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Blueprint to Re-Cycle the much Hyped MagiK Kvadrant

Blueprint to Re-Cycle the much Hyped MagiK Kvadrant

By Zoli Erdos on March 25, 2013

Fellow Enterprise Irregular and HfS Research Founder Phil Fersht introduced their new Blueprint with an appropriate title: Step aside Magic Quadrant, hello Blueprint. I think such a milestone warrants a historical overview of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, Hype Cycle, Magic Cycle, Magic Hype, Hyped Magik… or any other variation you prefer.  And since it’s just a few […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Just for fun | Tagged Blueprint, gartner, Gartner MQ, HfS Research, Horses for Sources, humor, hype cycle, magic quadrant, research

Research data on cloud growth and focus

Research data on cloud growth and focus

By Michael Krigsman on July 9, 2012

New survey research adds to our understanding of cloud growth and discusses areas of concern among business adopters of cloud computing.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged cloud computing, North Bridge, research, Social Enterprise | 2 Responses

Next Iteration Of PaaS: Will Amazon Join That Race?

Next Iteration Of PaaS: Will Amazon Join That Race?

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 20, 2012

I have been critical of “me too” approaches to PaaS by current breed of PaaS providers and have been calling for some differentiation which will take innovation to the next level. Some people have been asking me how the next generation of PaaS will look like. I have framed a simple model to explain where […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Platforms | Tagged amazon, aws, dynamodb, insights, next gen paas, paas, paasfuture, paasv2, platform as a service, platform services, research | 11 Responses

Position Paper: Five Attributes Of Enterprise Cloud Applications

Position Paper: Five Attributes Of Enterprise Cloud Applications

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 16, 2012

Abstract: In this position paper, we define the five core attributes of a modern enterprise cloud application which includes Simplicity, Cloud Scale Architecture, Open APIs, Mobile Platform Support and Social Awareness. We expect this definition to help organizations differentiate between a true cloud application from a cloud-washed application. Such an understanding will help enterprises to […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged box, cloud applications, ensw, enterprise software, IBM, microsoft, netsuite, position paper, research, saas, salesforce, workday | 9 Responses

Intel Joins Hands With Academia For Cloud Computing Research

Intel Joins Hands With Academia For Cloud Computing Research

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 4, 2011

Intel (previous CloudAve coverage), the chipmaker with increasing focus on cloud computing, yesterday announced a $30M investment in research on the future of cloud and embedded computing. As a part of this investment, Intel will set up two Intel Science and Technology Centers (ISTC) at Carnege Mellon University, a leading research organization in the field of […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged academia, briefs, cloud computing, intel, istc, research | 1 Response

Australia Tops Cloud Adoption In APAC

Australia Tops Cloud Adoption In APAC

By Krishnan Subramanian on May 26, 2011

A new report from the research firm Frost & Sullivan sheds some light into cloud adoption in the APAC region. According to a new report, Australia continues to lead the adoption of cloud computing in Asia Pacific with 43% of enterprises now using cloud computing in some form and 41% of IT decision makers indicating […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged apac, Australia, briefs, frost & sullivan, research | 2 Responses

Saugatuck Study Predicts Every Business Category On The Cloud By 2015

Saugatuck Study Predicts Every Business Category On The Cloud By 2015

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 18, 2011

Saugatuck Technology, Connecticut based Research and Consulting firm, released a new report today titled Key SaaS, PaaS and IaaS Trends Through 2015 – Business Transformation via the Cloud based on the analysis of global surveys, interviews, etc.. The interesting prediction of this report is that all categories of business computing will move to cloud by […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged briefs, predictions, public clouds, research, saugatuck technology, survey | 1 Response

Big Jump In SaaS ERP Interest

Big Jump In SaaS ERP Interest

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 15, 2010

ERP has been considered the last frontier for SaaS and we have seen tremendous resistance from even organizations who were otherwise open to the idea of SaaS. Part of the reason was that SaaS ERP offerings were not robust enough for deployment, unlike say CRM applications. The most important reason for the resistance is that […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged 2010, Aberdeen group, enterprises, erp, research, research report, saas, saas erp | 7 Responses

Three Tiers of IT and where the money is going to be

Three Tiers of IT and where the money is going to be

By Dan Morrill on September 30, 2010

One of the research projects I am working on is how schools, business and people align themselves to develop the skills needed for the workers we need today, and going into tomorrow. Like most forward projecting projects, the data gets fuzzier as you move deeper into the future, but there are some interesting aspects of […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged College, crystal ball, education, employment, future, Georgetown university, h1b, Hiring finding a job, IT, it outsourcing, job market, joel on software, longish rant, prediction, profession, research, rice university, talbee report, thoughts | 1 Response

Surprising little information about Cloud Computing and Terrorism or Crime

Surprising little information about Cloud Computing and Terrorism or Crime

By Dan Morrill on September 16, 2010

All new technologies introduce security concerns, from faulty applications, to faulty configurations, to users who are simply dangerous in the new environment. A cloud computing infrastructure is no different from the basic idea of being misused, by an…

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged aws, cloud computing, hacking, privacy, research, risk, risk management, Security | 2 Responses

Horses for Sources and the London School of Economics Launch Groundbreaking Study into Cloud Business Services

Horses for Sources and the London School of Economics Launch Groundbreaking Study into Cloud Business Services

By Zoli Erdos on September 14, 2010

Phil Fersht is a respected  analyst and consultant, fellow Enterprise Irregular, Founder and CEO of  Horses for Sources, a blog and research firm focused on all issues related to outsourcing.  Because of the importance of his new initiative, I’ll quote his entire post below, with his permission: “Folks – we’re delighted to announce that today […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged Business process, cloud, cloud computing, Leslie Willcocks, London School of Economics, research, survey

Cloud Computing Security One Year in the Cloud

Cloud Computing Security One Year in the Cloud

By Dan Morrill on September 14, 2010

Over the last year I have been working on a project for where I work to see just what the threat level was for systems in the “cloud”.

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aws, cloud computing, cloud security, Misc Technology, Prezi, research, risk, risk management, Security | 1 Response

Gartner Says SaaS Is Growing Big In Enterprise Application Software Markets

Gartner Says SaaS Is Growing Big In Enterprise Application Software Markets

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 26, 2010

SaaS is slowly gaining adoption not just in the small and mid market range but also in big enterprises. According to a new Gartner report “Software as a Service 2009-2014”, the SaaS revenues within the enterprise software market will grow in 2010 by 14.1 percent from the 2009 revenues. In 2009, the revenues were $7.5 billion […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged 2010, gartner, market research, research, saas

Repositories in the Cloud? Why on earth not?!

Repositories in the Cloud? Why on earth not?!

By Paul Miller on February 22, 2010

To be honest, I’ve never fully understood Higher Education’s penchant for building ‘institutional repositories.’ These frequently under-populated aggregations of academic papers produced by ‘research active’ employees of a particular university appear aligned almost exclusively to vaguely expressed institutional imperatives, and seem largely unrelated to either the selfish aspirations of the contributing authors or the tangible […]

Posted in Analysis, Infrastructure | Tagged Academic publishing, Amazon Web Services, Andy Powell, Archives, aws, cloud computing, Colleges and Universities, Eduserv, Higher Education, infochimps, Institutional repository, JISC, Open access, open data, Panton Principles, repcloud, research, software as a service

Should Scientists Use Microsoft’s Free Cloud Services Offerings?

Should Scientists Use Microsoft’s Free Cloud Services Offerings?

By Krishnan Subramanian on February 5, 2010

Image via Wikipedia I am a strong proponent of using cloud computing for scientific research. Some of my posts on the topic are listed below. LHC Computing Grid and the New Era of Scientific Computing Cloud Computing and Science – Mathematica Embraces Cloud Computing Cloud Computing and Science – MATLAB on Clouds Amazon Tries to […]

Posted in Analysis, Infrastructure | Tagged academia, cloud computing, microsoft, nsf, research, science | 1 Response

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