In this research report we take a closer look at the challenges of deploying enterprise applications to the Cloud. Virtualization and Cloud Computing are transforming requirements for infrastructure and application management tools. Management automation problems that were seemingly solved ten to fifteen years ago are re-appearing again in completely new contexts and challenge IT organizations and incumbent management tools vendors. These discontinuities in the market create opportunities for startups such as XebiaLabs; - a firm focused on application release automation tools for virtualized and cloud-based environments. As part of the “20 Questions,” an MGI Research Interview Series with leading technology industry thinkers, doers, investors and observers, Igor Stenmark recently interviewed the CEO and VP of Product Management of XebiaLabs, - Coert Baart and Andrew Phillips.


