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May 10, 2011

James McGovern and 1 other person answered this question

We are a small insurance agency, we have gone paperless and made other changes but now what?

Are you a member of the Agents Council on Technology (ACT)? If so, you should pose this question to Jeff Yates. I suspect many other agencies are asking themselves the same question. more

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May 3, 2011

John Sauer and 2 other people answered this question

What obstacles must Telcos overcome in order to have a competitive place in the cloud game?

In many ways cloud services are the new dot-com. Everyone is rushing in with thoughts of huge profits but with investor driven debt loads that will become anchors if the company cannot be profitable. I would not use or recommend a cloud service that did ... more

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April 20, 2011

Craig Brennan and 5 other people answered this question

What strategies are being employed by companies to NOT overwhelm their employees with change?

"...to create a small army of people who think it is normal to get up every morning and commence challenging the status quo"
Well put, Art. That about sums it up. My only response to that is are people like that molded, or is the ability ... more

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April 18, 2011

Dennis Morgan and 3 other people answered this question

What are your thoughts on the future of PaaS? Expected growth in the next few years?

I agree with Robert but include Microsoft as an active PaaS (Windows Azure) player and they pretty much own the business desktop and will lever from there. more

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April 16, 2011

Clint Wilson and 3 other people answered this question

Cloud vendor lock-in: Is it always bad? Does it matter where you are locked in? How?

Like the thinking here Andrew, "Where and how the lock-in occurs can be significant, because you have more control over lock-in that is data format based if you have access to all the data, vs some other form of lock-in where you do not have ... more

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April 16, 2011

Andrew Baker answered this question

How are cloud vendors addressing corporate IT security degradation over time?

I'm not sure I agree with the premise. It isn't the rotation of security staff that cause a degradation of system security in organizations -- certainly not in any that I know. The issue is generally resource related.
The following resource allocation decisions have a much ... more

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April 15, 2011

Robert Keahey answered this question

Public vs. private cloud: does it matter with BI apps that need high throughput across WAN?

From what I can understand it sounds like your model is that you probably have multiple branch offices or satellite centers connected through a dedicated WAN. Assuming that latency and bandwidth are not currently issues, then the question of a public cloud placement of your ... more

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April 15, 2011

Robert Keahey and 1 other person answered this question

How seriously should cloud providers consider designs from Facebook's Open Compute Project?

I agree with Andrew - understanding the "why" is very important. For large cloud providers (Rackspace, Savvis, Terremark, etc.) I think it makes sense to take a serious look at the the Open Compute Model - but not necessarily replicate it completely. There are a ... more

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April 15, 2011

Joe Tierney and 5 other people answered this question

When a large enterprise creates a private cloud that is run entirely internally, is it still a cloud

If I was selling on-premises software, hardware and services I'd agree with you guys too :)

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