What cloud boils down to for the enterprise

GigaOM (Nov 20 2011) Cloud Computing

1. For over five years, I have been writing about the convergence of data center, Internet and software-development technologies that has become known as cloud computing. I started writing on my personal blog in December 2006, then went on to write CNET’s The Wisdom of Clouds for the last three years. I’ve also spent the last three years helping develop Cisco’s cloud strategy, and am just about to begin an adventure as vice president of product strategy for enterprise cloud management vendor enStratus. Now, as I find myself honored with the opportunity to contribute regularly to GigaOM’s cloud coverage, I find myself thinking a lot about what I’ve learned in those five years. So, for my first post–and in an attempt to put some shape to my model of cloud computing–I thought I’d walk through my most-important observations to date. At worst, if ... (Read Full Article)

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