Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Peter Coffee, of eWeek fame.
Peter, as industry veterans may be aware, was eWeek’s Technology Editor,
and is now Director of Platform Research for Salesforce.com, a leader in
cloud computing.
Our conversation began with my blatant attempt at gaining insight about
Salesforce’s strategic roadmap, knowing full well only the CEO can answer
those type of questions, but you never know what you can glean from a
non-response. Hey, I gave it a shot.
Then the real discussion of our meeting began. The economic advantages of
the cloud computing model, comparisons of lifecycle costs (TCO) of services
vs. acquisition + ongoing maintenance costs of legacy business models, costs
of delay, and other detractors of legacy business models com... (more)
There is little doubt that cloud computing is big news, but who is gaining
your mind share? Amazon, NetSuite, and Salesforce.com, have been in the
news recently with a number of announcements.
So many that I’ve been attempting to track them by creating specific
journals for each.
Our experiences are likely to be different, and barring actual surveys and
research, is subjective and bas... (more)
What can these things possibly have in common? In a word - relativity.
I'm reminded of the old joke, two guys are swimming in the ocean when they
notice a shark and one guy takes off swimming towards the boat, while the
other says, "What are you doing? We can't swim faster than a shark", the
other replies, "I don't need to swim faster than a shark, just faster than
you."
Lately there ha... (more)
As most of you are aware, last week Salesforce.com held its DreamForce 2009
Cloud Computing event. Unfortunately, I had a conflict with an ITIL course
and was unable to attend what is arguably one of the most important Cloud
Computing events of the year. However, I did have the pleasure of speaking
briefly with Mr. Ryan Howard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Practice Fusion.
... (more)
Vanilla, Chocolate or a Swirl? Rocky Road may be next as it looks like a
bumpy ride ahead.
The popular kids on the cloud computing block are the public types, which
makes sense to me, particularly at this early junction of the industry.
Though a common opinion by industry insiders is that we will see many
different approaches as existing technology companies seek to position
themselve... (more)
Ray DePena worked at IBM for the past 13 years in various senior global roles in programs, marketing, and business development. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a B.B.A. from the City University of New York at Baruch College. Mr. DePena was born and raised in New York City, and now lives with his wife and children in Sacramento, California.
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