Wednesday, December 24, 2008

A Christmas Message

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According to Bob Philips, there are three stages of man:- He believes in Santa Claus. He doesn't believe in Santa Claus . He is Santa Cl...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

It's not who says it that matters ...

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Though I've talked about commoditisation and worth in the IT industry for the best part of a decade, I consider myself a late arrival to...
Monday, December 22, 2008

Congratulations

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I read that Werner Vogels has been made InfoWorld's CTO of the year. Congratulations are much deserved. Whilst Werner and the Amazon tea...

Maturity models for the cloud

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A friend of mine in the cloud world, James Urquhart, who now blogs at CNET recently posted about cloud maturity models. It's worth a re...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

The cloud ... it's a triangle, damn it.

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In 2006, I talked about the growth of utility computing and how distinct industries were being created. I used the ideas of componentisation...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Cloud, old idea but a new innovation.

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There has been a lot of internet discussion recently over whether the cloud is anything new, if you're confused hopefully the following ...
Monday, December 15, 2008

A nice little earner ...

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The U.K. government's use of a buy-out ( re-capitalisation ) strategy rather than a bail-out strategy has taken a lot of flak in the las...
Friday, December 12, 2008

For the people, by the people ...

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The people of Sark have struck a blow for democracy. Not only did they decide to have elections but they also, rather peskily, voted for the...
Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Why the cloud is unavoidable.

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This is really old stuff, but I feel it's worth repeating. The importance of "cloud" computing to business is far beyond simp...
Saturday, December 06, 2008

Promises, promises ...

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In my quest to unfortunately come across the most hopeless companies in the world, I've found a new contender to the throne of the most ...
Friday, December 05, 2008

Note for Self - that's a lot of talking.

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For a number of years, I've been talking about how activities transition from innovation to commodity or more simply put how yesterday...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Finally .... I have connection again!

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After five weeks, I finally have connection again. There is lots I'd like to talk about but it's late, so I'll have to wait unti...