Compute Costs are cut in half; every 18 months, Fiber costs are dropping, storage costs are dropping, but why is IT still expensive? 500 Billion dollars are wasted a year in IT. How? Around half of all IT projects fail, and over half of commercial software features are not used. Jim Whitehurst, The CEO … read the whole post
Goats, Lawnmowers and the Private Cloud
By: | October 26, 2010 | Leave a comment
“If you are paying for it when it is turned off, it isn’t a cloud. I can put a goat in my front lawn and it can eat the grass, but I can’t call it a lawnmower” - A public cloud evangelist reflecting on the private cloud. The Private Cloud seems to be gaining traction … read the whole post
Top 9 Cloud Computing Stories of 2009 – (#5) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
By: | December 22, 2009 | Leave a comment
Amazon’s Web Services have been getting better and better, but typically by incremental amounts. Up until now, it’s been a slow trickle of improvements to a solid suite of offerings. Cheap storage, cheap computing power, cheap access to PCI compliance, etc. This new offering however, may truly be a game-changer for their web services division. … read the whole post
Disruptive Technology Changes The Game, Again!
By: | April 27, 2009 | Leave a comment
Remember When Video Killed The Radio Star? By now we should recognize the signs of a major shift caused by a new, “disruptive” technology. After all, we have seen it happen so many times before. The only difference is that today the shifts are quick and dramatic, catching off guard anybody that dares to stand … read the whole post
In the Cloud with SFDC, Amazon, and Barack
By: | January 20, 2009 | Leave a comment
First blog since Dreamforce… not good! The marketing guys are all over me. “You have to blog consistently.” Of course they’re right, but who has the time! Inauguration was yesterday, pretty amazing times. So now that Obama is in and the recession will be coming to an end, banks will become stabilized, the capital markets will bounce back, and general … read the whole post
Dreamforce Roundup
By: | November 5, 2008 | Leave a comment
We just closed down our booths at Dreamforce and are all heading back to our respective cities. Based on credible sources Dreamforce attendance was just a few people shy of the expected 10,000. That is a very interesting number considering some of the economic news as of late and companies that have travel bans, spending … read the whole post