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The recent Amazon outage has created some heated discussion as to whether Amazon’s services are enterprise ready or not. Much of the discussion seems to miss the point. For example, saying that Amazon is not…
Randy Bias at CloudScaling has put together some interesting metrics on Amazon’s release cycle for the EC2 platform. The implication being that Amazon is growing its investment in EC2 at a significant rate to ensure…
From IBM developer works A new developerWorks global survey of 2,000 IT professionals indicates cloud computing and mobile application development are hot topics today, and are expected to emerge as the most in-demand platforms for…
Forrester survey from Q3 2010 shows cloud adoption will pick up significantly in 2011, particularly among large large enterprises and high-tech companies.
Gartner Executive Programs Worldwide Survey of More Than 2,000 CIOs Identifies Cloud Computing as Top Technology Priority for CIOs in 2011 According to Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner Executive…
A credible follow-on to Steve Ballmer’s bubbly “we’re all in” speech at the University of Washington in March has finally landed in the form of a very comprehensive white paper from Microsoft’s Corporate Strategy Group.…
“The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.” John Maynard Keynes
It’s also worth remembering the US housing market collapsed when it took 4.6 times the average income to buy the average home. Today in Canada the number’s 5.1. In Toronto, 5.5. In Vancouver, 9.3. via…
“CIOs are the last to know,” meaning, IT organizational decisions are actually made bottom up (i.e., by developers), and that senior management perception lags reality by a significant margin. via Cloud Computing: The Truth About…