Just is case you missed this pitch, there is a lot of buzz about it in the LinkedIn Cloud Group. Mostly around challenging the assumptions. Its worth a 10 minute look.
http://uptimeinstitute.org/images/stories/McKinsey_Report_Cloud_Computing/mckinsey_clearing_the%20clouds_final_04142009.ppt.pdf
Personally I think the definition, and top down vs. bottom's up convergence framework makes sense. What is not well discussed are the key drivers. Greater variable/fixed costs, SAAS plug and play, and IT self-service will be key factors to roadmap decisions in my view.
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CEO, CollabWorks
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I wanted to tell you a little bit more about our speakers we have lined up. We've talked a bit about what "Going Green" might mean, and we have two experts with interesting perspectives: Vladimir Mioushev of 3Tera, and Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com.
Vladimir Mioushev, President and CEO of 3Tera
www.3tera.com
Ask several IT professionals to define virtualization and you might get as many definitions as people you ask. In this case, we're asking Vlad Mioushev, who is approaching virtualization from the point of view of a grid. While traditionally grid technology has been reserved for super-computing number-crunching activities such as weather forecasting or protein-folding simulations, Vladimir has made this technology available to transactional web-applications.
Find out more what this technology means for IT organizations from a management and deployment point of view, and how other CIOs are using it.
PS. 3Tera's AppLogic was just named 2007 Category Breaker by Network World Magazine
Joel Makower, Founder of GreenBiz.com
www.makower.com
Green is red-hot! We are very fortunate to have "the guru of green business practices" as a speaker. Joel will share his perspectives on how CIOs can not only be environmentally friendly, but at the same time, put more green in a company's coffers. Joel has been speaking for 20 years about sustainable business practices. He has worked with a wide range of major companies on corporate environmental strategy and practices -- including Gap, General Electric, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, Levi Strauss, Nike, and Procter & Gamble -- as well as with more than a dozen early-stage companies focusing on environmentally sustainable products and services. Joel will also give examples of collaboration between companies that are saving money and the planet at the same time.
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