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JP Morgenthal

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Principal, Ranger | Cloud & VDC Services, EMC Consulting

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JP Morgenthal is one of the world's foremost experts in IT strategy and cloud computing. He has over twenty-five years of expertise applying technology solutions to complex business problems. JP has strong business acumen complemented by technical depth and ...

JP Morgenthal is one of the world's foremost experts in IT strategy and cloud computing. He has over twenty-five years of expertise applying technology solutions to complex business problems. JP has strong business acumen complemented by technical depth and breadth. He is a respected author on topics of integration, software development and cloud computing and is a contributor on the forthcoming "Cloud Computing:Assessing the Risks" as well as is the Lead Cloud Computing editor for InfoQ.

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Feb. 23, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 10 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

What is the difference between Cloud and SaaS?

Some would say they are synonymous, while some will say that SaaS is not cloud, but might use cloud to deliver a service to it's clients. SaaS has been included in the definition of cloud computing because the early adopters were looking for on-demand, measurable ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 23, 2012

JP Morgenthal answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

What is the semantic difference between "defining cloud" and "cloud definitions"?

"Defining cloud" is the act of clarifying what cloud is, whereas "cloud definitions" pose that the task has been done and has agreement. Based on today's roundtable, I believe we demonstrated that there's more to the definition than some technological constructs. more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 23, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 3 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

Should there be different definitions/explanations of cloud depending on who you're talking to (e.g. IT staff vs. C-level execs)?

Ben,
Part of the fun of putting this roundtable together was that with all the focus on definitions, like the one from NIST, Randy brought a novel perspective that illustrated the short-sighted nature of today's definitions. Granted, Randy is seeing the edge of the paradigm ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 23, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

Can we get beyond straight IT here? What about business functionailty and reduced CapEx?

To quote my last blog entry (http://www.jpmorgenthal.com/morgenthal/?p=329) "Sure, executives will be thrilled with the immediate cost reductions, but when was the last time anyone remembers their CEO saying two years later, 'don't worry Bill, you saved us $2 million two years ago, you're still golden ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 23, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

Should an old organisations with legacy computing go to Enterprise Cloud to get there or should pivot and go with Open Cloud like AWS and Google?

As I stated on the roundtable, I really believe companies need to perform governance, risk and compliance assessments before they can answer this question. It's also probably beneficial if they perform business justifications and TCO analyses to see what the cost differences would be between ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 9, 2012

JP Morgenthal is speaking at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 7, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 1 other person answered this question

What needs to be done for companies to move towards an ITaaS model?

As Robert indicated, ITaaS requires a focus on process and an understanding of the metrics associated with delivering IT support today. As a support organization, IT is an overhead expense, usually underfunded, focused on "keeping the lights on" and not incentivized to ensure a high-quality ... more

Information Technology

Feb. 2, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 2 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Managing Cloud Spend, Maximizing ROI [2/1 @ 1 pm]

What are the advantages of buying cloud infrastructure directly rather than indirectly through companies like AppFog, PiCloud, SimpleWorker, etc?

Interesting perspective--direct vs. indirect IaaS--never quite looked at this way. PaaS is differentiated because you're operating at a different level of operations. If you need control over the deployment environment then you would acquire IaaS. If you're looking for a platform that will provide scalability ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Cloud Spend Management

Jan. 31, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 2 other people answered this question

Is it possible to get all the auto manufacturers in the world to adhere to a common protocol for exchanging real-time planning information?

Barry,
While your answer is technically correct, it took the word 'possible' very literally. Perhaps a better word that would lead to more relative answers to my question might be 'practical' or 'reasonable'. more

Information Technology

Humanless Driving

Jan. 31, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 6 other people answered this question

I am looking at hosting applications for clients in the cloud. What is the best service to use?

Fred,
The important point to remember about this is that each hosting environment will have it's own advantages and constraints. You need to consider the services that you may need to support this application, such as firewalls, intrusion detections, monitoring, etc. Just turning on a ... more

Cloud Computing

Jan. 30, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 2 other people answered this question

Is it still too early to define PaaS standards?

How about we first define what a PaaS is before we attempt to standardize it? PaaS is the most obtuse service model in the cloud continuum.With a camp that believes Cloud Foundry, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudBees, EngineYard, etc. are PaaS and another camp that believes that ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Jan. 26, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 2 other people answered this question

Agree or disagree: Most public cloud accounts belong to SMBs.

I believe there is a lot of use of Amazon Web Services public cloud services by large businesses that is not discussed in the general press. Large Universities have been using AWS for class labs, research and business applications. I know of at least 5 ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Jan. 25, 2012

JP Morgenthal answered this question

What are some successful companies that have launched as the result of a hackathon?

I don't know the names of companies that started this way, however, this is an interesting approach to launching one this way: http://startupbus.com/
-JPM
http://about.me/jpmorgenthal more

Information Technology

Jan. 20, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 4 other people answered this question

With regards to ERP, what is a hybrid deployment method?

I don't see why ERP should be different than any other Enterprise application with regard to hybrid architectures. Clearly the partner management and customer portals are prime targets to move to the cloud with VPN connections back into the databases housed in the data center. ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Enterprise Software

Jan. 17, 2012

JP Morgenthal and 1 other person answered this question

Is a standard for cloud portability necessary? And will it be effective?

TOSCA has two sides in my opinion: one overt and the other covert. The overt positioning is that building knowledge on a particular cloud platform that is not usable by any other platform is a sunk investment that raises the costs for switching service providers, ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Jan. 16, 2012

4 people recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

What are some of the first services or applications in an enterprise that should be deployed in the cloud?

You beat me to it, JP. I was just going to say that the 3rd paragraph of Jack's response "Over 90% of all email is spam..." can easily be addressed by having email SECURITY in the cloud, without moving email itself.
As for DR/BCP, I'll ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Dec. 27, 2011

Ray Osborne selected a best answer for

What location considerations should be given with a cloud infrastructure?

When a corporation is considering hiring the services of a cloud provider would theybe better off with a cloud infrastructure that is located within a 100 miles of its own corporate location or beyond that distance? Are there responsiveness and latency issues with computingclouds that ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Benchmarks

Cloud Computing

Dec. 27, 2011

JP Morgenthal answered this question

Who benefits from cloudwashing?

Given I just wrote an entire blog on this topic that I don't want to reiterate here, let me just point to my blog entry entitled "Adventures in Cloudwashing: Are You the Cloud Or in the Cloud?" http://www.jpmorgenthal.com/morgenthal/?p=308
-JPM
http://about.me/jpmorgenthal more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing Best Practices

Dec. 23, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 2 other people answered this question

Does DevOps have a place in larger organizations?

70% of unanticipated service disruptions and long lead times for provisioning of new environments are due to a lack of cross-domain understanding. Configuration and change management cannot be effectively managed in silos. Meanwhile, businesses cannot expect a single individual to manage the entire process development ... more

Information Technology

Development Methodologies

Dec. 20, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 4 other people answered this question

Do you think Google's Nexus tablet will be able to give Apple a run for their money?

This question becomes a whole lot more interesting in light of the ruling yesterday that certain aspects of the Android OS impinge upon patents of Apple. The whole concept of linking and embedding, in my opinion, go back to OLE and OpenDOC, but somehow the ... more

Information Technology

Dec. 16, 2011

Andrew Baker selected a best answer for

Does the NoSQL database movement need a standard query language?

There is a growing realization that the NoSQL databases provide some performance and flexibility that traditional relational databases do not.
But, these "NoSQL" databases lack a standard query language, so adopting one vs another results in adopting a proprietary language.Would the NoSQL movement benefit from a ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Database Management

Dec. 16, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 7 other people answered this question

Why isn't virtualization cloud computing?

Amen! You clearly understand why I posed the question the way I did.

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Dec. 9, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 3 other people answered this question

Cloud Computing 2011 – Part 5: What was the most significant shift in the cloud computing market?

I believe the greatest shift was the realization by business of the power of "pay-for-use". The realization of the economic value of cloud computing has become so strong, it's starting to overshadow security fears. This is a strong statement about the value cloud computing has ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Impact Assessment

Dec. 9, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 3 other people answered this question

Cloud Computing 2011 – Part 4: What technology had the biggest impact on the cloud computing market?

Amazon Web Services' Web Services led the way technologically in 2011. It's approach to providing access to and automation of a robust IaaS and PaaS platform is undeniably envied by all cloud service providers. The other great technology of 2011 that is unsung is Solid ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

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