IBM cements cloud, appliance, BPM, CEP and SOA into an IMPACT 2009 solution brick

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Not too cloudy

I don't share your excitement about IBM's announcement. In my post "Comfort Food and Cloud Computing" I discuss that cloud computing is a new paradigm that requires new ways of thinking.

Cloud must support a paradigm where interoperability is a forethought; where security, identity, and entitlements are a fundamental part of a service's invocation; where the compromises we make about data do not expose us more than we are; and where the utility we dream it to be does not fade like Camelot.

IBM's announcement for a private cloud appliance seems to trivialize this new paradigm. Create an appliance that runs a virtual machine, runs Websphere applications, and slap a cloud sticker on it -- PRESTO -- Cloud Computing is Here! NOT!!! For instance, it seems to leave out policy enforcement and operations management aspects of cloud.

There is much more to be done to realize this new paradigm.

For more check out our Executive Advisory blog at: http://eapblog.burtongroup.com/executive_advisory_progra/2009/05/comfort-food-and-cloud-computing.html

Mike Rollings
Senior Analyst, Executive Advisory Program
Burton Group

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