Pete Malcolm

Cloud computing has so much potential - and has been the subject of so much hype - that it seems to some like a panacea. Information security will no longer be an issue; storage will be limitless; processing power will be immense; and total cost-efficiency will finally become a reality. Much of the promise of the cloud is true, but not all of it - especially for enterprises. The fact is, enterprise clouds must serve organizations. And organizations are messy. People, policies and conflicting priorities can threaten any major business initiative. Cloud implementations are no exception. IT folks, for example, often insist on total control. As the business entity held most accountable for enterprise cloud initiatives, IT is justifiably concerned with operational success. However, the result is often cloud applications with no flexibility, tools without autonomy, and fu... (more)

Enterprise Cloud Computing: A Question of Business Policy

12.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Few would disagree that the Cloud computing frenzy of the last year has put more, not less, pressure on the IT organization.   Much of this focus has been on the Public vs. Private Cloud debate, but what we are really witnessing here is the dawn of a new era in IT management. For the last thirty years or so, since the earliest days of client-server computing, IT organizations have essentially run exactly the same way, desperately trying to keep their arms around an ever growing environment.  This includes growth in quantity and... (more)