IT-as-a-Service and the Facebook Effect
I’ve recently been theorizing around a new model for IT transformation. There’s anecdotal evidence that, in general, business problems tend…
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…
Cloud Needs Application Architects To Understand IaaS
Application development has been moving in the direction of platform abstraction. That is, the need for developers to have detailed…
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…
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…
Start Building Your Next Generation IT Department Now
David Johnson’s Blog piece really got my goat. In this piece, “Meet Jamie – A HERO With The Power To…
Become the Platform
Steve Yegge, a Google engineer, recently posted a long rant on Google+ about how Amazon does everything wrong and Google…
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…
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…
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…