Greenclouds has been selected as finalist for the TIMMIE Awards 2014 as "Most Innovative Vendor". This award, an initiative of CIO Magazine and ICT Media, will be given to the company to award and stimulate their business success and leading innovation.
2. “Datacenters generate 2% of
the total global carbon
dioxide emissions.”
Gartner Report 2012.
“Datacenters are the factories of the 21st century.”
How Clean is your Cloud, Greenpeace, 2012.
Only 6-12% of the global IT
existing capacity is actually used.
7. Cloud services brokerage (CSB) is an IT role and business
model in which a company or other entity adds value to one or
more (public or private) cloud services on behalf of one or more
consumers of that service.
2014: IT organizations in 30% of Global
1000 companies will broker cloud
services for internal and external users.
8. Enterprise requirements.
+ Multiple -and diverse application requirements.
Cloud Service Brokerage requirements.
+ Serving a global user community with localised solutions.
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+ Pay only what you use.
+ Elasticity, scalability up & down.
+ No required minimum commitments.
+ Self Provisioning & service - Consumer drive.
+ Real-time visibility to usage & performance.
In combination with:
Requires multiple clouds
-and locations to accommodate.
9. Enterprise’ challenges:
Multiple clouds = Multiple IT islands.
+ Isolated cloud environments [silo’s] not working together,
resulting in suboptimalization, inefficiency, overhead and
high costs]
+ Multiple clouds mean complex technology integrations
[API’s, networking, compatibility, etc.].
+ Extensive service/operations management due to multiple
clouds support [SLA’s, governance, support levels, etc.].
+ Complex financial management due to different cloud
vendors [contracts, vendor management, charging]
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+ Cloud providers are moving to added value services, what
results in a potential lock-in.
= No standardization.
11. Top 5 Finalist Accenture
Innovation Awards 2012.
Winner CODE_n Award 2013
for “Emerging company”.
Winner Red Herring Top 100
Europe 2013.
Finalist Deloitte Technology
Fast50 as Rising Star 2013.
An Award-winning Platform.
European Top 100 Hottest
Startups by Wired.
Finalist EY Sustainable Hero
Award 2013.
Finalist Red Herring Top 100
Global 2013.
GP Bullhound Finalist “Ones
to Watch” Award 2013.
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