(BR) The Big Switch

As you all know (and thank you for your many kind comments and forwarding of my blogs) my objective is to open up your lens, get you to step outside of your comfort zone. To disrupt and innovate as we talk in ProVoke , we need to be mindful and think through how we are…

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2013 Technology Trends: What Do You Think?

Here are Gartner’s picks for the top technology trends for 2013, which among the regular set of suspects, brings in enterprise App-store and strong emphasis on Big Data. To be honest, I have yet not formulated my 2013 list yet and wanted to get your thoughts. I hope in 2013 we are rising above analytics…

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The Cloud Part Two: Disruption in motion in enterprise computing

As I said in my last post, Cloud computing has made operating systems, databases and applications more available, making business more democratic. A few concepts have been game changers in this disruption, and I’d like to touch on them. Note: I’m only mentioning a few key companies here, because this post can’t be 5,000 words…

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Cloud Computing: The Democratization of IT, Part One

Cloud computing has enabled one of the most significant disruptions of the computing world in history. But to understand its magnitude, let’s look at the pre-Cloud world. Step into my time machine (ripply, wavy visual effects at no extra charge)… Welcome to the pre-Cloud world! Here, storage and computing power can only be had by…

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So, what do we really see when we look under the Clouds???

  Cloud computing has enabled many of the advantages such as economies  of scale, reducing costs and improving operational efficiencies.  These   benefits are only the tip of the iceberg. The “big win” of cloud computing, is that we can now conduct computing in a truly   ‘distributed’ manner.  So, why is this exciting and/or important?…

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