Hello World ! - April 18, 2008
I've been toying with the idea of doing a blog for about six months now.
Initially I didn't see how any of my contributions to the blogosphere would
matter to the world. The importance of this view, however, waned as I became
more and more absorbed by the power of Web 2.0. As my participation in these
technologies (Facebook, LinkedIn, RSS, wikis, etc.) increased, I began to
understand the uniqueness of my personal interactions. This made the idea of
doing a blog important on a personal level. As my on-line network grew, I
then realized that a blog is not really for the rest world. It is really a
most effective means for conversing with you own personal, on-line network.
So today, I start my blog and in so doing, I start my public conversation in
earnest."
That was my very first post five years ago last month. Thank you all for
allowi... (more)
Please join me at the Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management
Summit in Orlando, Florida, June 18-20, 2013, where my session topic will be
"Cloud Service Integration: Increasing Business Value and IT Operational
Excellence".
Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2013 will help I&O
leaders apply authoritative thinking, leading-edge strategies and tactical
best practices to their enterprise I&O planning and initiatives. This
informative session will explore how Cloud computing can deliver substantial
benefits and operational technology efficiencies to ... (more)
"Recently, I predicted that in 2013, cloud computing will provide the biggest
disruption information technology has experienced in 25 years. These impacts
extend to the $128 billion data center industry, which will never be the same
as the traditional business model is disrupted, and new rules for success are
written."
This is how I started my most recent article for SC Magazine In it, I
address the how the datacenter marketplace is bifrucating and how operators
need to rethink their current business model in order to survive.
Kevin Jackson with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy G... (more)
(Guest post from Ilyas Iyoob, PhD , Director, Advanced Analytics at Gravitant
)
Here's a snapshot of a typical conversation I've had with large enterprise
CIOs.
I've had a number of free lunches this way, but my colleagues at Gravitant
have built this technology and have already proven it with a successful
implementation in the State of Texas!
The technology is known as cloudMatrix. It is a culmination of online
marketplaces driven by SOA and powered by advanced analytics. Under the hood
is an electronic services catalog that contains a list of providers and their
offerings a... (more)
Gravitant has announced enhancements coming this month to its award winning
cloudMatrix cloud brokerage and management platform:
Continuous cloud asset discovery and sync (starting with Amazon Web Services
today with additional providers added over time), which enhances internal
governance capabilities to discover and control shadow I.T. and provide
alternate sourcing options. Integration of government certified cloud
providers into the cloudMatrix electronic services catalog, which enhances
external governance capabilities through secure clouds.
Many enterprises are grappling wit... (more)