Of little clouds and big clouds, local clouds and global clouds
Image: NASA Amazon’s globe-encircling cloud infrastructure is compelling to many. From Virginia to California, from Ireland to Singapore, and from Japan to Brazil; wherever you find yourself there’s a local instance of the same familiar set of services. And, in all likelihood, Australia will soon be added to the list. For those primarily interested in just serving [...]
The Big Opportunities in the Cloud
Recently I was invited to take part in a series of private briefings where large financial institutions sat down with one or two industry analysts to “pick their brains” about what they’re seeing as broad trend in the sector. In an attempt to democratize what could otherwise be information kept within a walled garden, I [...]
The Widgetized Enterprise
I think the delivery and pricing models for vendors is going to change, actually I think it has to change. Right now if you want deploy a collaboration vendor you get licenses for your employees and get access to their suite of features. If you have another vendor you like you do the same thing. But what [...]
