The Path to the Intelligent Cloud
Let’s face it right now the cloud is pretty immature. The level of automation and management of these environments are analogous to the early assembly lines, but it won’t be…
Why Poor Data Classification in Government Will Impact BYOD
In recent discussions with IT leaders from both federal and Department of Defense sides of US government, representatives stated that they are having a heck of a time accommodating expansive…
Adventures in Cloudwashing: Are You the Cloud Or in the Cloud?
Anyone who is working intimately with cloud computing and having critical conversations regarding this medium will eventually be party to the “cloudwashing” conversation. Cloudwashing: the activity of associating all your…
Cloud Conundrum: Private Cloud Computing With A Pay-for-Use Model
One of the touted benefits of cloud computing is supposed to be that it is a metered service. Much like your water and electric, the cloud is supposed to allow…
Cloud and Tablets Favor the Content Publisher, LANs and PCs Favor the Content Creator
I recently added a Vizio tablet to my list of technological acquisitions. It’s a relatively good Android-based tablet that is very reasonably priced compared to equivalent functional models. However, I…
There Is No ROI in Cloud Computing
Return-on-Investment (ROI), perhaps the biggest crock-of-$%@& metric ever applied to the information technology industry. How does one measure return? If we use monetary return, then the question, “how much money…
Cloud Enables Big Business to Play Like SMBs
I can store pedabytes of data in the cloud. I can run my E-mail, communications, CRM, HR and Accounting in the cloud. My employees can live and work anywhere in…
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Dependency Creep Can Impact Your Cloud Migration Strategy
With Cloud Computing emerging on the scene as a solution to a number of computing use cases, it will drive modernization of your existing systems. Perhaps it’s just a new…
A Concise List of Business Use Cases for Cloud Computing
This blog entry can also be seen at: http://blogs.smartronix.com/?p=114 At the upcoming Interop Las Vegas Show (5/10/2011) I’m presenting “A Roadmap for Transitioning to Cloud Computing”. One of the key…
Download Focus.com Report on Advice on for IT Workers Threatened by the Cloud
My responses were selected to as a contribution to this report providing advice to IT workers that are threatened by the emergence of Cloud Computing. Free Download: Focus Experts’ Briefing:Top…