And musings on the actual state of cloud computing If anyone wasn’t wondering about the cloud’s readiness for enterprise computing, they are now, thanks to several stories in the news recently. Some of these reports question cloud computing’s business value,…
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CloudViews Unplugged: October 2012
In this episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies wrap up the month’s cloud news in 10 minutes. Topics for this month’s episode include rogue enterprise IT spending, schools using cloud for collaboration, Amazon’s EC2…
The CMO doesn’t want to be in charge of IT either
Over at GigaOm last week, the excellent Barb Darrow (@gigabarb) put out a short and provocative article, “Do you really want your CMO in charge of IT?” In it, Barb cites research from Gartner, as well as interesting insight from…
Conversations with CIOs: Leaving Technology Behind
The Wall Street Journal recently poked fun at “innovation” as an empty marketing buzzword. They might be on to something, according to the latest research from CA Technologies. Our study of 800 global business and IT leaders found a gap between…
Do you really want your CMO in charge of IT? — Cloud Computing News
Over at GigaOm today, the excellent Barb Darrow (@GigaBarb) put out a very interesting article on the changing role of IT pruchasing, especially in the age of consumerization and cloud. We had a chat on Twitter and email and she…
CloudViews Unplugged: September 2012
In the September episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss what happens when cloud providers go out of business, SMEs benefit from cloud, CFOs see cloud benefits, Google Science Fair, AWS gathers Mars images,…
Recent cloud critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate
Brandon Butler has penned another interesting article about the recent cloud failures, and some of the backlash from tech legend Steve Wozniak. It was nice to be able to speak with him about it and share some of my views,…
CloudViews Unplugged: August 2012
In the August episode of CloudViews Unplugged, Andi Mann and George Watt of CA Technologies discuss emerging cloud markets, big data, 7 common cloud challenges, cloud-based farming, Netflix Chaos Monkey, Amazon cloud outages and the Olympics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R2mFwGBJVk To read the…
Stop following and start leading
Business leaders today are increasingly demanding many new IT services to support innovative business opportunities. For example: Sales leaders want their teams to access customer and sales applications anywhere, anytime, and from any device; Finance leaders need tight control over…
Are IT leaders just too busy for innovation? | ZDNet
I was a panelist and co-host of a fantastic broadcast from the HBO studios in New York recently. With smart and experienced colleagues from Gartner, Deloitte, Global Partners, and Comcast, we talked about consumerization, desktop virtualization, innovation, and a lot…
Who’s Who in Cloud, July 13, 2012 | Gathering Clouds
Wow, I have been name-checked in Gathering Clouds in their “Who’s Who in Cloud“. Wow. And check the other names in the list – that is a huge compliment! Barb Darrow: A timely dive into what Amazon’s recent outages really…