ResearchWhen it Comes to Cloud Computing, Most are Clueless
Next week being Thanksgiving, you can do your own survey of your family and friends. You’ll find that most don’t really understand cloud computing, or they believe it to be an… Read more »
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Dave is an SVP at Cloud Technology Partners, a cloud computing consulting and advisory firm. David’s latest book is "Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise, a Step-by-Step Approach." Leading technology publications frequently name David S. Linthicum among the top 10 enterprise technologists in the world. He is a true thought leader in the industry, and an expert in complex distributed systems, including cloud computing, data integration, service oriented architecture (SOA), and big data systems. As the author of over 13 books on computing with over 3,000 published articles, as well as radio and TV appearances as a computing expert, he is often quoted in major business and technology publications. In addition, David is a frequent keynote presenter at industry conferences, with over 500 presentations given in the last 20 years. David's industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful public and private software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. Dave has delivered over $2 billion dollars in value by transforming companies from traditional to innovative technologies, moving them to lucrative exits that benefited investors, employees, and customers.
Next week being Thanksgiving, you can do your own survey of your family and friends. You’ll find that most don’t really understand cloud computing, or they believe it to be an… Read more »
As AWS gets even more popular, count on more data centers springing up in more emerging markets. Read more »
The core problem is around architectural limitations that are built into the core products, which are largely on-premise software systems that are decades old. Read more »
The sad commentary is that Healthcare and Government, both huge economic forces, are not taking advantage of emerging cloud computing technology. This is somewhat puzzling. They have the most to gain,… Read more »
The winner in all this one-upmanship is the enterprise IT that has the guts to move to this technology now. I find the ability to leverage cloud-based database technology is clearly… Read more »
However, as Amazon moves past the billion dollar mark in cloud computing revenue, they need to become a kinder and gentler cloud provider. They should allow their users to drive some… Read more »
Amazon API compatibility continues to become more important in the world of public and private IaaS providers. Rackspace lacks AWS compatibility with its OpenStack cloud, however, guys like Cloudscaling consider their… Read more »
So, how are enterprises to compete for cloud computing talent? Are there enough cloud computing experts to go around? Will this limit our ability to move enterprises into the cloud? Here… Read more »
I guess the core question is: What took RightScale so long? Read more »
Count on Rackspace to investment heavily in their cloud computing offerings, including the use of technology based on OpenStack, as well as focus on private clouds. Read more »