Want to know what gets my blood pressure up? It's when there's both a huge
shift in thinking around how we should do computing, namely cloud computing,
and at the same time, there's a bunch of information out there that causes
confusion. As cloud computing hype spikes to a frenzy, so does the number of
less-than-intelligent things that I hear about it and its relationship to
SOA.
We've got a herd mentality in IT. We're always chasing the next paradigm
shift, which seems to come along every five years, claiming that whatever the
last paradigm shift was had "failed" and that's why... (more)
I’m just finishing up a book on cloud computing and SOA, and found the
process of writing the book to be a great catalyst for thinking through the
issues surrounding cloud computing, as well as assisting my clients with
their cloud computing strategies.
As I found, there are a few issues to consider with cloud computing:
First, cloud computing is not the savior of IT. It’s nothing but a wa... (more)
Those who approach virtualization these days are often taken aback by the
complexity of the architecture when faced with the number of layers they must
deal with to deploy virtualization. Most typically consider virtualization
around data center optimization or private clouds, and find it difficult to
get their bearings as they wade into their first virtualization project.
While the virtu... (more)
Web services holds the promise of moving beyond the simple exchange of
information - the dominating mechanism for application integration today - to
the concept of accessing application services that are encapsulated within
old and new applications. This means organizations can not only move
information from application to application, but they also can create
composite applications, lev... (more)