that this is a follow up report to our "Vendor Landscape: > Private Cloud Overview" report which will be going live later this week. > This is not an evaluation piece, but rather a reference point for our > enterprise customers on your solution listed, along with 20+ other software > only private cloud solutions. In this report, we break down terminology > between cloud platforms, cloud management, and full private cloud suites and > the functionality contained within each. > > -Additionally, please be advised that we will NOT be accepting briefings as > part of this report process. You are welcome to schedule a briefing through > our briefings team, but this will not delay publication of this report. > Please provide feedback using this survey (link here). We will NOT be > accepting feedback via email or phone inquiry. > > I hope this information is helpful, please reach out to me directly if you > have any questions at all! > > Best, > Mike > > Vendor name Cloud management Cloud platform Software list Version release > date Original release date Customer # Estimate OpenStack CloudStack vCloud > Director Perpetual license Annual term license Monthly billing Free > Apache* x Apache CloudStack 4.3 1/1/2014 5/1/2010 N/A x > ASG x x ASG CloudFactory v 7.3.1 12/1/2013 2/1/2012 120+ x x > BMC x x BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management v4.0, BMC Cloud Operations Manager > v9.01 5/1/2014 4/1/2009 200 x > CA x x CA Automation Suite for Clouds v1.6 6/1/2011 6/1/2014 200+ x > Cisco x x Cisco Intelligent Automation Center, Cisco UCS Director Jan. 2014/ > Dec. 2013 Jan. 2011/ 2009 100+ x > Citrix x x Citrix CloudPlatform, Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.0 > June 2010/June 2011 March 2014/May 2014 200+ x x > CliQr x CliQr CloudCenter 2014 6/1/2012 40 x > Cloudscaling x x Cloudscaling Open Cloud System 2.6 2014 2014 5+ x x > Connectloud x x Connectloud uCloud v2.0 10/1/2013 6/1/2013 >10 x > Dell x Dell Cloud Manager (formerly Enstratius) 100+ x x x > Egenera x x Egenera Cloud Suite 6/1/2012 > 100 x > Embotics x x Embotics Cloud Management Software 4/1/2014 11/1/2007 70+ x > eNovance x x eNovance Private Cloud 10+ x x > Eucalyptus* x Eucalyptus 5/1/2008 100+ x > HP x x HP CloudSystem Enterprise Suite, HP Helion April 2014, May 2014 March > 2013, May 2014 250+ x x x > Huawei x x Huawei FusionSphere 8/1/2014 8/1/2011 200+ x x > IBM x x IBM Service Delivery Manager v7.2.4, IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator, > IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack December 2012, November 2013, May 2014 > August 2010, April 2013, May 2014 250+ x x x > Microsoft x x Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft System Center 2012 > SP1 10/1/2013 9/1/2012 126+ x > Mirantis x x Mirantis OpenStack 4.0 12/1/2013 100 x x > NetIQ x x NetIQ Cloud Manager 4/1/2014 9/1/2010 10 x > OpenStack* x OpenStack Nova, OpenStack 4/1/2014 10/1/2010 N/A x x > Oracle x x Oracle Enterprise Manager 6/1/2014 August 2011 (for 12c, Release > 1) 50+ x > Piston Cloud x x Piston OpenStack 3.0 2/1/2014 1/1/2012 10+ x x > Rackspace x x Rackspace Private Cloud Apr. 2013? 100+ x x > Red Hat x x Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure 1/1/2014 6/1/2013 100+ x x > Rightscale x Rightscale Cloud Manager, Rightscale Analytics April 2014, > November 2013 2008, November 2013 700+ x > Scalr* x Scalr Private Cloud Management for Private Clouds 7/1/2014 > 4/1/2008 20+ x x > SUSE x x SUSE Cloud 3 2/1/2014 8/1/2012 40+ x x > Ubuntu* x x Ubuntu OpenStack 4/1/2014 4/1/2011 30+ x x x > Virtustream x x xStream Cloud Management 7/1/2014 3/1/2010 < 20 x > VMware x x VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite featuring VMware vCOPS 5.8, VMware > vCAC 6.0 September 2013, December 2013 Sept. 2012/ Sept. 2012, original > release date for vCS 5.5 was Sept. 2013 250+ x x > > > > > > > > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > Michael Caputo > Research Associate |Infrastructure & Operations > direct +1 617.613.6292| > [email protected] > > Forrester Research, Inc. > Forrester.com|Communities|Blogs|Twitter|LinkedIn|Facebook|Google+ > 60 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140 United States > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again, Mike. > > The Apache CloudStack are asking if there is any way they could see the copy > of the entire first bullet entitled “Cloud platform”? Would that be > possible? > > Thanking you in advance, > Sally > > = = = = = > vox +1 617 921 8656 > skype sallykhudairi > > >>________________________________ >> >>From:Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>To: "Caputo, Michael" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 7:49 >>Subject: Re: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software >> Report - Fact Check Confirmation >> >>Thanks so much, Mike. >> >>I'll run this by the Apache CloudStack team and will get back to you with >> any comments. >> >>Cheers & chat soon, >>Sally >> >>= = = = = >>vox +1 617 921 8656 >>skype sallykhudairi >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> >>>From:"Caputo, Michael" <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 7:33 >>>Subject: ACTION Requested - Forrester Research Private Cloud Software >>> Report - Fact Check Confirmation >>> >>>Hi Apache Team, >>> >>>I'm reaching out to give Apache the opportunity to correct any factual >>> inaccuracies in an upcoming Forrester report titled "Vendor Landscape: >>> Private Cloud Software", written by analysts Lauren E. Nelson and Rich >>> Fichera. >>> >>>Apache has been included in this report in the following places, please >>> review this information and confirm its accuracy, including the table row >>> with release date information, etc: >>> >>>■ Cloud platform. This is the foundational layer that abstracts existing >>> physical and virtual resources and presents them as an IaaS cloud >>> environment. Core cloud platform capabilities include: self-service request >>> workflow, resource management, automated provisioning (through element >>> automation tools), and basic resource usage reporting. Common private cloud >>> platforms include OpenStack, vCloud Director, and Apache CloudStack. For >>> enterprises looking for basic IaaS services, a cloud platform can function >>> as a standalone private cloud. However, most enterprises look for additional >>> services that are typically found in… >>>■ Standalone cloud management. Cloud management tools aren’t for cloud >>> building but rather for management and optimization of virtual resources >>> across various deployment types. Cloud management, sold separately from >>> cloud platforms include: Dell Cloud Manager (formerly Enstratius), >>> RightScale, and Scalr. Unlike cloud platforms, cloud management tools cannot >>> exist as a standalone cloud environment. These tools must connect into >>> public and private cloud platforms. Enterprises can use these tools as its >>> primarily private cloud management portal while also leveraging its advanced >>> hybrid capabilities. Core cloud management capabilities include: process >>> automation and orchestration, cost comparisons between cloud platforms >>> supported, template designers, and cloud governance. >>>Vendor name Cloud management Cloud platform Software list Version release >>> date Original release date Customer # Estimate OpenStack CloudStack vCloud >>> Director Perpetual license Annual term license Monthly billing Free >>>Apache* x Apache CloudStack 4.3 1/1/2014 5/1/2010 N/A x >>> >>>Please respond within 48 hours - and if you have any questions, don't >>> hesitate to contact me directly. Thanks again for taking the time to review >>> and reply. >>> >>>Best, >>>Mike >>> >>> >>> >>>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >>> >>>Michael Caputo >>>Research Associate |Infrastructure & Operations >>>direct +1 617.613.6292| >>>[email protected] >>> >>>Forrester Research, Inc. >>>Forrester.com|Communities|Blogs|Twitter|LinkedIn|Facebook|Google+ >>>60 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140 United States >>> >> > > > >
