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Theme
Grid computing is not a unique market, but an
element in the transformation of IT
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Agenda

• Who is Forrester?
• The current environment
• Defining grid computing
• Grid in the context of the broader move to
  Organic IT

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Who is Forrester?

• Founded in 1983, Forrester Research is an
  independent technology research company that
  provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice
  about technologys impact on business and
  government.

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Client-focused products services
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Forrester by the numbers in 2005

• 11,500 surveys of senior IT, business, and
  government executives in Asia, North America, and
  Europe
• 260,000 consumer surveys in NA and Europe
• 3,400 vendor briefings and research interviews
• 2,000 published pieces of research
• 20,000 inquiries with clients

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A custom and transparent research experience
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In 2005 IT Is In A Period Of Refine Design
Forrester Research, June 2005 Trends The Seeds
Of The Next Big Thing
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Rapid growth in IT spending has peaked!

• The bulk of the infrastructure is in place
• Very large scale implementations are over
• Wage and services rates are in a period of
  deflation
• Overall capital budgets cannot sustain more
  growth
• Lower cost, niche new technologies dominate the
  agenda

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The re-apportionment of IT spending
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The skills needed in IT are changing dramtically
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IT industry takes mature attributes

• Vendors cut costs/build out GDM
• Operational efficiency becomes paramount
• Suppliers invest in solution accelerators/framewor
  ks

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Shifting IT services economics
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Theme
Grid computing is not a unique market, but an
element in the transformation of IT
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Vendors are pitching new ideas
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These ideas have many names ...

• Utility computing (confusing and incomplete)
• Grid computing (has lost its specific meaning)
• Global Grid Forum (GGF), Globus, Enterprise Grid
  Alliance (EGA)
• On demand IBM, CA, and others
• Adaptive Enterprise, Utility Data Center HP
• N1 and Grid Sun Microsystems
• Dynamic Systems Initiative Microsoft
• Others
• Policy-based computing, service-centric
  computing, TRIOLE, Harmonious Computing, open
  mission-critical systems, Valumo, business
  blueprinting

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... but are really three ideas mixed together

• Whats the right architecture?
• Distributed versus Organic IT
• Choose based on ROI to firm
• Should I outsource?
• Location and management
• Choose based on skills, costs, strategic focus
• Whats the pricing scheme?
• Purchase, lease, or pay per use
• Choose based on financial needs

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It takes a full page table to list all the
industry names...
Outsourcing
Transformation
Term
Uses
Architecture
Pricing
Organic IT
Forrester Research
Organic Business
Forrester Research
Utility computing, utility
VERI
T
AS, Egenera, Sun, Cassatt, Paremus,
services
Connectria, H
P
, IBM, BEA, and ED
S
H
P
, Sun, IBM, Oracle, DataSynapse
,
Grid, grid computing
Platform Computing, Entropia, United
Devices, Paremus, Enigmatec, and Cassatt
On demand,
CA, IBM, Sychron, Speedera Networks,
on demand computing
Akamai
T
echnologies
On Demand eBusiness
IBM
Autonomic computing
IBM, Enigmatec
Utility Data Center
HP
Adaptive Infrastructure
Adaptive Enterprise
HP
N1, N1 Grid
Sun
Dynamic systems
Microsoft
Dynamic data center
Microsoft
Agile enterprise
EDS, Unisys
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... but it takes two slides to show the table!
Outsourcing
Transformation
T
er
m
Uses
Architecture
Pricing
Adaptive computing
SAP
Managed computing
Merrill Lynch
Dynamic computing
Dell
Recovery-oriented computing
http//roc.cs.berkeley.edu/
V
ALUMO
NEC
TRIOLE
Fujitsu
Harmonious computing
Hitachi
Business blueprinting,
Unisys
3D
V
isible Enterpris
e
I
T
Utility Services
Connectria
V
irtual data centre
F5 Networks
Intelligent control system
VIEO
Data center automation
BladeLogic, Opsware, and Etagon
Hive computing
T
sunami Research
V
irtual infrastructure
VMware
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What do you think the term grid computing
means?
Clustered computing, where several
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coupled servers perform as one server
Data grids for efficient sharing of data
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across several different locations or systems
Massively parallel processing of numeric
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workloads across several computers
Confusing term that has several
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different meanings
Same or similar to virtualization of IT resources
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Same or similar to utility computing
Dont know
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Base 149 North American companies
(multiple responses accepted)
Source May 18, 2004, Trends Grid Gets Big, But
The Term Is Confusing
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Grid refers to five key elements of IT
infrastructure or just one element
Management
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Theme
Grid computing is not a unique market, but an
element in the transformation of IT
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CIOs and businesspeople are waking to a new
reality

• The technology costs too much
• and doesnt deliver on its promise
• While vendors offer warmed-over technology repeats

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Why is there a new architecture? Selfish assets
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G3,500 firms find storage difficult to manage
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Much of the storage bought is not used
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How much are you spending on integration?
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Organic IT is

• IT Infrastructure that automatically shares and
  manages reliable virtualized software,
  processors, storage, and networks across all
  applications and business services

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Abstraction is the key to Organic IT
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The solution? Four innovations lead to Organic IT
- shared IT infrastructure
Result? Barriers to business agility drop
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Proactive management software is at the heart of
Organic IT
Software
Flexible, modular code
Computing
Storage
Shared, flexible servers
Pooled, networked disks
Network
Unified, flexible links
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Crystallizing the savings from Organic IT

• Massively higher utilization
• From todays 10-20 to 70-80
• Result Cut purchases in half
• Dramatic increases in IT labor efficiency
• From todays 6TB to 600TB
• Result Double IT staff efficiency
• Rapid response to business needs
• From months to hours or days
• Result Faster time to market

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Server virtualization
Base 603 infrastructure decision-makers at North
American enterprises Base 234 infrastructure
decision-makers at European enterprises Base 53
infrastructure decision-makers at Japan
enterprises
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Automated patch management
Base 603 infrastructure decision-makers at North
American enterprises Base 234 infrastructure
decision-makers at European enterprises Base 53
infrastructure decision-makers at Japan
enterprises
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Data center automation (Automated server
management and provisioning)
Base 603 infrastructure decision-makers at North
American enterprises Base 234 infrastructure
decision-makers at European enterprises Base 53
infrastructure decision-makers at Japan
enterprises
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Grid computing
Base 603 infrastructure decision-makers at North
American enterprises Base 234 infrastructure
decision-makers at European enterprises Base 53
infrastructure decision-makers at Japan
enterprises
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Crystallizing the savings from Organic IT

• Massively higher utilization
• From todays 10-20 to 70-80
• Result Cut purchases in half
• Dramatic increases in IT labor efficiency
• From todays 6TB to 600TB
• Result Double IT staff efficiency
• Rapid response to business needs
• From months to hours or days
• Result Faster time to market

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Summary

• Grid computing is not a unique market, but an
  element in the transformation of IT
• Economics of IT are changing
• Grid computing is one of many labels vendors are
  applying to the new model for IT infrastructure
• Grid is one element in a broader Organic IT
  approach

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Selected Forrester offshore bibliography

• October 17, 2005 Data Overview The State Of
  Infrastructure Adoption
• October 17, 2005 Trends Which Industries Are
  Using Compute Grids?
• October 11, 2004 Trends Who Is Using Organic IT
  Technologies?
• August 18, 2005, Trends Organic IT Challenges IT
  Organizational Practices
• January 20, 2005, Market Overview Decoding Grid
  Technology
• May 18, 2004, Trends Organic IT 2004 Cut IT
  Costs, Speed Up Business
• May 18, 2004, Trends Grid Gets Big, But The Term
  Is Confusing

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Thank you
For a copy of the slides and our latest Grid
Computing Research please logon to
www.forrester.com/GFK

John C. McCarthy 1 617/613-5710 or
jmccarthy_at_forrester.com