In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss the growth of Microsoft Azure, the EPA’s move to cloud, seven misconceptions of cloud, international cloud computing stories and more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SFZcDV4wSI Watch Sir Richard Branson’s…
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The Top Five Can’t-Miss Cloud Sessions at CA World 2013
As most of you are well aware (unless you’ve been living under a rock), CA World is just days away. And the hype leading up to the event is palpable. With so many things to see, people to meet, and…
CloudViews Unplugged: April 2013
In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss the hard truths of cloud computing, cloud tax laws, robots leveraging the cloud to complete complex tasks and more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9e0KP1cITk
Let’s Redefine “IoT” to Mean “The Innovation of Things”
When pundits first began talking about the Internet of Things-also known as “IoT“-the buzz was around applications consumers would use as zillions of devices connected to the Internet. Who doesn’t remember the breathless articles about how our refrigerators would scan…
CloudViews Unplugged: March 2013
In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss migration to the cloud, IBM’s Watson helps oncologists develop cancer treatments, green cloud algorithms, and the zombie alert issued over the Emergency Alert System. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NXvG0w99-A
How to use the rogue cloud to innovate the right cloud – Network World
I was privileged to recently have my byline published in Network World, about why rogue cloud is actually a good thing, not something to be scared of. Despite obvious dangers, we should view the rogue cloud as a positive thing…
Forrester: 70% of “private clouds” aren’t really clouds at all – Network World
The illustrious Brandon Butler of Network World recently took up the debate about cloudwashing, and what exactly makes up a ‘real’ private cloud. While James Staten of Forrester take a reasonably strict line with cloudwashing I tend to be a…
Private Cloud Roundtable: Issues and Challenges
On February 19th, I was invited to join a great Google+ Hangout roundtable to talk about private cloud issues and challenges, with some really smart experts, including: Kurt Milne, Director of CloudOps Marketing, VMware (my ‘Visible Ops – Private Cloud‘…
CloudViews Unplugged: February 2013
Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss cloud security, rogue cloud, swarm-based computing, video production in the cloud & more! Read the show notes on Smart Enterprise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzNI1C357k
CloudViews Unplugged: January 2013
In the latest episode of CloudViews Unplugged, George Watt and I discuss the Christmas Eve AWS outage, cloud computing standards, Google awarding 6 science projects with up to one billion core-computing hours and Netflix open-sources Janitor Monkey. You can read…
Is It Time to Stop Making Excuses for Cloud Outages? (BizTechMagazine)
Ricky Ribeiro (@ricktagious) of BizTech Magazine (@BizTechMagazine) has penned a few thoughtful comments on my latest blog, Time To Stop Forgiving Cloud Providers for Repeated Failures: Some cloud pundits say, “Hey, no technology is up all the time. Deal…