Cloud computing is fundamentally changing the IT ecosystem in many ways,
forcing related changes in business models. Other than customers (who are
always “king” and make buying decisions), the IT ecosystem players being
affected by cloud includes technology providers, independent software vendors
(ISVs) and systems integrators (SIs). One of the battles being fought
right now by technology providers is to develop end-to-end cloud platform
stacks attractive to ISVs. IBM announced additions to their recently
launched PureSystems family at Impact 2012 with more than 125 ISVs supporting
this family with patterns. Although the primary focus of this cloud platform
stack is on ISVs, there is also a need for SIs to adapt to these changes,
especially as it relates to custom software development and maintenance
capabilities.
Similar to what is happening in the IT ecosyste... (more)
After writing my last blog on the government use of cloud solutions, I
attended two events and found solutions that can address the need of
leveraging data analytics toimproving business outcomes. The internet of
things has been a hot term for a long time and the associated challenge has
always been on how to leverage this data. Challenges facing governments in
collecting a wide realm of data from multiple sources has been a perpetual
challenge but cloud computing and big data analytics makes it a
“solvable” problem.
There are some major characteristics that such solutions need ... (more)
Citrix moving CloudStack to Apache is old news now but there are some
interesting aspects about this move that have not quite been noted from an
enterprise point of view.
This post summarizes my opinion of some potential winners from this news.
There are three major points from the announcement: OpenStack is not (yet)
technically mature Citrix with CloudStack and Eucalyptus seems Amazon
friendly Big names already jumped on the OpenStack bandwagon with RedHat/IBM
sounding they will soon climb aboard too After this announcement, there are
three biggest beneficiaries: Amazon, VMware... (more)
Any new technology has a lot of followers and intrigue is built on what can
the technology do to change status quo. On the consumer side, mobile and
tablets have had their share of attention. On the enterprise side, enough
solutions have been cloud washed to make customers scratch their heads in
trying to understand what the technology really can do. There is also a
competition between technology companies to garner mind share – some try to
create attention-grabbing headlines. In an economy that looks for anything
showing promise and recovery, job creation always grabs attent... (more)
A lot has been talked about upcoming information technology delivery trends
and its effect on the innovative start-up solutions. Mark Andreessen
recently commented that Facebook would not have been viable as a company
without leveraging these new technologies to deliver their product. While a
lot of attention is paid to huge success stories like Facebook, a small
start-up in Cincinnati called CoupSmart has leveraged a whole different
approach to combine mobile and social networking capabilities to deliver a
unique solution.
The recent deal environment filled with daily deal si... (more)
Larry Carvalho runs Robust Cloud LLC, an advisory services company helping various ecosystem players develop a strategy to take advantage of cloud computing. As the 2010-11 Instructor of Cloud Expo's popular 
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