Cloud Services for DevOps: Next-gen PaaS Through MBaaS

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Cloud Services for DevOps: Next-gen PaaS

Through MBaaS

Washington, D.C./London/Paris

September 2013

Presented by:

Brad Shimmin

Research Director, Business Technology and Software

[email protected]

Charlotte Dunlap

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Mobile app developers rethink the development

process, under pressure to provide broader

backend integration

Focus shifts from UI to backend integration,

currently their greatest challenge

Operations needs to centralize mobile

development/deployment, ensure security,

management

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What Lies Beyond Front End SDKs?

• Authentication Systems

• Private Data

• Internal Solutions

• External Solutions

• Consumer Services

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How It's Been Done

• Cobbling Together Multiple Tools

• Rationalizing Services from Multiple Platforms

What it Looks Like

• Application Middleware

• On Premises

• Exclusive

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Downsides

• Rinse and Repeat

• Brittle Architecture

• Who's to Blame?

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PaaS delivers:

• The middleware stack

• Self-service capability

• Auto-scaling support for developers’ applications

• Multi-tenancy

PaaS benefits:

• Best of breed middleware on demand for developers

• Auto-scale takes guess work out of infrastructure support

for IT Ops

• Paves way for big data technologies

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MBaaS delivers:

• Cloud integration services

• Push notifications

• Security/authentication

• Access control management

• API libraries

• SDK

• Management

MBaaS benefits:

• Pre-packaged services format

• Ease mobile lifecycle complexity

• Front end decoupling

• Emphasis on connecting apps securely to backends

• Supports centralization of mobile app development

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PaaS A developer-oriented cloud service which offers the middleware stack along with

the automated provisioning, including elasticity, to support the infrastructure

required to develop and deploy enterprise applications with significantly increased

ease and agility.

MBaaS A collection of cloud services for integrating mobile and web applications to backend

cloud storage (ie database), and other data sources. It sits alongside additional

services that are commonly used for Web and mobile applications including push

notifications, server code, security/authentication and user management to support

access control, as well as other capabilities such as integration with social networking

services and geolocation. These services are accessed through a unified API and SDKs.

MEAP A development platform for applications that support B2B, B2E, and B2C through

middleware technology that provides connectors between some backend systems with

mobile devices. These platforms focus primarily on the building and management of

the apps throughout the app lifecycle, including the cross-platform aspects associated

with the diversity of mobile devices.

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Four Simple Goals

• Simplify Development

• Expedite Deployment

• Facilitate Management

• Encourage Integration

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A Complex and Ever Changing Competitive Landscape

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PaaS Mobilizing with MBaaS

• Azure

• Force.com

MEAP Prioritizing MBaaS

• IBM

SPs Adopting PaaS/IaaS

• Verizon

MBaaS Scaling with IaaS

• Kinvey

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SaaS Expanding via PaaS

• Facebook

PaaS Embracing IaaS

• Oracle

• Salesforce

IaaS Going PaaS

• Amazon

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State of the Market—PaaS Players

Cloud

Offerings

Details and Differentiations

Microsoft Azure

Entered PaaS space over two years ago, has since cloud-enabled core products. Recently partnered with Oracle to cater to customers of both shops, partnership also illustrates increased competitive threat to Microsoft.

Azure includes emerging MBaaS technology.

VMware/Pivotal

Cloud Foundry

Available through Pivotal as a commercial offering later this year, emphasizes open, portable, and lightweight approach to app development. Ecosystem of over 30 tech partners. Private CF PaaS available via VMware partnership year-end.

IBM SmartCloud

Application

Services

Released Dec 2012. Subscription service (hosted environment), pre-integrated software pattern engine eases app dev/deployment. Faces pressure from open source PaaS.

Red Hat

OpenShift

Open PaaS supports lower TCO and flexibility in platform development. Now includes both private and public PaaS options. Lacking key integrations (in-memory, messaging, MEAP)

SAP HANA Cloud

In May, SAP melds NetWeaver PaaS with next-gen HANA database technology, and soon mobile platform. Open source platform supports multiple dev environments. Highlights strength as app, mobile leader.

Oracle Java

Cloud Service

Released Dec 2012. Subscription service, includes Fusion Middleware, WebLogic app server, Oracle database. WebLogic just refreshed to enhance PaaS.

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State of the Market—MEAP Players

Vendor brands

Details and Differentiations

SAP Mobile Platform

(SMP)

Rebrand integrates Sybase SUP, Syclo Agentry, and eventually all of Mobiliser. Recognized as leader in Mobile app platform solutions space. Integrating mobile service into its PaaS, SAP HANA Cloud.

IBM MobileFirst

Also rebranded, includes Worklight, Tivoli Endpoint Manager, Rational lifecycle management, Cast Iron integration technology. IBM’s invested heavily into its mobile offering, a comprehensive offering, also integrated with its PaaS. MobileFirst to be offered on Cloud Foundry as well.

Antenna AMPchroma

AMPchroma includes a development toolkit (AMP Studio); middleware (AMP Client, AMP Server); management (AMP Manager). Now includes AMP Services Engine for MBaaS capabilities. Leading brand recognition, continues to innovate.

Appcelerator

A leader in the pure play MEAP space, Appcelerator Titanium supports JavaScript code development. Appcelerator Cloud Services is an MBaaS.

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State of the Market—MBaaS Players

Vendor brands

Details and Differentiations

StackMob

API creation and management services, and through StackMob Marketplace can sync up with popular mobile frameworks. New partnership with Rackspace to extend its mobile app platform to the open cloud.

Kinvey

Launched Sept 2010, supports JavaScript, executes in multi-tenant virtualized environment based on node.js. Numerous partnerships including Google App Engine.

Appcelerator

Appcelerator Cloud Services is MBaaS service, includes library of 20 pre-built common

services include push notifications, status updates, photo storage, and social integration. The service also lets developers create their own custom cloud services. Just acquired Singly for its API gateway.

FeedHenry

Mobile platform service supports JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS, and server-side code based on Node.js. It has garnered interest from leading cloud providers including VMware and HP. Earlier this year it received $9 million in funding.

AnyPresence

Pure play BaaS provider, recently partnered with PaaS provider Heroku (in addition to AWS), to cloud enable AnyPresence’s backend services which include a backend server and API management solution, which supports mobile SDK libraries and front end code. Customers can use any MEAP, and AnyPresence offers its technology in the cloud or on-premises.

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Trends and Opportunities

PaaS initiatives finally ready for launch

MBaaS will be a disruptor to MEAP, PaaS

MBaaS vendors seek partners

MEAP players restructure portfolios

IT ops will centralize mobile dev

Focus on open standards in the cloud

Service providers see opportunity in PaaS

Consolidation in mobile platform services to

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Thank you for your time. Questions?

Brad Shimmin

Research Director, Business Technology and

Software

[email protected]

Charlotte Dunlap

Sr. Analyst, Application Platforms

[email protected]

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