Category Archives: Cloud

Conventional wisdom is that the fastest connection between two points- for example between today and tomorrow – is a straight line. But just like in aviation this is not necessarily true in cloud computing. First because cloud computing is not one thing (not one dot on the map) it is a conglomerate of many differentContinue reading “Connecting The Dots in Enterprise Cloud”

Cloud is at the center of a convergence trend that is impacting people across all of ICT. This convergence is breaking down the walls that separated the traditional silo’s of IT, networking, storage and security. But with this breaking down of the walls we also need to better understand the subtleties of each others domainsContinue reading “Why the cloud may require you to learn multiple words for snow”

Earlier this month the Times ran its regular “Cloud for Business” insert, in which I was asked to write a column on “Cloud for Digital Business” (see full text here). For reference I included below the piece on “The future of Cloud Computing” that it ran in an earlier edition. An item called: Cloud SpottingContinue reading “Cloud for Business”

Unless you have been under a rock for the last week it was impossible not to notice the uproar regarding the Guardian’s story on alleged information collection , allegedly called PRISM that -again allegedly- involved several major cloud service providers. The most detailed and nuanced piece so far – but it is only Sunday whenContinue reading “Did the US just give a bigger stimulus towards local European Cloud activities than the EU ever could?”

If an article, 10 years after its initial publication date, is featured in several look backs, reviews, Q&As and still gathers reactions and emotional analysis, it can be concluded it must have struck a chord – or in this case – more an open nerve. In May 2003*, the Harvard Business Review published “IT Doesn’tContinue reading “10 Years on, and it still matters?”

Even though today’s crowning ceremony in Amsterdam enjoyed some modest sunshine, the temperatures across Europe are at an all time low. A more reliable indication that spring has started, are the annual Cool Vendor reports being published. For the first time this series includes a note dedicated to cloud activity in Europe. The “Cool VendorsContinue reading “The spring of 2013 is off to a cool start”

The ‘third’ in this cloud menage a trois is the network, which is joining Storage and Compute as a Software Defined Resources that can be allocated on demand through a self-service API or portal. As a term “Software Defined” is in race to catch up with established but equally vague terms such as “on demand”Continue reading “Three Makes a Cloud”

IT is an acronym crazed world. So crazy that sometimes – when running out of three letter ones – we simply  recycle them or add sequence numbers. Remember MRP, which used to mean Material Requirements Planning, but then became Manufacturing Resource Planning (called MRP II to avoid confusion), to only a couple of years – and aContinue reading “Will CPR significantly increase cloud survival rates?”

Ecosystem could be “the word” of 2013, if only vendors, providers, ISVs and other technology conglomerates stop acting in a “This Town ain’t big enough for the both of us“ way. As an App user* I am increasingly amazed, affected and annoyed by what in my view can only be described as turf wars betweenContinue reading “Dear Apps, why can we not just all get along?”

Those of you who followed my blog for a while know that the idea of applying manufacturing best practices to cloud computing is a favorite topic of mine*. This week the topic popped up in a fireside chat (the popular term for keynotes delivered from a set of armchairs, often with no fire in sight)Continue reading “Lean and Low in Las Vegas”