CSC is definitely trying to drive standardization in cloud computing, because it will not only improve things like interoperability of systems and portability of data, it will be central to securing the cloud.
And this is where a lot of the acronyms we’re working with come in, the various organizations and ideas such as NIST, SCAP and OMOP. Read more
There is a disruption factor that’s undeniable when talking about cloud computing, and it’s disrupting business on many different levels.
That’s a relatively harmless thing when you’re talking about disrupting business models by enabling software-as-a-service through cloud architecture. But there’s also the disruption that technology can cause in the labor force.
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Last year, a Forrester report stated it costs an organization $27 a month a to maintain an electronic mailbox — that’s per user.
There are lots of costs associated with enterprise computing needs when you pull back the covers, and IT services can quickly become expensive in the tally. And every time you move to a new service, there’s a migration cost. Enterprises can’t afford business disruptions while waiting for these transitions to complete. Read more
Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Services — the suite of software that includes Exchange, Sharepoint, Office products, also known as BPOS — is an easily understandable example of cloud computing. It’s a per-month-per-user charge for what used to come on CD-ROMs with license fees, with all the applications and documents now hosted by Micrsoft data centers.
The tricky thing about inflection points is they are hard to see when you are in them and painfully obvious once they have kicked into high gear, leaving all those behind who were unprepared for their occurrence.
They are as inevitable as death and taxes but as eclectic and unpredictable as a Dennis Miller rant on current events. Every industry has them but the technology world seems to have them more frequently, with more intensity and with broader impact on all other industries.
So I believe we are in the midst of another inflection point and it’s being accelerated by the advancements in cloud computing.
The growing buzz around cloud computing the past few years has resurfaced what are really ever-present concerns in information technology and data management. The topics of trust, security, compliance and regulation — they’re not going to go away.
Does anyone really expect that, say, the government’s appetite for regulation and rules regarding digital records will decrease?
There was a time you could take a server, put it in a room, watch it, work on it, replace it. Now, with virtual machines, they can be created and spun up anywhere, wherever those resources are available. Many of our types of clients have certain requirements for data, however, they need to be able to answer, “Is it within the bounds of a state or country? Who is accessing that data? Do I have proof that the data hasn’t been moved or changed, and if so who did the moving and changing?”
