Level No. 5: Cloud Actualization: Hypercloud
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Level No. 5: Cloud actualization: Hypercloud
Level 5 represents complete "actualization" of cloud computing. This
level is certainly still on the horizon for most every enterprise
today. At this level, you'll see a fully-dynamic and autonomic compute
environment that allows application workloads to become something of a
currency, shifting dynamically across compute environments based on
availability in services, capacity and even comparative cost
advantages-allowing organizations to begin arbitraging compute
capacity. Although the technology for these functions is not mature, we
believe it is on the horizon and it will become fundamental to full
cloud actualization.
Conclusion
By Levels 4 and 5, you'll have seen the transformational effects of
cloud computing on your users, IT infrastructure and enterprise
profitability. By starting with virtualization and following this
model, you'll be laying the foundation for cloud computing, while
taking advantage of the nearer-term benefits virtualization can provide.
As with any process model, the steps toward cloud computing adoption
build on each other. Don't jump ahead or you'll undermine your
foundation. Work the program, and keep your head firmly on your
shoulders while also having it in the clouds.
Jake Sorofman is Vice President of Marketing at rPath.
Jake is a seasoned software marketing executive with a strong product
strategy and communications background. Previously, Jake was SVP of
marketing and business development for JustSystems, the largest ISV in
Japan and a leader in XML technologies. Before that, Jake was vice
president of product marketing with Mercury Interactive (now part of HP
Software), where he was responsible for the Systinet product line. He
joined Mercury though Mercury's $105 million acquisition of Systinet
Corporation.
Before Mercury, Jake led marketing for two WebSphere products at
IBM Software Group, which he joined through the acquisition of
Venetica. Prior to Venetica, Jake was director of product marketing
with Documentum, Inc. (now part of EMC), which he joined through the
acquisition of eRoom Technology.
Jake has a B.A. in English and political science from University
of New Hampshire, and an MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of
Business at Bentley College, where he was an American Marketing
Association George Hay Brown Scholar. Visit his blog at
http://blogs.rpath.com/wpmu/closing-the-gap/ or he can be reached at jsorofman@rpath.com.
Jake Sorofman is Vice President of Marketing at rPath.
Jake is a seasoned software marketing executive with a strong product
strategy and communications background. Previously, Jake was SVP of
marketing and business development for JustSystems, the largest ISV in
Japan and a leader in XML technologies. Before that, Jake was vice
president of product marketing with Mercury Interactive (now part of HP
Software), where he was responsible for the Systinet product line. He
joined Mercury though Mercury's $105 million acquisition of Systinet
Corporation.
Before Mercury, Jake led marketing for two WebSphere products at
IBM Software Group, which he joined through the acquisition of
Venetica. Prior to Venetica, Jake was director of product marketing
with Documentum, Inc. (now part of EMC), which he joined through the
acquisition of eRoom Technology.
Jake has a B.A. in English and political science from University
of New Hampshire, and an MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of
Business at Bentley College, where he was an American Marketing
Association George Hay Brown Scholar. Visit his blog at
http://blogs.rpath.com/wpmu/closing-the-gap/ or he can be reached at jsorofman@rpath.com. 
