For a long time now, cloud pundits – service providers, boosters, analysts, vendors, and other mostly vested interests – have stood behind a curtain of “downtime happens, design for failure” when assessing cloud outages. It seems that with every new…
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2013 IT outlook: Innovation trumps cost-cutting
You know I am not a big fan of the prediction blog – which neverthless never stops me from trying – but Ann Bednarz over at Network World has done a stellar job of crystal ball gazing in her new…
CloudViews Unplugged: December 2012
In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss cloud computing predictions for 2013, The Weather Channel scaling up their cloud during Hurricane Sandy, researchers using cloud for molecule-by-molecule printing for anti-cancer drugs &…
New Research Explains What Really Makes a Successful Hybrid Cloud
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a sucker for excellent research and data. Well, my friend and co-author on Visible Ops – Private Cloud, Kurt Milne (@kurtmilne on Twitter), just sucked me in with some excellent new research…
CloudViews Unplugged: Special Edition – Caption Contest
In this special edition episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies reveal the winner of cloud caption cartoon contest! via CloudViews Unplugged: Caption Contest – YouTube.
CloudViews Unplugged: November 2012
In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss the latest cloud computing news, what’s new & cool in cloud, and fire off questions in a quickfire round. This episode includes the following news…
What It Will Take to Sell Cloud to a Skeptical Business – Forbes
I was featured this week in a great new article by Joe McKendrick – who I am a big fan of – after I expressed some issues with a recent survey that asserts Fortune 500 CIOs are seeing mainly positive…
Public Cloud for the Enterprise: A Podcast with IT Industry Analyst Firm, Neovise
I recently had a great chat with one of the top cloud analysts in the business, Paul Burns – my former colleague at EMA, and now principal at Neovise. In just 19 minutes, Andi Mann, Vice President of Strategic Solutions,…
CloudViews Unplugged: Cloud Standards with Marvin Waschke – YouTube
In this special edition of CloudView Unplugged, Marvin Waschke, author of Cloud Standards: Agreements That Hold Cloud Together, is interviewed by Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies. In this video, Marvin discusses why cloud standards are important and…
CA Technologies announces ‘CloudViews Unplugged’ video chat series to power cloud debate | ITWeb
Caption contest challenges entrants to capture the lighter side of cloud computing. CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies has unveiled a new monthly video chat as part of its cloud thought leadership programme, called CloudViews. With this move,…
10 Ways IT Can Own Cloud Decisions
How IT leaders can bring the true value of cloud computing to their organizations. Much of the hype surrounding cloud computing is causing confusion among enterprise IT looking to cloud to solve problems and hoping not to introduce more. Unfortunately several…