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The four pillars of cloud computing success 26 Aug 2013 | 03:22 pm
Succeeding with cloud computing requires incorporating your organization’s unique economic, cultural, risk, and technological considerations. Success with cloud computing means adopting more than jus...
Fragment of heretofore unknown Tractate of Babylonian Talmud discovered 4 Jul 2013 | 03:06 am
Ancient wisdom apparently has much to offer modern cloud application architects. This fragment was discovered in a shadowy basement in the Tel Aviv area of Israel. See a PDF of the fragment This fin...
Answers from OpenStack leaders 31 May 2013 | 02:08 pm
This week I attended the OpenStack Israel 2013 conference. The conference was sold out, with over 400 attendees in a standing-room-only auditorium. As I mentioned earlier, I moderated a panel entitled...
Questions for OpenStack leaders 20 May 2013 | 11:43 pm
I’ll be moderating a panel of OpenStack leaders next week at the OpenStack Israel 2013 event in Tel Aviv. Last year’s OpenStack Israel event was excellent, and this year’s gathering looks like it will...
Not workloads – impact. 13 Mar 2013 | 09:58 pm
Before you ask yourself “what can and can’t I do in the cloud,” stop to consider the larger picture. How will your customers know that you have adopted cloud computing? What resulting radical improvem...
Three Critical Pitfalls to the Success of Cloud Offerings 27 Feb 2013 | 10:15 pm
Whether you operate IaaS, PaaS, or a SaaS service, watch out for these three pitfalls to the success of cloud offerings: Encouraging the wrong thing. Measuring the success of the offering by looking o...
Cloud adoption flu season 13 Jan 2013 | 09:05 pm
This coming year tens of thousands of medium and large companies will conduct initiatives to adopt cloud computing – and most of these will fail. The cause of these project failures will be unrealisti...
Hungry for change? 6 Jan 2013 | 09:51 pm
Meeting business and technical requirements is important, but to what extent is your organization ready to accept the changes that your new initiative will introduce? In my work with global clients I’...
You don’t need a cloud strategy 19 Dec 2012 | 02:17 pm
It may sound strange, but your organization does not need a strategy for cloud computing. You no more need a strategy for cloud computing than you need a strategy for toothbrushing: as long as your te...
Do you have what it takes to build and run your own private cloud? 25 Sep 2012 | 02:04 am
Building and operating a private cloud ourselves is simple, right? Give our experienced IT folks a budget for hardware and software, a clear mandate, and deadlines, and we’re likely to succeed. That’s...
