Defining a framework for cloud adoption IBM（云采用IBM定义一个框架）.pdf

IBM Global Technology Services Cloud Computing Thought Leadership White Paper Defining a framework for cloud adoption How common ground can help enterprises drive success with cloud computing 2 Defining a framework for cloud adoption Contents financial analysts have still other perspectives on what cloud computing represents. Each group is discussing cloud comput- 1 Introduction ing, but few are discussing it in the same way. 3 Looking at cloud computing across two dimensions This multiplicity of interpretations was confirmed in a 3 Cloud delivery models 2009 IBM study of more than 1,000 IT and line of business decision makers around the world regarding perceptions on 7 Cloud service types cloud computing.1 The findings revealed that although 8 Roles in cloud consumption and delivery 73 percent of respondents were familiar with cloud delivery methods prior to participating in the survey, there was little 10 Challenges and considerations consistency among the terms that respondents associated with 11 Summary internal or external delivery methods. For example, 30 percent