Archive for 'Enterprise Architecture'
Flight Plan: Deploying the Cloud
Posted on06. Nov, 2009 by vbrown.
The early phases of a new technology paradigm are disruptive and confusing. And the confusion usually starts with words and the difficulty of clearly communicating complex topics! That’s definitely true of the cloud computing paradigm. The term “Cloud Computing” is applied to a wide variety of applications and (sometimes contradictory) definitions. This post wraps up [...]
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Flight Plan: Cloud Computing Meteorology
Posted on01. Nov, 2009 by vbrown.
There are so many voices expressing confusing and diverse opinions around the topic of Cloud Computing. Definitions, benefits and risks, strategies for adoption, are all over the map. Most have some merit; very few make practical sense and are actionable. My goal in this series is to provide fundamental definitions and practical strategies that can [...]
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Flight Plan: Into the Clouds
Posted on26. Oct, 2009 by vbrown.
Ok. You’ve heard enough to be convinced that there could be tangible benefits from adopting a Cloud Computing strategy – everyone seems to be doing it. Next big question… what benefits can you realize, and how? Can a Cloud Computing strategy support your mission and corporate goals? I’m going to “talk” about why and how [...]
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The Best Clouds Will Use SOA
Posted on28. Sep, 2009 by vbrown.
I think that one of the most significant benefits from the over-heated interest in Cloud Computing may be the result of a change in the way we think about Services (SOA). Effective use of a Cloud - especially IaaS and PaaS - will essentially mandate that we implement our applications as services – at least, any application [...]
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Clouds and SOA: A powerful combination
Posted on07. May, 2009 by vbrown.
As evidenced at IBM’s Impact event in Vegas this week, internal/private “Clouds” are a natural evolution (marriage) of platform virtualization and SOA. In leading enterprises, traditional data centers – often a proliferation of internal stovepipe data centers – are continuing to evolve to a central virtualized platform that offers maximum flexibility and use of computing assets [...]
