Time for the Tail to Stop Wagging the Dog
Here’s a novel, but controversial statement, “it’s time for the CEO, COO, CIO to start to take joint responsibility for…
Technology of the Year for 2016 – The Web Platform
We’re starting to see predictions about what’s going to be hot in enterprise technology in 2017. Cloud (yet again), Blockchain,…
Hard Choices Are Required When Adopting a Cloud Operating Model
When was the last time you’ve ever heard anyone say “IT Applications & Operations”? Frankly, in my 30+ year career…
A Reality Check on “Everyone’s Moving Everything To The Cloud”
A recent CIO editorial by Bernard Golden regarding the future of private cloud spurred some interesting commentary in my network.…
Making Financial Sense of PaaS, Part Deux
In my blog, “Making Financial Sense of PaaS,” I provided an analysis of delivering a newly-developed mobile application using a…
Making Financial Sense of PaaS
As a consultant one of the common artifacts I’m frequently asked for is a cost estimate for a statement of…
In IaaS and PaaS Convergence, It’s PaaS That Should Lead
Recent commentaries by cloud industry luminaries Reuven Cohen & Krishnan Subramanian address key issues related to relative importance and potential…
A Design For An Agile Cloud Management Platform
In the early part of 2013, EMC announced a new storage virtualization product called ViPR that delivers a software interface…