Comments on: James Urquhart: Cloud computing’s green paradox http://www.elementalcloudcomputing.com/2010/01/07/james-urquhart-cloud-computings-green-paradox/ intentional cloud watching - by brenda michelson Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: brenda michelson http://www.elementalcloudcomputing.com/2010/01/07/james-urquhart-cloud-computings-green-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-40 brenda michelson Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:06:51 +0000 http://www.elementalcloudcomputing.com/2010/01/07/james-urquhart-cloud-computings-green-paradox/#comment-40 Hi James, Thanks for stopping by. Agreed, measurement will be critical for all aspects of cloud computing adoption. One challenge though, is the lack of granular baseline metrics in enterprises/agencies today. Most measurement -- cost, time, service levels -- is done at aggregate levels: project, department, and/or application. However, as more IT organizations adopt a business mindset, and service-orient their offerings/portfolios, we'll see a focus on cost of capability, which will set the stage for effective cloud (and non-cloud) computing measurements, analysis and decision-making. -brenda Hi James,

Thanks for stopping by. Agreed, measurement will be critical for all aspects of cloud computing adoption. One challenge though, is the lack of granular baseline metrics in enterprises/agencies today. Most measurement — cost, time, service levels — is done at aggregate levels: project, department, and/or application. However, as more IT organizations adopt a business mindset, and service-orient their offerings/portfolios, we’ll see a focus on cost of capability, which will set the stage for effective cloud (and non-cloud) computing measurements, analysis and decision-making.

-brenda

]]> By: James Urquhart http://www.elementalcloudcomputing.com/2010/01/07/james-urquhart-cloud-computings-green-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-39 James Urquhart Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:30:20 +0000 http://www.elementalcloudcomputing.com/2010/01/07/james-urquhart-cloud-computings-green-paradox/#comment-39 That final paragraph contains a great set of questions, Brenda. Even better (and related to Ruv's and my posts) is how we measure whether it's productivity or gluttony. I believe there will be lots of great intentions behind projects that bear little fruit at first, but that we'll get better quickly at calculating the investment risks/returns of new classes of applications enabled by cloud. After that, the gluttony will due to sheer neglegance, as opposed to the ignorance that drives it today... That final paragraph contains a great set of questions, Brenda. Even better (and related to Ruv’s and my posts) is how we measure whether it’s productivity or gluttony. I believe there will be lots of great intentions behind projects that bear little fruit at first, but that we’ll get better quickly at calculating the investment risks/returns of new classes of applications enabled by cloud.

After that, the gluttony will due to sheer neglegance, as opposed to the ignorance that drives it today…

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