I asked a question to myself: “Why has Google been incredibly successful in defending and growing its core as well as introducing non-core disruptive innovations?”. To answer my own question I ran down Google’s innovation strategy through Clayton Christensen’s concepts and framework as described in his book “Seeing What’s Next”. Here is the analysis: Google’s [...]
Cloud computing heralds an evolution of business that is no less influential than e-business, according to Gartner Inc. Gartner maintains that the very confusion and contradiction that surrounds the term “cloud computing” signifies its potential to change the status quo in the IT market. Gartner defines cloud computing as a style of computing where massively [...]
Cloud Computing and its related initiatives (Virtualization, SaaS, Grid, SOA, Web 2.0 / WOA) hold tremendous potential for modern enterprises. This e-zine will aim to explore the economics of Cloud, the business implications for various industries, and the technology enablers that make Cloud Computing a reality. read more
RightScale, the cloud manager, has integrated its platform with New Relic’s real-time RPM Ruby-on-Rails application performance management software. So RightScale users should be able to detect, diagnose, and fix performance problems with their cloud-borne Rails applications. CEO Michael Crandell says, “Ruby on Rails has always been one of the most popular development frameworks for web [...]
In a follow up to my October 23rd post on Arista Networks attempting to copyright / trademark the term “Cloud Networking” The companies CEO Jayshree Ullal has stated that they will no longer be attempting to trademark the term. (Mission accomplished). In a recent post she shed some light on the topic saying “It has [...]
Glenn Brunette, Chief Distinguished Engineer and Chief Security Architect for Sun Microsystems, will be presenting at SYS-CON’s 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. Security is consistently rated as a leading customer concern impeding the full scale adoption of Cloud Computing. At the same time, [...]
Raghavan Srinivas, Technology Evangelist for Intuit, will be presenting at SYS-CON’s 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. Is cloud computing hype or reality? Is it mere old wine in new bottles and the advancement of the notion that the “network is the computer?” Attend [...]
