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Dark Clouds Ahead? A Warning About Cloud Computing

Dark Clouds Ahead? A Warning About Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing is here, and it is somewhat of a revolution. It brings many benefits to our organizations – the obvious economic, but it also frees us up to focus on core business, as defined today. If managing infrastructure isn’t our core activity, then let’s not do it, right? All the in-crowd on the web [...]

January 30, 2009 | simonstapleton | Comments 5
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Industrialization of IT Will Create a Blue-Collar Sub-Class of IT Workers

The Industrialization of IT is one of my current favorite topics as I think we are at a turning point of the whole industry. But one of the biggest implications of this change is that it will reshape the workforce towards blue-collar working. Industrialization of the IT department and the services it provides is a [...]

July 20, 2008 | simonstapleton | Comments 4
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Can You Afford the Cloud?

Cloud Computing, where the architecture of your technology estate is based upon the integration of third-party technologies and services, is gaining momentum in the industry. It’s a natural extension of outsourcing where an organization uses technology within it’s own physical boundary (i.e. its data-center) but the technology is owned and operated by the vendor. The [...]

July 15, 2008 | simonstapleton | Comments 4
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Beware of the Danger of Blocking on the Web

I found an interesting article on mashable.com where the blocking of content is discussed. With the rise of cloud computing and increasing number of teleworkers, IT leaders might be putting their business at risk if they are not in control of their ISPs, who may act on their own discretion to block connectivity. The link: [...]

July 11, 2008 | simonstapleton | Comments 0
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