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March 31st, 2009

@ Cloud Computing Expo #8 Kristof Kloeckner (IBM)

Kristof Kloeckner, IBM CTO, Enterprise Initiatives and Vice President Cloud Computing Platforms on Cloud Computing and the Enterprise:

“This presentation will draw on IBM’s experience working with customers and operating 13 cloud centers world wide to review the conditions under which cloud computing can deliver its promise of flexibility and cost savings in the delivery of IT services to the enterprise.

Kristof Kloeckner will discuss the importance of dynamic infrastructures and service management for both public and private clouds, cloud service life cycles and integration between public clouds and enterprise services. He will also talk about standards required for interoperability between clouds and application scenarios that demonstrate the use of cloud computing in an enterprise context for a smarter planet.”

Cloud Computing Delivery Models: Public, Private and everything in between:

“From consumer perspective, Public clouds offer standardization, capital preservation, flexibility and time to deploy. Private clouds offer customization, efficiency, availability, resiliency, security and privacy. Choice will depend on organization, culture, and governance.”

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March 30th, 2009

@ Cloud Computing Summit #2, Jim Rymarczyk (IBM)

The first general session is Jim Rymarczyk, IBM Fellow and Chief Virtualization Technologist on Smarter Business Solutions Through Dynamic Infrastructure:

“In these difficult economic times, IT leaders are re-evaluating their one-server-per-application strategy and looking for new solutions to help increase responsiveness, scalability, and agility while reducing energy costs and improving resource utilization. IBM’s new Dynamic Infrastructure vision and evolutionary approach can help customers achieve these objectives through the implementation of virtualized IT environments. Learn why virtualization is an essential IT investment today, how its role and benefits will grow in the future, and why it will be vital in implementing the dynamic infrastructure required for smarter business solutions.”

Wow, slide snafu, giving the talk sans-slides. The talk (no longer presentation) is on expanding role of virtualization.

IT today is at breaking point, cost of managing IT has grown significantly, resiliency and security are becoming more important. Rate and pace of innovation is accelerating. Not just interesting innovation, but things you need to employ. SOA and service management certainly, but also comprehensive virtualization. Virtualization is mandatory, not just for infrastructure cost, but also for management costs, reducing the cost of IT.

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March 23rd, 2009

Cloud Watching for Enterprise Architects: Picks

As promised, here are some links that should be of interest to enterprise architects who are (or need to be) cloud watching. And yes, I realize I’ve mixed in a leadership interview with Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy, but once you read the others, you’ll be appreciative of a leader who gets that dealing with ambiguity is a sought after, and well compensated, skill.

What SOA Can Learn from Cloud Computing and Vice Versa | David Linthicum

SOA can learn from cloud computing Service Design & Expandability. Cloud from SOA: Governance & Architecture driven. Service Design: "Those who deploy services in the cloud, such as Amazon, TheWebService, Force.com, have done a pretty good job with service design. You really have to do a good job in order to rent the darn things out. Many SOA projects have a tendency to build services that are too course-grained, too fine-grained, or just not at all well designed. The reality is that services that are not well defined and designed won’t sell well when delivered on-demand, and thus those who provide services out of the cloud – which are most major cloud computing providers – have to spend a lot of time on the design of the services, including usability and durability. I urge those who build services within their SOA, no matter the enabling technology and standards involved, look at what’s out there for rent as good examples of how services should be designed, developed, and deployed."

IBM, Sun and cloud computing | Gathering clouds | The Economist

"The economic crisis has pummelled Sun, which never really recovered from the dotcom bust. As its share price plumbed new lows, IBM’s remained relatively unscathed—a reflection of its business, which has been protected by the computer giant’s global scope and the fact that it makes most of its money from software and services. more >>

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