This 8th Expo was the third Cloud Expo I was invited to speak at and it
definitely was the biggest so far. If Cloud Expo 2010 Silicon Valley in
November signaled the entry of the large mainstream vendors like Oracle, Dell
and Microsoft - not to mention several CA divisions - as major sponsors, then
this edition was signified by the larger turn out of end-user organizations
and even some coverage on mainstream news channel such as CNN. A quick
audience poll on the first day revealed that about 90% of the audience is in
the orientation phase, getting ready to do some serious spending (you could
almost hear the vendors sigh of relief as it is starting to look as if their
investments will indeed pay off).
Although many of the sessions were vendors explaining their approaches and
offerings, there were some notable exceptions featuring real implementations,
like the case... (more)
When looking at public cloud infrastructure as a service it is fair to say
that, with some notable exceptions, most of the larger scale activities,
initiatives and even the majority of excitement and buzz around this
phenomena so far originated outside of Europe. Understandably, as both the
largest and most visible users of public IaaS – think of organizations such
as Facebook, Twitter and Netflix – and the most well known providers of
Iaas started their cloud activities on the other site of the Atlantic. Even
when looking at government activities it is the US government that see... (more)
In every cloud survey, security consistently comes out as an inhibitor to
cloud adoption. Even though this has been the case for several years, many
feel that it is a temporary barrier which will be resolved once cloud
offerings get more secure, mature, certified, and thus accepted. But is this
indeed the case or do we need another approach to overcome this barrier?
During a recent cloud event, two speakers from a large accounting and EDP
auditing firm took the stage to discuss the risks of cloud computing. While
one speaker dissected the risks for both consumers and providers... (more)
In the first part we discussed lessons that IT can learn from a hundred years
of manufacturing best practices and the possible role of cloud computing in
that endeavor. We now continue with what may very well be the area that IT
can learn most from manufacturing: Costing.
Costing. Many feel that the billions that the industry invested in ERP
systems can be justified by the improved planning capabilities that such a
global perspective gives. Reality however is that the benefits of ERP – if
any – come more from improved financial visibility. By being able to
compare costs, prices a... (more)
Sure, it may all happen, but expect a similar timeframe as for the paperless
office
Predicting the future is a lot more fun than analyzing the past, but as Mel
Brooks might say “A funny thing happened on the way to the future; it
changed from what we expected.” And there have been plenty of predictions
recently. For starters, Wired Magazine announced the death of the (browser
based) web, predicting it will be replaced by dedicated locally installed
desktop or mobile applications – those things we now call “Apps.”
As you can imagine, this article prompted a large response by blogge... (more)
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