Liam Eagle is a Research Manager, VotE Cloud, Hosting and Managed Services. His research examines web and application hosting, managed hosting and cloud infrastructure. His research focuses in part on the adaptation of traditional hosting technologies and models to accommodate emerging needs. These include web presence SaaS, the focus on web professionals and the channel market for cloud infrastructure.
Prior to joining 451 Research, Liam was editor-in-chief at the Web Host Industry Review, where he managed a full-time editorial staff of four, along with dozens of freelancers and other contributors. In several years as co-chair of HostingCon, he built the educational program for one of the industry's most highly regarded and well-attended events.
Liam has closely covered the hosting market for more than 15 years, giving him a front-row seat for many of the transformative trends that have, shaped the business, including the emergence of virtualization and cloud technologies, and the development of the hosting market's partner ecosystem. He has spoken at the Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit, HostingCon, World Hosting Days, Parallels Summit, Open-Xchange Summit and other industry events. He holds a bachelor of journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto.
The company recently expanded the range of its DreamPress managed WordPress hosting plans, a minor change that highlights the major emphasis DreamHost is placing on the open source content management system.
Over the past few years, MTDCs have been faced with a choice: scale up with larger facilities and geo-diversified portfolios, or scale out with various service additions. Some providers have done both. We explore this dynamic in a series of Spotlight reports.
Over the past few years, MTDCs have been faced with a choice: scale up with larger facilities and geo-diversified portfolios, or scale out with various service additions. Some providers have done both. We explore this dynamic in a series of Spotlight reports.
The world of IT procurement and operations has changed. More providers are offering broader portfolios of managed and unmanaged services and hosted applications and platforms, and most, if not all, infrastructure providers have absorbed some of the practical implications of cloud computing into their operations, fundamentally altering the mode of service delivery. The Hosting & Cloud Managed Services Market Monitor was developed to more accurately track and forecast this evolving market.
The Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting and Managed Services survey wave was completed during the months of October 2017 through January 2018. The survey represents approximately 800 completes from pre-qualified IT decision-makers primarily based in North America and Europe. In addition to regular quarterly topics, the Budgets and Outlook survey focuses on budgets and spending on cloud deployment models, along with the pace of adoption and drivers for these models.
The Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud, Hosting and Managed Services, Budgets and Outlook survey was conducted during the months of October 2017 through January 2018. The Quarterly Customer Narratives provide a detailed tracker of customer feedback from approximately 38 individual conversations about hosting and cloud managed services vendors, particularly in the area of infrastructure services or application hosting providing a narrative view of the market, segmented by respondent, company size, vendor(s) used, and theme (372-quote Excel report). The survey represents approximately 800 completed surveys and 15 interviews about hosting and cloud managed services vendors, particularly in the area of infrastructure services or application hosting providing a narrative view of the market primarily based in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to regular quarterly topics, the Q4 survey focuses on budgets and spending on cloud deployment models, along with the pace of adoption and drivers for these models.
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