Eight ways that cloud computing will change business

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Tuesday AM rant...

** The ultimate goal is to dispense with as many IT-related skills as possible from a companies payroll, and render IT a remote service much like electricity. That will be achieved when a business user decides on changing a business requirement and then does a few drag/drops on the screen - applications and data re-transform themselves automatically. Security of the company data on the cloud is guaranteed as there will be protection on the bits+bytes: either encryption or meta-data. **

Nirvana or La-la land? Possibly both. An over-riding concern is always ownership and access. Expect the glossy PDF to have white text on white background for the gotchas; it's a service, it will be defined. Anything outside that definition, as in down to the nanometer, you will pay handsomely for. SOA/WOA is *not* a re-config free-for-all; 'can I just' will cost you - it may even eat you.

Global SOA: fun time enough managing one outsourcer, let alone five.. ITIL covers the concepts, but not the amount of effort or responsibility in that scenario... headcount seriously up: keep some IT internal?

Dinosaur vs. nimble: be careful who you choose - industry shakeouts at the nimble level may leave you severely at risk.

And lastly, the simplex:complex:simplex view. Computing at the lowest-level is simple. Adding OS, hardware, drivers, database, apps, management ad nauseum on top is hideously complex. Then hiding it all with a simple interface. All the pain is underneath and taken away. Which bring us back to the nirvana state above: unless you retain an innate understanding of what your IT service is, and what it is doing, you will be happily ignorant of what is happening to data that is important to your business. And lets face it, these days if you lose your IT you've lost your business.

[qu: what CIO tunes his/her own Lexus? None. Now you know why your service costs that much - you don't understand what goes on under there (never mind its a company lease and you don't give a rats fig)].

Cloud suppliers might rue the analogy: the Necromongers catch-phrase "let me take your pain away"... (armour-plated uniforms, goth complexion and big dirty needles optional)

Posted by: muzza2005   Posted on: 06/09/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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