1. © AberdeenGroup 2009 The Impact of Cloud Computing on IT Professional Services Russ Klein VP, Technology Research Group Director Dick Csaplar Senior Research Analyst Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and Storage April 30, 2010

2. © AberdeenGroup 2009 2  Who is the Aberdeen Group?  Cloud Computing as an Emerging Technology  Value Proposition of Cloud Computing  Vendor Landscape  Architecture  Changing Competitive Landscape for IT Professional Services  Looking Ahead  Aberdeen Recommendations  Further Reading

3. © AberdeenGroup 2009 3 Aberdeen Group: Brief Overview  History  Research Methodology  Addressable Audience  Marketing Services

4. © AberdeenGroup 2009 4 Cloud Computing: Emerging Technology?  History  Evolution  Early Adopters  Late Adopters

5. © AberdeenGroup 2009 5 Cloud Computing: Value  Self-Service  Uptime  Measured Service  Support  Resource Pooling

6. © AberdeenGroup 2009 6 Cloud Computing: Vendor Landscape  SaaS  PaaS  IaaS  EaaS  MaaS  XaaS

7. © AberdeenGroup 2009 7 Cloud Computing: Architecture  Virtualization  Storage  Hybrid Deployments  Scalability  Security and Privacy

8. © AberdeenGroup 2009 8 Changing Competitive Landscape  Disruptive Technology  New Old Problems  M&A  Software

9. © AberdeenGroup 2009 9 Looking Ahead

10. © AberdeenGroup 2009 10 Aberdeen Recommends…

11. © AberdeenGroup 2009 11 Further Reading

12. © AberdeenGroup 2009 12 Questions?