Why the Cloud is Nothing New and What this Means for IT Performance in 2013
By: Tom Batchelor One of the major technology trends as perceived by the IT media this past year has been cloud computing. Amazon has had tremendous success with AWS (Amazon Web Services), although recent, high-profile outages may temper expectations somewhat. Other industry giants such as Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware continue to market their cloud services as vital parts of their overall business. But when you get past the buzz, what exactly is the cloud? What is new or different about it? I say, not as much as others would lead you to believe. I’m fond of the saying: “One man’s cloud...
read moreTime to Run IT Like a Business
On Friday, I wrote a post called Why Private Clouds Makes Sense for IT. The idea is that by creating an online service catalogue you can operate IT like a cost center, but that means you have to run your department like a real business complete with service agreements. Christopher O’Malley writing on Computerworld earlier this month made the argument that most IT departments weren’t service oriented enough to even call what you provide services: “Unfortunately, despite all this talk, corporate IT is still not very service-oriented at all. In fact, in some ways, it is the...
read moreWhy Private Clouds Make Sense for IT
My colleague George V. Hulme has a post today over on Cloud Commons with the amusing title, Private Cloud Haters – The Game is on Like Donkey Kong. While the title may be fun, the subject matter is very serious and private clouds actually make a lot of sense — just as much as public ones do — and for similar reasons. In his post, Hulme waxed about why there are so many cloud haters, then described the way game maker Zynga mixes the private and public cloud. “Zynga’s goal, as stated in GigaOM was to launch new games into the public cloud, where workloads may be spiky...
read moreMonitoring Tools Can Help Compile Chargeback Stats
As more companies turn to private clouds, inherent in such a system is the ability to charge users for the resources they use. In some instances, that could be hardware resources, while in others it could be a set of software services, but regardless of what you choose to dole out, if you’re charging for services, you need a way to compile usage statistics, and that’s where monitoring tools could come into play. The way an internal or private cloud tends to work is that your company sets up a portal or web page where users can go to as a central place for generic IT services....
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