State of the Industry: Survey Reveals Barriers and Opportunities for Development and Testing in the Cloud

Session Date and Time: Day 3, March 25, 14:00pm EST (11:00AM West Coast) (45min)
Keywords: cloud Development and Testing.
Authors: Dave Bartoletti, Senior Analyst & Consultant, Taneja Group & Co-Lead, Taneja Group Virtualization Practice
Abstract: Companies are using their testing and development (Test/Dev) infrastructures more and more as a proving ground for implementing shared infrastructure and private cloud environments, according to our recent survey of senior IT managers at North American firms. Conducted in mid-to-late 2009 on behalf of Platform Computing, Inc., the survey revealed that the top challenge of running Test/Dev environments is the need to manage virtual and physical resources separately, with most respondents also indicating that virtualization on its own does not address their most important Test/Dev infrastructure challenges.

The Taneja Group surveyed 83 senior IT managers across the banking, government, manufacturing, telecommunications, software, health and pharmaceutical industries. We examined current challenges of managing Test/Dev environments, as well as the opportunities for server virtualization and cloud computing solutions to address those problems. In this presentation we will review the current state of shared infrastructures for Test/Dev operations, investments plans, and enterprise views of the operational and budgetary challenges ahead.

About Dave Bartoletti
Senior Analyst & Consultant, Taneja Group
C0-Lead, Taneja Group Virtualization Practice
Dave Bartoletti has developed, delivered, and marketed emerging technologies for over 20 years at several high-profile infrastructure software and solutions companies. He was at the forefront of the virtualization, data center automation, messaging middleware, and Web 2.0 technology waves as both vendor and consumer. Dave advises Taneja Group clients on server and storage virtualization technologies, cloud computing strategies, and the automation of highly virtualized environments, and he also has deep knowledge of the unique requirements of the global financial services industry.
He helps our clients bring emerging technologies to market with rich technical analysis, focused market strategies, and strong solution differentiation and segmentation. Dave joined Taneja Group from Enigmatec, a leading virtualization automation vendor, where he was Vice President of Marketing. Earlier in his career, Dave held senior technical positions at TIBCO Software, Fidelity Investments, Capco, and IBM. He holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
Dave is based in San Francisco.

About Taneja Group
Taneja Group’s mission is to deliver best-in-class technology analysis and consulting for the storage and server industries to enable our clients to convert technology into business. We are a boutique firm of operational experts with both broad and deep expertise in storage systems and technologies, server and desktop hardware and software, virtualization platforms and appliances, cloud computing, and storage and server management solutions.
Taneja Group is recognized throughout the storage and virtualization communities for its unique focus on the impact of server virtualization on storage and vice versa. Storage and server virtualization, along with cloud computing platforms, are the foundation technologies for the emerging next-generation data center. We provide the insight and strategies needed to grow and profit from this exciting phase in the evolution of computing.
Our Focus
Taneja Group covers all aspects of storage with an emphasis on emerging technologies and data protection strategies. We also cover all aspects of server and desktop virtualization with an emphasis on platforms and management. These main coverage areas are strongly interdependent and technology shifts in one immediately impact the other. Specific research areas include:

• Storage Systems: Arrays, NAS/SAN, File Systems, Switches/Routers, Components, Blades
• Storage Technologies: iSCSI, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, SMI-S, FCoE
• Server/Desktop Virtualization: Hypervisors, Platforms, VDI, RDP/ICA, Thin Clients, Repurposing
• Storage Management: SRM, Backup/Recovery, HA/DR, Replication, De-Dupe, Thin Provisioning
• Virtualization Management: Provisioning, Monitoring, Maintenance, Optimization, Security, Lab
• Virtualized Data Center: Cloud Computing, Data Center Automation, IT Service Management

Our Experience
Taneja Group specializes in unbiased, hype-free, and responsible analysis delivered by experts in IT operations. Our analysts are first and foremost successful technologists, having gained practical knowledge developing, implementing and marketing industry-leading solutions at vendors and in data centers.