Bits or pieces?: In pursuit of utility

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

In pursuit of utility

I'm a great believer in the move towards "utility" computing - including concepts such as SaaS, HaaS, utility web services etc.

I'm a simple guy and most things in my experience break down into CODB(Cost of doing business), CA(Competitive Advantage) or somewhere in between (Transitional) - of course excluding that which is destined for the heap.

There has been some interesting moves in this area SalesForce AppExchange , Amazon storage service and Google Base for example, and plenty of discussion.

If you haven't read "Does IT matter?" I would recommend it, also it's worth taking a look at Carr's blog and at this article on why investing in technology change can lead to economic pain

Other

Declaration

I'm currently not on the advisory board for any startup, all four previous startups have sold.

I research for DxC's Leading Edge Forum on behalf of the Client Members of the LEF

With the exceptions above, I own no stock or options in any technology related industry

I do undertake public speaking on behalf of the LEF

I'm on the advisory board for various O'Reilly Conferences

I'm the Co Chair of Cloud Camp London

I am a Founder of Map Camp

I'm a Fellow of Open Forum Europe

My writings on this blog are provided as Creative Commons 3.0 Share Alike. I do not receive any form of renumeration including advertising revenue or any other form of subsidy for writing this blog.

Notes

I was heavily involved in 3D printing 1998-2006.

I worked in the Cloud Computing field 2005-2010, creating the first public PaaS in 2005

I ran strategy for Canonical 2008-2010, taking Ubuntu into the Cloud

I co-authored the Better for Less paper on transforming UK Gov IT in 2010

I created the Wardley Mapping technique in 2005 and teach Governments, large corporations how to use it.

I specialise in gameplay and situational awareness within Business