In his latest book, titled “Architecting the Cloud: Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models,” Mike Kavis, a seasoned chief technology officer and IT architect, shows how cloud proponents can map out their cloud plans. Mike identifies the six key questions that are essential to cloud architectural planning:   1) Identify the problem statement (why): […]

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So much digital ink, on InfoWorld and elsewhere, has been spilled analyzing cloud computing — what it is, whether it’s anything new, whether it will change IT as we know it. But a recent conversation has me thinking that cloud computing’s greatest contribution may be in the way it applies the principles of mass production […]

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Cloud computing is high on the wish lists of many mid-sized companies, with roughly 2/3 of them adopting cloud computing technologies, a recent IBM (NYSE:IBM) study found. At the same time, IT budgets in the midmarket are increasing for the first time in years. IBM queried more than 2,000 midsized companies, ranging from 99 to […]

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