Today I published a new blog post on CA.com in the ‘Perspectives’ section of our community site – you can see the whole blog here.
In this post, I discuss whether the CIO role is dead – and if it isn’t what...
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Survivor: CIO Edition – Will Cloud Computing Kill The CIO Role?
The CIO as a Business Service Conductor
A long time ago, someone asked me on Twitter what is the difference between automation and orchestration. It really got me thinking, and eventually I think I answered by using an actual musical orchestra as a metaphor.
In this metaphor, having an autonomous musician play the entire...
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11 Tips for Successful Cloud Computing Adoption
Today I was published in one of the top cloud computing journals. In fact, it is the Cloud Computing Journal, part of the SYS-CON stable and the same organization that runs the excellent Cloud Expo events. The article is called “Read more »
Do Amazon AWS and Eucalyptus Now Have “Enterprise Cloud Appeal”?
I saw a fantastic article from Nancy Gohring of InfoWorld yesterday, on how “Amazon said that it would back Eucalyptus’ efforts to support Amazon Web Services’ APIs”. Great article, well worth reading in full.
For me,...
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6 Core Competencies to Use and Provide Enterprise Cloud Services
I have a new blog post up now at The CA Cloud Storm Chasers – CA Technologies on the 6 Core Competencies to Use and Provide Enterprise Cloud Service ……
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10 Preconditions for IT Solution Design
With VMworld EMEA coming up next week, I am reminded of an evening at VMworld last year, and a stimulating discussion about good product design with Prabhakar Gopalan (@PGopalan), a former colleague at CA Technologies who is now with Dell.
Prabhakar is insightful to a depth...
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Real-World Applications for the Private Cloud
Not surprisingly, since the release of my new book, Visible Ops – Private Cloud, I have been talking with a lot of people about how to deploy private cloud, where to start, what to avoid, etc. So far, the most common question has been, “What...
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The Opportunity of Social & Mobile – If Not You Then Who?
I was amused the other day by a line I saw on Twitter from Wall Street Journal columnist, Jason Gay (@jasonWSJ – see image at left):
“If Twitter didn’t exist, you’d have no idea what airlines your friends are currently furious at”
The...
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A Service Taxonomy for Cloud Choices
I have been talking with many CIOs for some time about strategic adoption of cloud solutions. A key step in these conversations is always the review of the portfolio of services they provide to business users, so they can choose which clouds to adopt and why.
This...
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VMworld Wrap Up: Extending VMware for Mission-critical Virtualization and Cloud
I had a great time at VMworld 2011 Las Vegas this year. As I predicted in my last blog post, I met with loads of amazing people – too many to list out here, let alone in 140 on Twitter! I also...
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Enter the World of Consumer-Driven IT
I posted a new article over at the CA Community website titled ‘Enter the World of Consumer-Driven IT‘, where I talk about (obviously) the impact of consumer-driven IT:
Consumerization of IT is not a really new concept. Consumers (as employees) have been ...
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Cloud Expo & Virtualization Conference
June 6-9, 2011
Jacob Javits Center New York City
Breakout Session - From Virtualization to Cloud Computing – Building an Effective, Pragmatic & Reliable Cloud, Jun 6, 4:55 - 5:40pm ET
Cloud Boot Camp - An Actionable roadmap to deliver public, private, and hybrid cloud, Jun 8, 8:15 - 9:00am
General Session - Follow YOUR path to Cloud Computing - Jun 8, 9:05 - 9:35am ET
