In my last blog I discussed the expanding set of cloud-based IaaS solutions. I also used the results of a survey that I recently gave to roughly 200 IT professionals as the basis for a discussion of the factors that are driving and inhibiting the adoption of IaaS solutions. I am going to use this [...]
The Changing Face of IaaS
Feb 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In a recent blog post I stated that 2013 will be a pivotal year for the use of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. I will use my next two posts to elaborate on some of the changes that I see happening in that environment. The initial set of IaaS solutions that were brought to market by Cloud [...]
The Future of Careers in IT
Jan 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Call it ‘cloud’ if you like, but looked at from the high level, more and more of the IT infrastructure that businesses rely on is being managed by third parties. This ranges from the use of co-location data centers to house private infrastructure, through to full blown software-as-a-service where the users provide nothing but the [...]
13 Predictions For 2013
Jan 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Over the course of my thirty-plus years writing about IT I have been bombarded by pundits’ predictions of what’s coming next, and even –- abject apologies to IBM, AT&T, and Apple –- made my own share of fearless forecasts. While the following 13 items represent only a small fraction of the predictions that passed through [...]
Looking Forward to 2013
Dec 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Working in IT in 2013 will not be suited to the faint of heart. I say that because, in over thirty years of working in the IT industry, I have never seen so much fundamental change occurring across so many dimensions. While some of these changes have been around for a while, some are relatively [...]
If You Want Agility, Virtualize the Network
Aug 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In my last blog, I discussed how there is pressure on IT organizations to become increasingly agile and to move away from an organizational culture in which seemingly every project takes at least six to nine months to complete. Part of the stress that IT organizations are feeling comes from the fact that most businesses [...]
How Revolutionary is IT?
Jul 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The word “revolution” has two interesting yet somewhat contradictory definitions. One the one hand, it means “a sudden, complete or marked change in something.” On the other hand, it means “a procedure or course that goes back to a starting point.” The first definition implies something groundbreaking and new. The American revolution, which is being [...]
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