Stories by Bernard Golden

Article | 20/09/2011 How Cloud computing is changing data center design, cost
If you've read this blog for a while, it's no secret that I believe that one aspect of cloud computing is a dramatic drop in the cost of computing. Wh...
Article | 27/08/2011 The challenges of competing with Cloud computing providers
In discussions about cloud computing and in comments readers leave on my blog posts, I commonly get statements along the lines of "Yeah, this cloud co...
Article | 20/07/2011 The cost advantage controversy of Cloud computing
One of the topics most associated with cloud computing is its cost advantages, or lack thereof. One way the topic gets discussed is "capex vs. opex," ...
Article | 28/06/2011 Cloud computing's present and future: What you need to know
I had the opportunity to participate in two conferences over the past couple of weeks, and got what are essentially headlines ripped from today's news...
Article | 16/06/2011 Cloud CIO: In defense of corporate IT
Last week's blog post, Cloud CIO: Yes, Your Job is at Risk, was one of the most widely-read-and definitely the most -post I've ever written for CIO.co...
Article | 7/06/2011 Cloud CIO: Yes, your job is at risk
Left unsaid--typically, anyway--in most discussions about cloud computing is the implicit threat that it will be the cause of job losses. The clamorou...
Article | 12/05/2011 Cloud CIO: Like open source, cloud hides in plain sight
I came across an article in InfoWorld about a survey that TheInfoPro conducted among Fortune 1000 firms regarding their use of public cloud storage of...
Article | 26/04/2011 Cloud CIO: Security vs. dangers of analysis paralysis
In his book "Predictably Irrational," Dan Ariely cites a study conducted at an upscale Menlo Park grocery store (speaking of which, how irrational is ...
Article | 7/04/2011 Cloud CIO: 5 key pieces of rollout advice
The spread of enthusiasm for cloud computing seems unstoppable. Cloud computing -- a term that was unknown prior to 2007 -- has been named by Gartner ...
Article | 17/03/2011 Cloud computing: A sustaining or disruptive innovation?
If you've read this blog over the past couple of years, it should be no surprise that I am a huge advocate of the theories of Clayton Christensen, aut...
Article | 12/03/2011 CloudConnect debrief: Real life Cloud computing lessons
If I had to summarize my assessment of this week's CloudConnect conference, it would be this: Attention regarding cloud computing is rapidly moving to...
Article | 8/02/2011 The Cloud CIO: A tale of two IT futures
This week I saw two articles that captured the two visions of IT that will dominate the future. Both were interviews with senior IT leaders, one a CIO...
Article | 10/12/2010 Cloud Computing: 2011 Predictions
It's been an incredibly interesting, exciting, and tumultuous year for cloud computing. But, as the saying goes, "you ain't seen nothin' yet." Next ye...
Article | 26/10/2010 Cloud computing: 5 tips as GSA goes on-demand
The most interesting cloud computing I saw this week was the announcement that the General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded 11 companies the ...
Article | 16/10/2010 Cloud computing and video conferencing: What's next
One of the most interesting areas in technology these days is telephony, with all its flavors: voice, video, and video conferencing. And, as far as we...

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