Cloud-Enabling Technologies
This Market Monitor Cloud-Enabling Technologies report provides updated market and vendor estimates through Q1 2017. Cloud-Enabling Technologies (CET) encompass the vital support system for a cloud environment, which includes the automation and management stack. It is our position that server virtualization itself is an enabler for cloud computing. In addition, what the broader industry terms 'private clouds' fall under the purview of our CET definition because this technology is installed, delivered and consumed on-premises, and is not hosted by a third party. However, the CET tools included in this analysis are commonly leveraged by cloud providers to create the cloud environments they offer as a service. The Q3 update includes a breakout of the emerging container marketplace and incorporates the private PaaS vendors as part of our platform analysis.
