Discrete and Routine Uses
Today's Cloud are used mostly for two type of scenarios. One is the "Cloud Natives" where new ventures would start their computing infrastructure in the Cloud. The other is one-off projects like the New York Times digitizing its archive using Cloud Computing. These provide real use cases with tangible benefits and help to deepen the supporting eco-system for Cloud.
Industrial Strength Applications
As more established enterprises with large customer bases start to consider Cloud Computing, abilities in these areas are likely to propel the industry forward.
Deep Monitoring Tools: As the recent Amazon outage experience shows, the ability to identify the source and scale of a problem is something that few people have had to deal with until now. While Netflix is cobbling together various services for this purpose, they have noted that no single vendor provides the level of granularity and integrated view that meet the needs at their scale today.
Cloud Bursting: enterprises have expressed a good deal of interests in Private Cloud to keep part of the data and processing in-house due to regulatory and other considerations. At the same time, the ability to tap into an external Cloud on an as-needed basis, aka Cloud Bursting, offers a rather compelling degree of flexibility and cost advantage that will likely become the norm. Eucalyptus Systems has been a forerunner on both private cloud and cloud bursting.
Verticalized Industry Value-Add: Network service providers, e.g. telco such as BT and Verizon, are exploring industry-specific services that would offer differentiated Cloud solutions from the current offerings from the likes of Amazon, Google, Rackspace, and Microsoft. Some of the potential markets that have been named include financial markets, global commerce, consumer package goods, government, and health care.
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