Appistry/CloudCamp Survey Reveals Amazon Leading Race for Cloud King

First in series of "Inside the Cloud" surveys designed to gauge the impact, opportunities and issues of cloud computing

St. Louis (PRWEB) November 18, 2008

Appistry and CloudCamp today announced findings from the first in a series of surveys the two organizations are conducting among CloudCamp participants. The inaugural Appistry/CloudCamp "Inside the Cloud" survey, conducted at Cloud Camp Silicon Valley in September, showed Amazon besting Google by a nearly two-to-one margin as the company expected to play the largest role in the future of cloud computing.

Through the survey, respondents provided feedback on cloud leadership, market conditions, innovation, challenges to cloud adoption, critical cloud attributes, and relevant cloud applications. Some of the key findings include:

•     Amazon bested Google by nearly a two-to-one margin (62 percent to 33 percent) when asked who will play the largest role in the future of cloud computing.
•     Sixty-six percent of the survey's respondents expect current market conditions to provide fertile ground for cloud computing and expect to see an increase in cloud projects. Fifteen percent predict projects will stall.
•     Infrastructure and applications (39 percent and 30 percent, respectively) were cited as the areas where the most innovation in cloud computing is happening.
•     Security, reliability and scalability emerged as the top three challenges to greater adoption of cloud computing.
•     Respondents ranked cost reduction and increased scalability as the top business drivers for their company's or customers' adoption of cloud computing.

"Amazon has been one of the most aggressive cloud infrastructure providers and the survey findings indicate that people believe it will continue to drive the market," said Sam Charrington, CloudCamp co-organizer and vice president of product management and marketing, Appistry. "It not only received twice as many votes as Google, but the combined percentages of Google, Microsoft and IBM couldn't equal the Amazon believers."

Sixty-one CloudCamp attendees participated in the Appistry/CloudCamp-sponsored survey. Among the respondents, 62 percent represented cloud providers, 24 percent represented cloud consultants, and 20 percent indicated their companies are considering cloud computing technology.

Appistry CEO Kevin Haar will highlight the study on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, as part of a presentation on "Cloud Computing and the Data Center of the Future" at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Jose, CA. Appistry chief strategist and co-founder, Bob Lozano, is scheduled to discuss "The New Meaning of Application Virtualization: Cloud-Enabling Applications" on Thursday, November 20, 2008, at the SYS-CON conference.

The full study and findings can be downloaded at http://www.appistry.com/go/inside-the-cloud.

About Appistry
Appistry simplifies cloud computing for the enterprise, opening the door to a more agile and scalable IT environment. Appistry's application platform addresses the complex challenges of building, deploying and managing a wide variety of applications and services for both public and private clouds. Appistry's products are designed specifically for cloud environments, delivering transparent scalability, application-level fault tolerance, and automated management to new and existing applications. Appistry customers include FedEx, GeoEye, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

About CloudCamp
CloudCamp was formed in 2008 in order to provide a common ground for the introduction and advancement of cloud computing. Through a series of local CloudCamp events, attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies.

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