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CIO Summit Berlin 2011 – the state of affairs mapped out
Quintijn Knepper and Eelco van Beek, commercial director and CEO of Jitscale respectively, annually get round the table with different C-level executives of big multinationals during several international conferences to discuss their joint vision on the future of IT.
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Cloud computing service contracts
In a recently published article in Computable, Jitscale gives its opinion on cloud computing service contracts.
Moving on with cloud computing
Because of cloud computing it is now pretty straightforward to purchase entire infrastructures by credit card, for example to enable online services through internet. But a recent disruption at Amazon proved more is involved when it comes to continuous availability of infrastructure in a cloud.
Cloud Computing Migration Guide
Companies and multinationals realize they need to get on board with cloud computing and find out how all these possibilities can benefit them. This raises all kinds of questions: What clouds are there?
Invest in functionality, not technology
“Companies are not interested in technology, cloud computing and storage. That’s correct! They should focus on their core business. A bank should lend money, a media company should publish content, a logistics company should send parcels to their destinations and a health insurance company should insure healthcare. None of them should be occupied with IT. That’s something you buy.”
Cloud service companies; what it takes to get ahead of the game
Over the course of my life both in and outside of the IT arena, I have noted the extra steps taken by companies and individuals to gain an extra foot hold over the next contender.
Losing billions in revenue due to downtime can be avoided
A study conducted by CA Technologies indicates that downtime of IT infrastructures causes European companies to loose 17 billion Euros per year. That’s the equivalent of 13.5% of the proposed EU budget for 2011.
Seemingly slow adoption of Cloud
Looking out there in the world right now it looks to be that Cloud technology is showing signs of being another victim of an unready environment.
Is the cloud business ready?
Forming an opinion about cloud computing can be difficult since so much has been written on this subject – and many of the articles are diametrically opposed. The usability and technical advantages of cloud computing described in those articles are not always crystal clear, and often raise more questions than answers. As such, organizations need help in guiding them through the fog that has been created by this diversity of opinions.
A Cloud of Information
Watching the technology wave move with the release of new computer systems, namely hand held devices made me think about the influence that cloud computing will have in these spaces as we become a more on demand world.
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