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ICE Research Team  

Research director:
Rachel Chalmers

Principal analyst:
William Fellows

Research Director, Systems:
John Abbott

Research Director, Financial Markets & Head of EU Research:
John Barr

Analysts:
Dennis Callaghan
Vishy Venugopalan



About ICE

Infrastructure Computing for the Enterprise (ICE) draws together our analytical focus on topics like virtualization, data center automation, grid and high-performance computing, application life cycle management, performance management, service level management and service-oriented architecture.

ICE takes a 360 degree view of disruptive technologies; we analyze:

  • The activities of vendors bringing product to market, especially start-ups.
  • The needs and experiences of enterprise end-users.
  • Factors and considerations influencing funding and M&A

Core Components

  • 451 ICE Reports: a judicious mix of very granular long-form reports and more succinct position papers.
  • 451 ICE Analyst Access: interaction with 451 infrastructure analysts, led by Rachel Chalmers.
  • 451 Cloud Cover: a blog offering early-warning radar of disruptive change in enterprise infrastructure computing.


Recent ICE reports:

Power to the People
Feb 2008 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Virtualization III: Managing the virtual revolution
Dec 2007 - Buy - Exec. Summary

ECS: Financial Services Industry - This gig is bigger than grids - from HPC to service
Nov 2007 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Fifteen: Grid computing – Adoption in the healthcare market
Jun 2007 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Virtualization II: Desktops and applications are next
Jun 2007 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Fourteen: Grid Computing – The State of the Market
Jan 2007 - Buy - Exec. Summary

‘V’ for Virtualization: Transforming the datacenter, driving M&A
Dec 2006 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Thirteen: Grid Computing – Adoption in the High Tech Sector
Nov 2006 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Twelve: Grid Computing – Adoption in the Energy Sector
Sep 2006 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Eleven: Grid Computing – Enabling Applications for Grid Deployment
Jun 2006 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Ten: Grid Computing – Adoption in the Financial Sector
Apr 2006 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Nine: Grid Computing – Adoption in the Manufacturing Sector
Jan 2006 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Eight: Grid Computing – Where Are We with Utility Computing?
Dec 2005 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Seven: Grid Computing – Adoption for Digital Media Creation and Distribution
Oct 2005 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Six: Grid Computing – Managing Data on Grids
Aug 2005 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Five: Grid Computing – Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Sector
Jun 2005 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Four: Grid Computing – The Impact of Software Licensing
Mar 2005 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Three: Grid Computing – The Financial Services Opportunity
Dec 2004 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report Two: Grid Computing – The Telco Opportunity
Oct 2004 - Buy - Exec. Summary

Report One: Grid Computing – Where is the Value?
Aug 2004 - Buy - Exec. Summary

More >>

Upcoming ICE reports

Cloud Computing
May 2008
Low Latency
May 2008
Desktop Virtualization
Jun 2008
Finance Messaging
Aug 2008
Test Lab Automation
Sep 2008
SOA Adoption
Sep 2008
Managing the Virtual Revolution
Oct 2008
Cloud Computing 2
Nov 2008
Financial Markets Deployment
Nov 2008
SOA vs. SaaS
Dec 2008

Related ICE Research

DynaTrace building momentum, looking ahead to larger deals

The company has grown considerably since we first profiled it a year ago and believes its summer release will bring it more and larger deals.

MIS / Market Development, 15 May 2008

Dennis Callaghan

Metastorm files for $86m IPO

Business process management software vendor Metastorm has finally delivered on speculation of the last five years that it would go public; it has filed its S-1 paperwork for an $86m IPO.

TDM / Debut IQ, 14 May 2008

Dennis Callaghan, Brenon Daly

BT consolidates to virtual datacenter; private clouds forecast

By consolidating its datacenters using VMware, BT is creating a shared infrastructure to support internal and external customers. Can it fuse this service-oriented infrastructure with the software and services stacks it will need to support?

MIS / User Deployment Report, 14 May 2008

William Fellows

OpTier's work with Cisco touted as bridging transaction and infrastructure management

Cisco integration and analytics are the key development items for OpTier as it seeks to forge an independent transaction management business.

MIS / Impact Report, 13 May 2008

William Fellows

SOA Software looks to strengthen development-time offerings with LogicLibrary buy

The company, which has already done much to consolidate the SOA governance space, is back on the acquisition trail, with its pickup of LogicLibrary to round out its development-time governance offerings.

TDM / Deal Analysis, 12 May 2008

Dennis Callaghan

Arjuna targets private cloud systems, with EC2 to follow

The transactional systems specialist locks in cloud computing as its starting position.

MIS / Market Development, 9 May 2008

William Fellows

Micro Focus wins NetManage sweepstakes for $73.3m

After two rejected private equity bids and another deal that fell through, NetManage may finally be acquired. The legacy modernization and integration software vendor has struck a deal with UK-based Micro Focus.

TDM / Deal Analysis, 8 May 2008

Dennis Callaghan

IBM extends financial messaging capabilities with InfoDyne buy

In its continued effort to build out its developing low-latency business, IBM picks up financial data management software provider InfoDyne, marking its seventh acquisition of the year.

TDM / Deal Analysis, 6 May 2008

John Barr

Sun spreads OpenSolaris light through community release, commercial support

The company is promoting and providing commercial support for its community operating system, OpenSolaris, but will this help it counter the charge of Linux, which continues to eat into Solaris' share of the market?

MIS / Market Development, 6 May 2008

Jay Lyman

Managed Methods running lean but looking to make its mark on SOA governance

The founders of Managed Methods are hoping to duplicate their previous success at Freshwater Software, but can such a small company really make an impact?

MIS / Impact Report, 6 May 2008

Dennis Callaghan

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