BBC News – Google persuades Spanish bank BBVA to use the cloud.
So a bank finally “goes Google” for its enterprise software (albeit for desktop productivity applications only).
Author: Dr Will Venters
Lecturer in Information Systems, Department of Management, London School of Economics.
Greenpeace explore the impact of Cloud Computing on climate change
MakeIT Green – Cloud Computing and its contribution to climate change
The report makes interesting reading for anyone concerned about the hidden and less obvious environmental impact of cloud services. While companies can see the electricity bill of their data-centre (and may have to report it), their use of Cloud Services means the electricity bill is hidden within service charges.
Chaired session at LSE Student Strategy & Management Consulting Conference
Last week I chaired a session at the LSE Student Strategy & Management Consulting Conference. The session was titled: The Dark Side of Cloud and Pathologies of Big Data, and we had partner-level speakers from Bain, Deloitte, PWC and Opera Solutions in attendance.
Some interesting ideas which emerged but it was the tit-bits that interested me most:
- That we should see public cloud like Taxi’s – they are very useful and a vital addition to cars, but most people will continue to want to own their own car.
- That Google is now estimated to have 3.5m servers.
- That Cloud is really about the dark-datacentre – it is about the automation of data-centre management.
- That Twitter and Facebook both began on-cloud, but as they grew they moved off-cloud. This was within an argument that as dot.com businesses expand so they move away from the cloud.
- Bain have produced an interesting analysis of the cloud market-space with important implications for those considering moving into the cloud arena. http://www.bain.com/Images/BAIN_BRIEF_The_five_faces_of_the_cloud.pdf
The 700 people who attended may have taken other ideas away – it was a rich session.
Who Coined Cloud Computing? – Technology Review
Where did the term Cloud Computing emerge from? This article attempts to explore…
“For Compaq, it was the start of a $2-billion-a-year business selling servers to Internet providers. For OSullivans startup venture, it was a step toward disenchantment and insolvency.”
Forbes.com mention of our study!
Cloud Computing Now Makes It Easier (and Cheaper) to Innovate: Study – Forbes.
Our research on Cloud Computing is discussed in an article on Forbes.com!
Understanding the Business Impacts of Cloud Computing | The European Business Review
Understanding the Business Impacts of Cloud Computing | The European Business Review.
Read an article I jointly wrote with colleagues at the LSE on the Business Impacts of Cloud Computing within the European Business Review.
Podcasts on our Cloud Computing Reports
The Outsourcing Unit: podcasts.
Prof. Leslie Willcocks talks about the four reports we produced on Cloud Computing in association with Accenture.
Our Fourth Report: Innovation: Cloud and the Future of Business: From Costs to Innovation –
Our fourth report on Cloud Computing is now available… This report looks at the future of business, mapping out the concept of the Cloud Corporation, and discusses the fragmentation and redevelopment of the technology supply industry. In particular we discuss how the industry may become layered and increasingly specialised – with organisations benefiting from the business agility and better alignment offered this will create.
Click on the image below for the full report.
Lightning strikes cloud: Amazon, MS downed • The Register
Lightning strikes cloud: Amazon, MS downed • The Register.
As my colleague Edgar Whitley put it:
“Don’t put all your independent data centres in the same city.”
CIOs lack adequate cloud computing knowledge | Networks Asia
CIOs lack adequate cloud computing knowledge | Networks Asia.
Evidence from KPMG Sourcing Advisory of the woeful inadequacy of CIO’s understanding of Cloud Computing issues…
Binary Blurring 