by John Pientka | Mar 31, 2016 | Cloud Marketplace, Cloud Myths
Here is a curious observation of the world of information technology: there are some numbers that don’t add up. No doubt you have heard or read many of the consultant’s reports on the exciting growth and adoption of the cloud, especially Infrastructure as a Service...
by John Pientka | Mar 24, 2016 | Cloud Marketplace
“I am Duncan MacLeod and I am immortal. In the end there can be only one!” Remember the Highlander movies and series? That was great stuff, wasn’t it? I caught it the other day on some late night cable channel and it got me thinking about the “cloud” of today. (Yes, I...
by John Pientka | Mar 16, 2016 | CIO’s and the Future of IT, Cloud Marketplace
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.” – Bill Gates, The Road Ahead Think back to March 14, 2006. IBM and HP dominated the world of information technology with...
by John Pientka | Mar 10, 2016 | Cloud Marketplace, Cloud Myths
It is the 1980’s and 90’s and the heyday of IT outsourcing. IBM, EDS and others were pushing “Your Mess for Less”. Essentially, your outsourcing vendor would take over your data centers, staff and applications and provide them to you at a reduced cost. There were a...
by John Pientka | Mar 2, 2016 | CIO’s and the Future of IT, Cloud Marketplace, Shadow IT
To really take advantage of the cost effectiveness, agility and flexibility that cloud computing, or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provides; your organization’s structure, processes and probably people will change. The silos between application development and...
