Here’s an interesting and topical question: is the market for enterprise IT services (SI, BPO, advisory et al) growing or shrinking? I’m doing the rounds […]
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With cloud computing, the world is not flat
Does location matter? Or, put another way, is the world no longer flat? Many cloud and SaaS providers work under the assumption that where we […]
Continue readingPrivate clouds are (not) the future
Google (well, James Hamilton) has weighted in on the question of private clouds. As expected from a large cloud provider, James takes the position that […]
Continue readingReducing costs is not the only benefit of cloud computing & SaaS
The wisdom of the crowd seems to have decided that both cloud computing and its sibling SaaS are cost plays. You engage a cloud or […]
Continue readingThe cloud in context: everything new is old again
Nicholas Carr does a great job of putting the current hype over cloud computing into a historical and economic context. Key takeaways: Cloud is analogous […]
Continue readingThe Value of Enterprise Architecture
Note: Updated with the slides and script from 2011’s lecture. Is Enterprise Architecture in danger of becoming irrelevant? And if so, what can we do […]
Continue readingManaging technology, not applications
We’re getting it all wrong—we focused on managing the technology delivery process rather than the technology itself. Where do business process outsourcing (BPO), software as […]
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