Dion Hinchcliffe wrote recently on the ways in which cloud computing will change business. Though he recognizes the challenges to adoption in terms of trust around security and vendor lock-in, there’s clear potential in the enterprise – driving new revenue streams, outsourcing IT services, and the reconciliation of traditional SOA with the cloud and other [...]
TechRepublic wrote a piece on the changing role of the CIO in today’s economic and cloud computing landscape. There’s no question that the role of the CIO changes when a company moves to the cloud, I’d hardly say the role has become undeserving of the C-level. Patrick Gray writes that IT will likely split into [...]
Ariel Silverstone wrote last week on the dangers and opportunity of cloud security ahead. Agree with his take that time to market is one of the biggest drivers for cloud computing. Going from months to weeks in set-up time increases productivity and potential revenue. Silverstone also notes that standards are important – the CSA [...]
Early last month I took part in a cloud panel at the SIIA NetGain Conference in San Francisco. I posted my thoughts here right after, and the video is now up on the NetGain site. Some interesting presentations from a couple of other information cloud companies… the video also gives some background on how Sonoa’s [...]
Derrick Harris’s post on cloud adoption is right on. Visibility and Security are issues. Many customers are doing POC, some are doing mission critical applications. The benefits of reduced costs and time to market/revenue are too compelling to ignore.
