CloudVelocity provides a technology called One Hybrid Cloud that automates the migration of applications between hybrid cloud environments and from enterprise data centers to public clouds. It uses automated discovery to package applications and their dependencies together for migration, which can reduce migration time from hours or days to just minutes. While it addresses some challenges like hypervisor dependencies, CloudVelocity does not currently manage infrastructure services like DNS that may require manual configuration for cloud bursting scenarios.

1.
CloudVelocity
A
Briefing
Note
By
Lori
Macvittie
CloudVelocity
A
Briefing
Note
by
Lori
Macvittie
Company:
CloudVelocity
(www.cloudvelocity.com)
Market:
Hybrid
Cloud
Application
Migration
Products:
One Hybrid Cloud™
Summary:
Cloud
Velocity
technology
is
designed
to
manage
automated
migration
of
applications
in
hybrid
cloud
environments
as
well
as
on-­‐
boarding
enterprise
applications
to
public
cloud
computing
environments

2.
CloudVelocity
A
Briefing
Note
By
Lori
Macvittie
Market
Overview
The
market
for
Application
Migration
is
just
beginning
to
emerge
into
an
evolving
state
as
cloud
adoption
of
packaged
applications
becomes
a
key
focus
for
enterprise
customers.
There
are
two
primary
approaches
to
migration
of
existing
applications
with
varying
technology
approaches
to
achieving
migration:
1. Virtual
Machine
migration
a. Wholesale
VM
migration
b. Shim-­‐based
migration
2. Application
migration
a. SI
/
manual
migration
b. Toolsets
c. Standards
d. Solutions
The
market
remains
dominated
by
wholesale
VM
migration
methods
as
it
remains
the
least
complex.
Application
migration
via
toolsets
and
solutions
is
gaining
mindshare
due
to
its
ability
to
transcend
not
only
cloud
environments
but
hypervisor
dependencies,
allowing
a
wider
selection
of
and
greater
mobility
between
providers.
SI
and
manual
migration
has
been
the
primary
mechanism
through
which
native,
non-­‐virtualized
applications
are
moved
from
enterprise
to
cloud
due
to
complex
dependencies
and
inter-­‐application
relationships.
Automated
systems
which
are
able
to
replicate
the
completeness
of
migration
offered
by
manual
processes
such
as
SI
and
manual
migration
are
beginning
to
emerge
but
remain
nascent.
Standards
are,
at
this
juncture,
non-­‐existent
with
the
exception
of
OASIS
CAMP
(Cloud
Application
Management
for
Platforms)
which
has
only
recently
been
proposed
for
consideration.
Cloud
Velocity
Overview
Cloud
Velocity
has
chosen
to
focus
on
a
packaged
approach
to
migration
of
applications
irrespective
of
virtualization
status.
Its
technology
is
able
to
package
and
migrate
applications
holistically
from
one
environment
to
another,
including
dependent
systems
such
as
relational
databases.
This
process
is
automated
and
requires
very
little
application-­‐specific
knowledge
to
ensure
all
dependent
applications
are
included.
Cloud
Velocity
is
targeting
hybrid
cloud
deployments
with
a
focus
on
migrating
enterprise-­‐class
applications
comprising
multiple
tiers
of
services.
It
is
also
able
to
migrate
applications
across
clouds,
with
Rackspace
and
Amazon
EC2
currently
supported.
Cloud
Velocity
comprises
multiple
components
enabling
automated
discovery
of
dependent
systems
including
applications
and
storage.
It
also
attempts
to
resolve
integration
issues
by
extended
data
center
services
such
as
authoritative
identity
stores
to
applications
migrated
to
the
cloud.

3.
CloudVelocity
A
Briefing
Note
By
Lori
Macvittie
Advantages
-­‐ Automated
discovery
enables
a
packaged
application
approach
to
migration
-­‐ Non-­‐disruptive
to
existing
architecture
-­‐ Time
to
migrate
reduce
to
minutes
instead
of
hours
or
days
-­‐ Hypervisor
agnostic
and
can
migrate
non-­‐virtualized
applications
Disadvantages
-­‐ Infrastructure
services
such
as
DNS
are
not
managed
by
Cloud
Velocity,
requiring
manual
intervention
for
cloud
bursting
scenarios
-­‐ Discovery
requires
access
to
systems
at
the
network
layer
Competitors
1. Virtual
Machine
migration
a. Wholesale
VM
migration
i. VMware
ii. Citrix
Xen
iii. Microsoft
Hyper-­‐V
iv. ServiceMesh
b. Shim-­‐based
migration
i. CloudSwitch
ii. Platespin
2. Application
migration
a. Toolsets
i. MS:
Server
App-­‐V
ii. MS:
App-­‐V
iii. VMware:
Thinstall
b. Standards
i. OASIS
CAMP
c. Solutions
i. AppZero
Summary
Cloud
Velocity’s
automated
and
holistic
approach
to
application
migration
is
unique
within
the
broader
Application
Migration
market
and
brings
with
it
promising
opportunities
for
customers
to
realize
a
federated
cloud
ecosystem
for
enterprise-­‐class
applications
as
well
as
enabling
true
cloud
bursting
architectures
leveraging
public
cloud
environments
in
support
of
periodic
elasticity
requirements.