Recently, a business analyst asked me for some cloud computing reading ideas. His goal was to get familiar with cloud computing without drowning in technobabble or wading through near-religious rhetoric. After sending him an email with some picks, it occurred to me that many business analysts are similarly interested. With that, here is a selection of cloud computing reads and topics you should keep an eye on.
Cloud Computing Basics
In the basics, you are looking to learn about cloud computing components, offerings and economic value. Because without value, there is no need to explore further.
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Which cloud you go to, depends on what you are moving. Move machines, code, processes or content. This is the clearest way to determine what type of cloud an operator is offering, ask them “what do I move to you – machines, code, processes or content”.
Alistair is qualifying “move”, in that some code might need to tweaked for the features/functions/services of the cloud, or perhaps re-written in the case of tightly coupled legacy code.
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This evening, we are at Cloud Camp. For background, check out this interview with Cloud Camp co-founder Dave Nielsen. Dave is also our host today.
The lightening rounds are done. For insights, search on twitter with either of these tags: #cloudcamp #cloudcampinterop
Now, Dave is building an un-panel session. He started with 5 empty chairs and no questions. Filled the chairs with folks who raised hands to “Folks that know a lot about cloud computing”. No one admitted expertise. Now, he’s asking the audience to build a list of 10 questions.
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Where Can Things Go Wrong?
Moderator: Greg Ness, Marketing Executive, Infoblox
Panelists:
- Peter Coffee, Director, Platform Research, salesforce.com
- Randy Rowland, General Manager, Managed Hosting & Cloud Computing Services, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
- Geva Perry, Founder, Thinking Out Cloud
- Bill McGee, Vice President, Products and Technology, Third Brigade
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Session: Different strokes for different folks: a taxonomy of cloud offerings
Peter just left Oracle, was there via BEA, for Tendril Networks (startup). Peter has done a lot of research, thinking, on cloud computing and related players. We were handed a copy of his Cloud Vendor Taxonomy (May 2009 update).
Peter tells folks that as enterprise cloud computing advocates, need to have a definition (elevator speech). Peter is going through a bunch of definitions he pulled from blogs, articles, quotes of fellow speakers.
Calling out key controversial words found in many definitions:
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How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Cloud Computing, Paul Mockapetris, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Nominium, Inc.
History Lesson:
1. Packet Switching, 1960-62, build a communications network, and how does that survive a nuclear war (DoD funded). How to organize networks for survivability, quick rebuild/reconfigure ==> decentralized network. Packet-switching was invented 3 times, 3 places and for 3 different reasons.
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