While Elemental Cloud Computing is a new research offering, I have been following and writing about the cloud computing space over the course of 2009. As many know, it started unintentionally, as a result of attending the Open Group’s Cloud Computing Summit in February.
Shortly afterwards, I published my Unintentional Cloud Watching >> Cloud Watching for Enterprise Architects post on elemental links, and began an intentional study of cloud computing through the lens of an enterprise architect.
I’ve published the findings of that study on elemental links, and at times, also on Business-Driven Architect. For both reference and ease of use, I’ve imported the majority of these cloud computing posts. Each imported post is tagged with “archives”.
The archives include: live coverage of conferences and online events, reading picks, original pieces, and general observations and commentary. As I imported the posts, I added detailed topical categorization and tagging, so it should be easy to look around.
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Cloud Computing in Government: A Progress Report, moderated by Robert Ames of IBM
Panelists:
- Doug Bourgeois, Director, National Business Center, Dept. of the Interior
- Casey Coleman, CIO, GSA
- William (Bill) Turnbull, Associate CIO for Advanced Technology and Systems Integration, Department of Energy
Robert Ames of IBM opens, sets context for panel and quips on the 4th Cloud Delivery model, “Hype as a Service”, via David Vap.
Casey Coleman, opens saying hard to give progress report at this early stage, but there is a lot of momentum for cloud computing in the government. A big part of that momentum is the recently launched Apps.gov site.
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Energize and Save, Tod Nielsen, Chief Operating Officer, VMWare, opening keynote
Todd starts by talking about all of the government agencies VMWare works with. The list is extensive. One example, the CIA is virtualizing 4000 servers, saving millions in capital and energy costs.
Gartner factoid, 89% of virtualized apps run on VMWare (dated December 2008).
Early in virtualization journey, 0 – 20% virtualized, the big savings is Capex. These projects are typically for IT owned assets, file and print, mail etc. Next phase, is line of business applications, the concerns here shift from just capex to “speeds and feeds”, business continuity, up-time. Often, these are less critical, tier 2 and 3 applications. Todd shares anecdote of organization where CIO was concerned that tier 2 and 3 had better up-time than tier 1, response tiers 2 – 3 are virtualized, was driver for tier 1 virtualization as well. So, capex, energy and up-time.
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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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