Tag Archives: cloud computing

07/02/2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

VMware Eases Service Provider Cloud Delivery with vCIM

By Ben Kepes

Service providers have an important role in helping drive the adoption of cloud computing. Part of ensuring that service providers are able to do this requires giving them a tool set that eases the creation of cloud services that their customers can use. I liken it to the automation of

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01/02/2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Cloud Computing is Changing YOUR Job!

By Ben Kepes

Excuse the slightly cataclysmic title of this post, but the first post for 2012 in the CloudU notebook series is one which hopefully will get you thinking about your career and the changes it is going to undergo over the years to come. One of the drivers for the CloudU

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20/01/2012 Posted in Business 5 Comments

On TOSCA and Cloud Standards. MyPOV

By Ben Kepes

Recently OASIS standards body started work on the proposed Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (or TOSCA) for short, standards specification. The standard aims to deliver on the long-heralded, but much disputed concept of cloud bursting – the ability to move workloads between public and private infrastructure in a

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05/01/2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

Tips for Organizations Heading to the Cloud

By Ben Kepes

In my travels speaking with organizations looking to move to the Cloud, I’m often confronted by folks who have an innate distrust of all things Cloud. These folks are easy to deals with; I respect their opinion (despite entirely disagreeing with it) and am happy enough to leave them alone

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03/01/2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

The Path to the Cloud is Paved…. With Jagged Rocks…

By Ben Kepes

It’s always interesting to watch companies looking to move from their “traditional” approach of software delivery to living in the cloud. One company I’ve had a first hand glimpse of making that shift is MYOB (see disclosure). In its home market of Australia and New Zealand, MYOB is facing a

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22/12/2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Don’t Wait for the Pros, Experiment!

By Ben Kepes

In a recent CloudU report we talked about the fact that a lack of formal Cloud Computing qualifications is something of a barrier to organizations adopting the Cloud. It’s something we’re trying, in some small way, to address with the CloudU certificate, but nonetheless the fact remains that when it

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21/12/2011 Posted in Business 5 Comments

Finding Relevance in a Commoditized World, APIs and Infrastructure

By Ben Kepes

A few weeks ago I moderated a session at Defrag. As part of the session Sam Ramji from Apigee presented. The session got a little sideways due in part to some frayed nerves from a hectic travel schedule for a bunch of people and in part to a misunderstanding around

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20/12/2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

SaaS for Agility, Lightweight as an Enabler

By Ben Kepes

In a recent CloudU report, we talked at length about how an organization should approach a move to the Cloud and which applications they should pick as initial prospects for migrating. In the report we advised organizations to look at applications that; • Have significant interaction with external applications or services • Are

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19/12/2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Cloud Considerations–A Need for Clarity

By Ben Kepes

As I travel around talking to organizations and the decision makers within them about Cloud Computing, I find myself enumerating a list of benefits that many of us believe come with Cloud Computing. The list includes scalability, economic benefits, the ability to focus on core business, etc. I must have

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16/12/2011 Posted in Business 3 Comments

Application Integration in the Wild–Can Discrete Apps Work for SRP?

By Ben Kepes

Last week I posted news of Intacct’s new SRP offering that ties together Clarizen, Salesforce and Intacct’s own system. It was timely given that only the week before I moderated a panel at CloudBeat that brought together a bunch of folks who think deeply about the application integration space –

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The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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