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…
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…
If Cloud Is Not Your Thing, Perhaps You Prefer Cloudy Concepts
As I continue to engage customers around cloud and DevOps, I am amazed at the percentage of customers where there…
Can Telcos Succeed As Cloud Service Providers?
Someone sent me a link to this article this morning. While reading it I started to think about the competitive…
Why Platform-as-a-Service is the Operating System Of The Cloud
When I took my operating systems fundamentals course in college I was taught that an operating system provides very specific…
PaaS Stumbles
“I read the news today oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was…
Infrastructure-as-a-Service POC Proves To Be Informative
Regardless if you’ve migrated multiple applications or this is your first migration to a public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) you will want…
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…
Without A Strong PaaS, ITaaS, DevOps & IaaS Fall Short
To lower IT operational costs and/or to become more agile, the business must simplify the processes to deliver and manage…
The Macro and Micro of Multi-tenancy Regarding Private Cloud
I was recently reviewing some sales and marketing materials regarding building out Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Part of these materials included attributes…