elemental cloud computing
intentional cloud watching - by brenda michelson
Last week, Dave Linthicum invited me back to his podcast to discuss top cloud computing stories for May. There were no set rules on what constituted “top”. We each picked 3 stories, which we didn’t reveal to each other beforehand.
As for the results, I will say that we had one story in common, two mainstream stories (one each) and two wildcards (one each). The format was fun, so we’ll do another at the end of June.
To listen to the podcast (16 minutes or so), go here.
Keynote Speech: How Much Of Your Future Will Be In The Cloud? Strategies For Embracing Cloud Computing Services, James Staten, Principal Analyst, Forrester
Cloud computing has shifted from being a question of “if” to one of “when” and “where” in your IT future and portfolio. Is it best to stick with SaaS, or should you be deploying new services directly to the public clouds like Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure? What applications are candidates for the cloud, and which should remain in-house? And for how long? This session will explore the enterprise uses of cloud computing thus far and synthesize the thinking across Forrester on this issue to present you with a road map and a strategy for embracing the cloud that benefits both your business and the IT function. Cloud can be a catalyst for the IT-to-BT transition so long as you harness it effectively.
Session attendees can expect to learn:
Prior to the conference, James wrote a positioning/discussion piece, which is published on ZDNet. From what I saw on Twitter, the most controversial idea was the “Pay per use or metered consumption” requirement to be consider cloud computing.
James opens more >>
I’m at the Information Technology & Logistics Council (ITLC) conference on Amelia Island in Florida. I was invited here to speak on SOA. Now, I’m sitting in on a cloud computing session. The format is three mini-presentations, followed by a panel discussion.
Steve Chaffee opened quoting the Forrester paper by Gene Leganza on Enterprise Architects and Cloud Computing Adoption. He also mentioned the citizen development aspect of cloud, as familiarized by Gartner.
First up is Chris Rafter, Logicalis is an IT Services Company. Chris is starting with some Cloud Computing fundamentals. After some What is Cloud? Chris is talking about how cloud computing isn’t just an IT topic. more >>
Eric David Benari contributed a post to MIT CIO Symposium’s CIO Corner blog on Building Sustainable IT ROI:
“When analyzing IT ROI, the ROI-sustainability factor is often overlooked. A frequent scenario involves architecture plans that call for multiple diverse technologies that may each be practical choices on their own, but are virtually incompatible together or require completely different skills/teams to integrate and maintain. To build IT ROI that proves itself beyond the planning stage it is critical that the entire IT-infrastructure, including the human-resources that interact with it, are analyzed as a whole.”
I constantly soapbox on understanding and accounting for the value of IT investments over time, so I enjoyed the entire post. One point though, the essentialness of planning (architectural planning) is especially pertinent to cloud computing. [Emphasis is mine.]
“Fundamental to sustainable IT-project ROI is the concept of more >>
On Friday, David Linthicum invited me on his cloud computing podcast to chat about what we heard, and didn’t hear, at the Cloud Connect conference. Naturally, our discussion wound its way to the connections of cloud computing, enterprise architecture, service-oriented architecture and data architecture.
Our podcast is Picking Apart Cloud Connect. Check it out.
Public, Private, or Hybrid: Where’s the Value Today and Where’s It Going?
There’s no doubt that virtualization, automation, and service-centric architectures lead to cost efficiency and more agile information technology. But there are many ways to deploy clouds: Privately, atop on-premise hardware behind enterprise firewalls; publicly, through third-party service providers; or in a hybrid, blended model that leverages the best of both worlds. Which of these is right today? Why, and will this change? Join this panel for a look at the sweet spot of clouds and how utility computing will evolve in coming years.
Moderator – Vanessa Alvarez, Industry Analyst, Enterprise Infrastructure, Frost & Sullivan
Panelists:
Opening statements
Joseph Ziskin, IBM: Setting context from IBM point of view, Joseph reminds us, no enterprise will move the entirety of their service delivery to “the cloud”. more >>
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- by brenda michelson
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