Today seemed like a good day to take stock of the year in cloud computing, at least according to the view from this Data Center Dialog blog – and from what you as readers thought was interesting over the past 12 months.Setting the tone for the year: cloud computing M&AIt probably isn’t any big surprise that 3 of the 4 most popular articles here in 2010 had to do with one of the big trends of the
Friday, 31 December 2010
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Making 'good enough' the new normal
Posted on 09:52 by Unknown
In looking back on some of the more insightful observations that I’ve heard concerning cloud computing in 2010, one kept coming up over and over again. In fact, it was re-iterated by several analysts onstage at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month.The thought went something like this:IT is being weighed down by more and more complexity as time goes on. The systems
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Survey points to the rise of 'cloud thinking'
Posted on 09:12 by Unknown
In any developing market, doing a survey is always a bit of a roll of the dice. Sometimes the results can be pretty different from what you expected to find.I know a surprise like that sounds unlikely in the realm of cloud computing, a topic that, if anything, feels over-scrutinized. However, when the results came back from the Management Insight survey (that CA Technologies sponsored and
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Beyond Jimmy Buffett, sumos, and virtualization? Cloud computing hits #1 at Gartner Data Center Conference
Posted on 22:58 by Unknown
I spent last week along with thousands of other data center enthusiasts at Gartner’s 2010 Data Center Conference and was genuinely surprised by the level of interest in cloud computing on both sides of the podium. As keynoter and newly minted cloud computing expert Dave Barry would say, I’m not making this up.This was my sixth time at the show (really), and I’ve come to use the show as a
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Cloud conjures up new IT roles; apps & business issues are front & center
Posted on 22:58 by Unknown
So you’ve managed to avoid going the way of the dodo, and dodged the IT job “endangered species list” I talked about in my last post (and at Cloud Expo). Great. Now the question is, what are some of the roles within IT that cloud computing is putting front & center?I listed a few of my ideas during my Cloud Expo presentation a few weeks back. My thoughts are based on what I’ve heard and discussed
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