tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450358603168838792024-03-13T19:44:04.942+01:00 In Max MindMax Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-66906076208646216752013-03-28T16:07:00.000+01:002013-03-28T16:07:24.538+01:00Cloud > Swedish dictionaryMy new <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/MaxBchler/m-mind-cloudthesaurusse" target="_blank">Cloud > Swedish dictionary</a> is out on Slideshare<br />
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-12144303483109693562013-03-28T15:48:00.001+01:002013-03-28T15:48:55.373+01:00Ordbok till MolnetUppladdat till Slideshare:<br />
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-58647173647370275762013-03-27T09:35:00.002+01:002013-03-27T09:35:48.434+01:00LinkedIn SPAMSomething crossed my mind. A comment on LinkedIn:<div>
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Sorry, I don’t want to be rude but why do people post ”if you see ‘this’ please Like, Share or Comment” on LinkedIn? Sometimes added with a: “I want to see if LinkedIn works.” Some might say: “Don’t bather” “Mind you own business” “jada jada” and I agree with you. But isn’t this pure SPAM?! Of course LinkedIn works and the result is you get a lot of Likes, profile Views, visibility etc. And if you’ve connected to Klout or similar your score will raise. But did you truly raise your influence, share of knowledge, networking capacity? Don’t think so! Independent of it was act of un- or awareness.Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-45422374634093509482013-03-18T11:30:00.001+01:002013-03-18T11:31:55.725+01:00Moln-utbildning 23-24/5Den 23-24/5 håller jag i trådarna i den moln-utbildning som <a href="http://www.stf.se/" target="_blank">STF Ingenjörsutbildning AB</a> erbjuder och arrangerar.<br />
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<i>En kurs som hjälper dig med att förstå affärsnyttan i att införa molntjänster och förstå molntjänster som koncept och hur detta påverkar både dagens och morgondagens IT-infrastruktur och arbetsmetoder.</i> </blockquote>
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Kontakta gärna <a href="mailto:martin.rawet@stf.se" target="_blank">Martin Rawet</a>, STF, eller <a href="mailto:info@mmind.se" target="_blank">mig</a> för mer information.Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-35356845007915786302013-03-14T19:03:00.000+01:002013-03-14T19:03:25.097+01:00Dare to offer a General SLAMy new column <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/4977-dare-to-offer-a-general-sla" target="_blank">Dare to offer a General SLA</a> is out on <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/" target="_blank">Outsource Magazine</a>.<br />
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<br />SLA appendices: I’ve seen some bad ones. I’ve seen some good ones. I’ve seen one which was a really good one – and I loved it.<br /><br />IT service delivery isn’t a senior service provider’s proviso anymore. “We’ve done this for 20 years, no one beats us!” might be a good call but it might also indicate you’re stacked in old habits. Thanks to new service delivery models like cloud computing and techniques like virtualisation etc. almost anyone can deliver quality IT services. It’s really not a problem to deliver for instance an SaaS<a name='more'></a> service available <i>all hours of the day every day of the year</i> at a level of 99.99 per cent of that time. Price might differ but that’s almost every time a pricing game and/or an apples vs pears comparison. What really differs is the experience of how well people and services around the service work: service management and governance. But how do you provide a nice SLA to measure service management, especially when we’re not talking about doing <i>X </i>within <i>Y </i>amount of time. When customers want to measure the quality of the provider’s work and behaviour in general? How will you be able to be the one who customers chose in a rough economic climate?<div>
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-44511960031173338012013-02-27T15:35:00.000+01:002013-02-27T15:35:50.131+01:00Pay, Ask and PrepareCommented the post <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/729337/IT_Outsourcing_Customers_Get_What_They_Pay_for_Not_What_They_Want?taxonomyId=3195">IT Outsourcing Customers Get What They Pay for, Not What They Want</a> by Stephanie Overby (@stephanieoverby) on CIO.com.<div>
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These talent gaps in outsourcing partnerships will come to the forefront in the coming year, says HfS Research CEO Phil Fersht. Outsourcing customers cite cost reduction as the most important driver for outsourcing decisions--43 percent of respondents label it "mission critical.""</blockquote>
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This is truly a bidirectional issue. I would like to rephrase: IT Outsourcing Customers Get What They Pay ASK AND PREPARE for, Not What They Want. Customers don’t prepare well enough and they often ask Nirvana-questions which outsourcing can’t ROI. The problem: far too often a professional sourcing advisor managed the procurement project – customers still do not get what they want (not acceptable). Or; the customer didn’t listen to the advisor and/or the ITOP/SP. At the same time ITOP/SP's don't argue their services well enough - bespoke ITO is bad for business and ROI. Remember; price war is bad too. On-site, off-site or as cloud, you name it; IT is not for free! Customers and sourcing advisors; do your benchmark well enough when choosing ITOP/SP. And sometimes the ITOP/SP just BS-ing you in the procurement phase so my tip of the day: demand General (& soft) SLA too, not just Specific (services connected) + drop some of the demands, instead you should let the ITOP/SP propose an alternative solution.</blockquote>
Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-6957295446330599682013-02-21T09:29:00.000+01:002013-02-21T09:29:46.346+01:00Cloud ROIYes, there is a problem counting ROI in Cloud computing as Joe McKendrick (@joemckendrick) tell in the post <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/02/18/cloud-computings-roi-increasingly-elusive-survey-finds/?utm_source=alertscalledoutcomment&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130219">Cloud Computing's ROI Increasingly Elusive, Survey Finds</a> out on <a href="http://www.forbes.com/">Forbes </a>but I will continue to count value, not just numbers all the time. To be able to count value we have to understand Cloud computing and why it should be considered and planned for at the upper levels.<br />
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"Perhaps it’s a result of cloud becoming so tightly interwoven with the business that the potential results may be more far-reaching than a single process or two. Or, perhaps, cloud adoption and usage is expanding deeper into business operations at a faster pace than<a name='more'></a> can be measured. In fact, the survey also finds that the types of metrics being employed are expanding beyond simple cost reductions. While cost continues to be the primary cloud ROI metric, there has been a surge in adoption of quality of delivered results and speed of operation, and utilization of resources as metrics as well. </blockquote>
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HP’s E.G. Nadhan, also active with The Open Group, has been pondering the cloud ROI question for some time, and <a href="http://www.enterprisecioforum.com/en/blogs/enadhan/are-cios-ready-answer-roi-question-cloud">concludes</a> that what once were sporadic IT costs have become a part of a continuous evaluation process — which may make capturing ROI measurements a trickier proposition. “We need to track the cost of cloud and the returns realized on a continuous basis in order to be effective cloud consumers realizing business value for our shareholders,” he says."</blockquote>
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Great one Joe. My comment: I know we need budgets etc to plan and that it’s more difficult to plan when it comes to Cloud computing. New tools and methods to budget future IT is needed (as Chris Harding says) but I leave this task to Finance. Change in how we work includes change in how we count. But as a trigger to adopt and a way to compare Cloud computing vs other service delivery methods, products procurement, in-house/on-premise operations etc executives and managers really need to understand this: Cloud computing is part of future IT operations and business; whether you like it or not. Start counting value instead of pure numbers all the times. Heads up exec’s; you too need to be able to understand what IT means to your business in the future. A number is sometimes a great fact…sometimes not…at all. Shadow IT and Rough Cloud will be a far more difficult riddle of ROI to solve and budget.</blockquote>
Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-47536933217884734542013-02-21T08:12:00.000+01:002013-02-21T08:13:04.558+01:00Interesting read: What makes a quality Cloud hosting provider? Part 1Over at <a href="http://www.comparethecloud.net/4890/what-makes-a-quality-cloud-hosting-provider-part-1/">Compare the Cloud</a> a interesting read and, as always, a great discussion takes place. It's the post<br />
<a href="http://www.comparethecloud.net/4890/what-makes-a-quality-cloud-hosting-provider-part-1/">What makes a quality Cloud hosting provider? Part 1</a> by <a href="http://www.comparethecloud.net/thought-leaders/richard-may-virtualdcs/">Richard May</a>.<br />
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"How is the supplier operating the platform? Do you have to compete with other users for resources? How does the platform deal with that contention? Different platforms handle this better than others and as many home broadband providers will notice, services can be slow during school holidays. Fine, but can you afford for your applications to be slow due to similar events occurring which are out of your control? I have heard of instances where providers are contending memory by 4 – 8 times on a server. <br />
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Where is your supplier hosting the service, in a data centre or in their bedroom? I met a man a few weeks ago who was hosting a Lotus Notes solution in his cellar at home over 6 ADSL circuits and was complaining about the rain. If you cannot see the platform, find out where it is. Finding out what Tier classification the data centre is should also give you a guide to its suitability. I would suggest that Tier 3 or 4 should be a target, tier 4 being the best but still fairly uncommon in the UK."</blockquote>
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Richard, great post and I look forward to the next part. My comment: I agree you should check up on your CSP or reseller but I do think we have a problem if we have to check up on what hardware the service is running on. Of course it depends on what service you adopt and data you put in the service (= how business critical) but don't you think we need to put in more trust on the CSP? We should never be careless, we need to read the T&C (or says on the tin ;)), do the compliance, lock-in, security, compatibility, SLA etc check's, but if checking to deep nitty gritty it will take too much time etc. A reference is good but shouldn't be trusted as fact, though rumor might give you a hint. Couldn't that be somewhere enough? According to me; one part of what you need to let go when adopting cloud services is the detailed control of everything and put trust in you CSP and put more effort on information management. Sometimes you get what you pay for but I really do think that if you adopted a service produced in the bed room or in the cellar you haven't done your basic homework well enough.</blockquote>
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-67770370885848241112013-01-11T09:55:00.000+01:002013-01-11T10:08:52.840+01:00Cloud (summ)arise 2012!<br />
2012 was a remarkable year for me in social media. I’ve gained more than 1 000 followers…without any follow back strategy. More than 10’ visitors on the blog and good traffic and sharing on GP’s around the web. Not bad for a rookie I think. Big THANK YOU to all readers, supporters and followers. I truly appreciate it. And by the way… what a remarkable year it was for Cloud Computing.<br />
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And by the way...what a remarkeable year it was for Cloud Computing. Who’s not impressed by true cloud…when it makes sense, fulfill needs and works like it’s supposed to?</div>
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This is my cloud, and a bit of IT Ooutsourcing and management, summary for 2012.<br />
<a name='more'></a> A collection of my authored favorites published on sites I write for. I hope I’ve taught some people and organizations about Cloud Computing, helped some to achieve cloud readiness, and inspired some to adopt one or more cloud services. I hope I’ve placed pressure on and triggered some Cloud Service Providers (CSP) to think one more time about how to facilitate customer cloud services adoption.</div>
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<li>Cloud = SaaS? <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>True</i></span></b> When implemented according to specific methods and rules.</li>
<li>Cloud = ASP? <b><span style="color: red;"><i>False</i></span></b> ASP (Application Service Provider) is a model to deliver Software as a Service. Perhaps a predecessor, if you like, but it’s not Cloud Computing. If you put a “cloud” on your ASP service you’re cloudwashing.</li>
<li>ASP = SaaS? <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><i>True</i></b></span> ASP is Software as a Service. If by any rules connected to the Terminal Service methodology.</li>
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<li>Cloud computing is <u>a model to deliver IT services</u> (or SaaS), regardless of whether it’s an IaaS, PaaS, SaaS or BPaaS. </li>
<li><a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf">NIST defines Cloud Computing well</a>. </li>
<li>Outages do exist. They happen everywhere. Their minimization is one very important KPI (for the CSP). My POV: CSPs do this pretty well; otherwise they will soon be out of business.</li>
<li>All in doesn’t work. Some things should probably remain on-premises and/or at your Service Provider.</li>
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<li>If you want to adopt a cloud service, you <a href="http://www.newvem.com/cloud-washing-dont-end-up-washing-your-it-with-false-clouds/">don’t want to be stuck in a washed one</a>. One that locks you in, is not true to demand, is not easy measureable, etc. </li>
<li>And to avoid confusion and accelerate adoption of you cloud service; <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/4523-sil-vous-plait-please-habla-deutsch">try to speak the language consumers understand</a>. Your future customer might not be familiar at all with all the nitty gritty terms the cloud market uses.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.newvem.com/the-devastating-cloud-lock-in/">Lock-ins are devastating</a> for customers, an “in-locking“ CSP and the Cloud market in general.</li>
<li>To not lock in is a <a href="http://www.newvem.com/the-successful-cloud-lock-in/">successful lock-in</a>.</li>
<li>Compliance is a tricky thing. You can choose which services and from whom to adopt. But you can’t choose which laws and regulations you have to follow, meaning you might have to change the branch and even the country you operate in. For more thoughts on this, <a href="http://www.newvem.com/cloud-compliance-part-1-the-basics/" target="_blank">read about Cloud compliance basics</a>.</li>
<li>You want to take some time to <a href="http://www.newvem.com/cloud-compliance-part-2-top-10-tips/">update yourself about the security responsibilities</a> (supported by Ron Peled, LivePerson) that you can demand from a CSP. And, of course, “on top” of your specific country and branch laws and regulations, you should familiarize yourself with any other common regulations that you or a CSP are obliged to follow. To support in IaaS adoption from the most frequent IaaS-providers these tables might help you.</li>
<li>If there’s any compliance problem adopting a cloud service hosted and delivered from a specific country or region, there’s probably a local or foreign compliant CSP available in <a href="http://www.newvem.com/embrace-the-multiculti-cloud-world-wide-cloud-companies-do-great-things/">the multiculti world of IT</a>.</li>
<li>Should the CIO be the trusted advisor? <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/4858-the-future-role-of-the-cio-trusted-advisor-or">IMHO; I don’t think so!</a></li>
<li>What do I think about 2013? I think <a href="http://www.newvem.com/the-cloud-is-dead-long-live-the-cloud/">the Cloud is dead! Long live the Cloud!</a></li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/4626-customisation-of-it-sorry-but-its-not-the-future-customerisation-is">commodity future is not bespoke</a>. Bespoke is for special needs and occasions. Use add-ons instead of customizing.</li>
<li>The future will not sit down and wait on you. Wake up! You and your business otherwise might be <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/4848-doomed-thoughts-on-trends-in-the-ito-space">doomed!</a></li>
<li>And hey…we complain a lot about complexity in cloud, ITO etc…there are some guys who handle <a href="http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/4832-extreme-outsourcing">extreme outsourcing</a> pretty well. Maturity comes by experience, age and the ability to think twice. ITO and cloud have a lot to learn so let us all be patient and talk to each other in different projects.</li>
<li>And finally: Clicking Next>Next>Next should always be followed by actually reading the T&C/agreement, before you click Accept. Plan your cloud service adoption.</li>
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<li>It’s not easy to move apps to the cloud. It might not be compatible, “common sense” or the best approach at all. Adopt a service to replace the existing (old?) one – or adopt it because it gives you an opportunity to expand your portfolio and/or to achieve productivity and effectiveness.</li>
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<li>Adopt cloud services because it brings value to your business.</li>
<li>Cloud Computing will be part of your future hybrid IT solution… whether you like it or not. It’s IT – Future IT.</li>
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You can find most of my comments around the web and all posts I’ve published 2012 linked up or as originals here on In Max Mind.</div>
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-53408544869470518262013-01-09T16:23:00.000+01:002013-01-09T16:23:19.772+01:00Enterprises Achilles' heel in Cloud computingBelow is my comment to the post <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/cloud-computings-achilles-heel-poor-customer-service-210220" target="_blank">Cloud computing's Achilles' heel: Poor customer service</a> by David Linthicum (@DavidLinthicum) on <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/" target="_blank">InfoWorld </a>yesterday.<br />
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"These days, larger enterprises are investing in public clouds, and they're accustomed to real people talking to them on the phone, account managers in their offices, and cell numbers for support engineers on call around the clock. In other words, they want public cloud providers to offer the same level of customer service as the larger<a name='more'></a> enterprise software providers. </blockquote>
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The problem is that many of the public cloud providers are not set up to meet this level of customer service. They simply don't have the people or the systems in place. To establish such systems and personnel, they'll have to raise their prices -- and no one is doing that these days. </blockquote>
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But as public clouds push into larger enterprises, they will have no choice but to provide a richer customer service experience. Large enterprise IT demands that level of service, and public clouds won't be able to penetrate the large enterprise market without it."</blockquote>
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Good points and I do agree with you. But I think it’s an Achilles' to larger
Enterprises too since they don’t seem to get the point with cloud. Of course you
as a consumer need to be able to contact the provider of the service but
Enterprises (SMB, Ent or “whatever”) need to understand they can’t afford buying
bespoke services including customer services where someone asks: “Coffee or
tea?” Bespoke isn’t what cloud (especially not public ones) is about.
Enterprises can’t expect same level of service as for instance a more
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dilemma for CSP’s if large enterprises demands full customer services. Not only
because of a need to raise a price. We live in a “core business” world and I
wonder if a full customer service function is core to a CSP? Can a cloud broker
take this responsibility instead of the CSP? Can the function be outsourced to a
customer services specialist (a cloud services customer services specialist?
Specialized call centers?)? Is it a role to be taken by established ITO’s and
M/SP’s if they want to be a player in the game in the future? Customer services
and people within that function is somehow the soul in a service and company but
is a public cloud service ready to fund souls?! CSP’s need to think smart (and
twice) if and when adding these functions to their services.</blockquote>
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-34293048734495649172013-01-02T20:28:00.000+01:002013-01-02T20:28:00.336+01:00Happy 2013!A humongous 2012 THANK YOU to all my readers, followers and supporters! <br />
<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;">Happy 2013!</span><br />
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“May all your cards be live, and your pots be monsters.”<br />
Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-72392010864112426932013-01-02T20:19:00.000+01:002013-01-02T20:29:17.484+01:00GP on maildistiller.comMy first and hopefully not the last guest post on <a href="http://www.maildistiller.com/" target="_blank">Maildistiller</a> is out: <a href="http://www.maildistiller.com/guest-posts/cloud-price-war-consequences/" target="_blank">Cloud Price War Consequences</a><br />
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Special thank you to: Sarah-Louise, Caroline & Danielle<br />
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Short break out: <br />
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<strong>Cash is King</strong><br />
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Yes, in a sellout price war world. Cash when it comes to services means long-term agreements. One of the fundamentals in cloud is the ability to move between CSPs, irrelevant of the reason why. Pay upfront, when it comes to IT services, is not cloud friendly: it’s a <br />
<a name='more'></a>lock in.<br />
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We all know we don’t move between CSPs each and every day but the higher you go in need of knowledge, or the lower you go in the XaaS chain (BPaaS>SaaS>PaaS>IaaS) the more complicated it gets to move around. As David warns in his post, low prices are not the norm. Most probably there is a paragraph in the agreement/terms and conditions to change the price. Big CSPs have the power to have this in print. So, a raised price and a demanding move is a lock in. Maybe the trickiest lock in: When you feel you should but you “can’t”.<br />
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<strong>Consequence 1: Lock-in</strong></blockquote>
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><strong>Enjoy!</strong></span>Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-76110849410930793652012-12-28T12:57:00.000+01:002012-12-28T12:57:27.162+01:00Part 3 in the Cloud Compliance seriesMy latest post, <a href="http://www.newvem.com/cloud-compliance-part-3-comply-to-a-csp-comply-to-the-cloud/" target="_blank">Part 3</a>, in the Cloud Compliance series is out on Newvem. Please enjoy <br />
<a href="http://www.newvem.com/cloud-compliance-part-3-comply-to-a-csp-comply-to-the-cloud/" target="_blank">Cloud Compliance: Part 3 – Choosing the Right (IaaS) Cloud Service Provider</a><br />
Short break out:<br />
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In this part we will dig a bit deeper and detail the standards and regulations that some of the most common infrastructure (IaaS) Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) comply with and are certified for. CSPs are not always obliged to follow all regulations, but normally they have procedures to make their consumer cloud compliant. We also look at four of the IaaS giants<a name='more'></a> and how they handle making you become cloud ready. To highlight some basic differentiators between EU and US CSPs, a well-known European CSP is included too.<br /></blockquote>
and:<br />
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<strong>Prediction</strong><br /><br />Price wars are a compliance issue. If smaller and/or regional CSPs can’t compete in the cloud market because of heavy price dumpings, there will be a slower adoption phase within regions obliged to comply with certain laws and rules, for instance within the EU.<br /><br />Nonetheless, Google announced that they now offer the possibility for EU consumers to store data within the EU only. I think we will see all the other CSPs to follow. This step will trigger more EU consumers to adopt from large US CSPs. It will not be enough, like Microsoft says; most probably the data will be stored in EU if you’re an EU consumer. </blockquote>
<a href="http://www.newvem.com/cloud-compliance-part-3-comply-to-a-csp-comply-to-the-cloud/" target="_blank">Read the full post</a>Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-64716001787816884482012-12-21T13:04:00.000+01:002012-12-21T18:11:44.317+01:00Enjoy Christmas!I want to wish all readers, friends, followers and future business partners (to <a href="http://www.mmind.se/" target="_blank">MMind</a>) a Merry Christmas.<br />
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Here some wiseguys to follow (Twitter) 2013: <br />
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@jg21 @IanBergin @Maildistiller @joemckendrick @pbouillaud @IT_ToddNielsen @KnowYourCloud @RuV @TrolleSchultz @comparethecloud @christianve @diversetips @RuV @RazorThornLTD @SBLTD @IAmOnDemand @ReneBuest @simonlporter @utollwi @DavidLinthicum @CloudTweaks @RonVokoun @mthiele10 @pcalento @benkepes <br />
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Enjoy Christmas everyone! I will! :)Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-5837847948610237362012-12-21T11:49:00.000+01:002012-12-21T11:49:23.601+01:00Short one on my mind... InstagramWhether you like Instagram or not. Whether you like free services or not. Whether you care about privacy etc. or not.<br />
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When you p off or worry your customer you're in trouble, especially when it's a free service...Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-23900917876350779522012-12-20T13:56:00.000+01:002012-12-20T13:56:30.159+01:00My Cloud 2013 predictionsMy Cloud 2013 predictions is out on <a href="http://www.newvem.com/" target="_blank">Newvem</a>: <a href="http://www.newvem.com/the-cloud-is-dead-long-live-the-cloud/" target="_blank">The Cloud is dead! Long live the Cloud!</a><br />
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Short break out:<br />
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<ul>
<li>We don’t see cloud as a problem. You adopt a cloud service if it fits your business. You install a system/application as part of your on-premise solution if it fits your business. You make them work together; there are some orchestrating apps and people for that.</li>
<li>It’s not an internal love affair between cloud service providers. It’s not even a love affair between cloud service providers and engaged IT Pros, evangelists, and journalists anymore. A sweet lasting smell of love is obviously starting to arise between cloud services and IT departments and non-IT business people.</li>
<li>The transfer of legacy <a name='more'></a>applications (new cloud compatible versions, of course, and hopefully not cloudwashed) to IaaS and PaaS will accelerate.</li>
<li>Public cloud services continue to emerge faster than Private clouds. Organizations tweak themselves to fit into the service instead of the reverse, which is far too expensive… and truly not necessary.</li>
<li>Sensitive and personal data is being moved to the Cloud.</li>
<li>The use of Cloud as a buzz term will start to decrease but it will persist beyond 2013. And it will certainly remain as a term used to distinguish the source and delivery model.</li>
<li>Compliance and lock-in issues will increase. </li>
</ul>
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The hype is dead! Long live a great way to produce and use IT!</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.newvem.com/the-cloud-is-dead-long-live-the-cloud/" target="_blank">Read the full post.</a>Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-45544043389723704702012-12-17T22:21:00.000+01:002012-12-17T22:21:30.650+01:00My a bit clumsy comment to 'Is Desktop Virtualization The Way To Go?'I commented the post <a href="http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/12/is-desktop-virtualization-the-way-to-go/" target="_blank">Is Desktop Virtualization The Way To Go?</a> by Abdul Salam on <a href="http://www.cloudtweaks.com/" target="_blank">CloudTweaks</a> last week.<div>
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"So now let us look a little deeper on what desktop virtualization brings to the table. </blockquote>
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Here are some of the most notable benefits:<ul>
<li>Global access through any device that can connect to the internet and have display and input functions like <a href="http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/09/mobile-cloud-computing-what-does-the-future-hold/">smartphones and tablets</a>.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Most virtual desktop solutions also support local storage drives and printers, while others might use some local processing power like graphics and sound processing.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Allows for quick integration, upgrade, and change of applications for select user groups, individuals, and globally.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Enhance security and data integrity plus easy backup solutions. Minimize data theft<a name='more'></a> from physical sources.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Work shifting –allows employees to work from anywhere there is an internet connection.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Cost savings on hardware purchase and maintenance. No more desktop computers to clutter up offices and produce mountains of trash during the end of its life cycle.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Cost savings because of the pay-per-use schemes available only for cloud computing solutions."</li>
</ul>
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So I commented this one but I realized my comment was a bit embarrassing for me, especially the bio stuff. My purpose was to add not brag, even if the last crossed my mind after clicking 'submit'... My comment:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Great post
Abdul. I end up with a short bio to “verify” my comment so it’s not a
commercial. ;)</span><span lang="EN-US">In general
I agree to your post but I want to add some points/pros.</span> </blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Thin
clients:</b><br /><ul>
<li>Cost
approx. the same as a mid-range computer. But there’s definitely some pro’s
like ROI; less power consumption, fewer parts can be broken, longer life cycle</li>
<li>Minimize
theft of the physical device itself</li>
<li>Low >
no noise</li>
<li>Even if
longer life cycles it’s not true they can live forever. It’s a myth that needs
to be ripped apart. Multimedia etc
demands more power and better techniques = new TC’s</li>
</ul>
</span><span lang="EN-US"><b>VD:</b><br /><ul>
<li>A perfect
start in a BYO-program</li>
<li>More or
less device indepentent</li>
<li>As you
say you can quickly roll-out upgrades, new apps etc. But you’re also able to
easily roll-back if something goes wrong.</li>
<li>Possibility
to provide different OS and app versions to different users</li>
<li>Possibility
to provide two or more apps to a user, apps that normally aren’t compatible
with each other.</li>
<li>DaaS for
MSP’s and CSP’s.</li>
<li>Management!</li>
</ul>
</span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Bandwidth:</b><br /><ul>
<li>Bandwidth
might be a problem if you allow aero UI, audio and video. Today it’s very
difficult to tell bandwidth per session. You should restrict this if needed
with policies, both written- (staff handbook) and group policies.</li>
<li>In most
of the European countries there’s really not a bandwidth problem anymore. </li>
</ul>
</span><span lang="EN-US">Short bio:
I’ve been working 15 years at a leading Nordic SP of ITaaS and ITO based on a
multi-tenant VD platform. In March last year I wrote a post named ‘”Citrix?
Whew!” Or?’(http://inmaxmind.blogspot.se/2012/03/citrix-whew-or.html) to
“re-release” faith in Citrix and primarily XenApp which the multi-tenant VD
platform was based upon. I ended my employment at the SP in September and now
more run my own consulting business focusing on advisory in Cloud, ITO and
ITaaS.</span></blockquote>
I added a short apology:<br />
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I realized my comment could be read a bit snooty. I apologize in beforehand; my intention was to salute Abduls post and to add “verified” pros, not to brag. Truly sorry. </blockquote>
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-62889770552464049062012-12-14T12:24:00.000+01:002012-12-14T12:24:11.980+01:00Is the "Facebook- and Twitterization" of LinkedIn a threat to LinkedIn?Published on <a href="http://se.linkedin.com/in/maxbuchler/" target="_blank">my LinkedIn profile</a>:<br />
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Is the "Facebook- and Twitterization" of LinkedIn a threat to LinkedIn? Endorsement, recruitment inquiries (SPAM) in a discussion, "Agree comments" (SPAM?) filling your mailbox, connections you have no true connection too etc. Will you stop responding to discussions because of "spam" or isn't it a problem for you? What do you think?<br />
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Open to discuss here too! ;)Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-64324653561108794412012-12-07T13:45:00.000+01:002012-12-07T16:25:16.236+01:00Security – in, from and with the CloudMy post <a href="http://itbusinesscloud.com/security-in-from-and-with-the-cloud/" target="_blank">Security – in, from and with the Cloud</a> on <a href="http://itbusinesscloud.com/" target="_blank">ITBusinessCloud</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Security – in, from and with the Cloud</span></strong><br />
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Security is one of the hottest topics when it comes to obstacles of adopting cloud services. Maybe we theatrically should “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PSq2dy754">tear this wall down</a>”, de-dramatize it, without tearing the importance of good security down – because it is important!<br />
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<strong>One type?</strong><br />
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No, there are several different types of security services related to cloud. Examples:<br />
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<ol>
<li>Security within a cloud service which has another purpose than delivering security, for instance an email service. The security in this type of services is to protect your data from other people or systems, not being harmed by malware, backed up and the ability to be restored etc.</li>
<li>Security as a Service delivered as a cloud service which you can adopt to your existing on-premise solution. Examples:</li>
<ul>
<li>Encryption</li>
<li>SPAM and Malware protection</li>
<li>Firewalls </li>
</ul>
<li><div>
Audit tools/services who will audit the vulnerability within, to and around your cloud service (No. 1 & 2 above).</div>
</li>
<li><div>
Consulting audit services. Pretty much like No. 3 but performed by humans and normally gives you a report how to act on a problem given by No. 3. </div>
</li>
</ol>
This is on a high level what security in the cloud is about. No. 2, 3 and 4 normally works fine. People don’t fear security in <a href="http://itbusinesscloud.com/cloud-security-compnies-to-consider/">services delivered from well-known security services providers</a>. No. 2 might be a bit problematic to adapt to services delivered from other vendors but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API">API</a>’s, integration services and true co-op between CSP’s (Cloud Service Provider) will solve this better in the future. No. 1 is the wall needed to be de-dramatized and torn down…<br />
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<strong>Fear = out of your control</strong><br />
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The highest obstacle to pass is<a name='more'></a> you. It’s you who have issues with letting someone else take care of your services and data – it’s out of your control. I admit this is a problem even for me. But either you give your kids the key to your house or you have to be there every time to open the door – regardless if you’re at home or not. I’m simplifying but either you adopt cloud or not, you have to let go of control.<br />
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<strong>Internet = a scary thing</strong><br />
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Yes, the way to buy and reach services is normally from internet. The internet is a place where a lot of cheating and tricks exist and sometimes there are pure criminal act behind the screen. This is a problem and is probably the second highest obstacle to pass in your mind. But;<br />
<br />
<strong>Professional CSP’s = your aspirin</strong><br />
<br />
Security is crucial to you. Security is crucial for CSP’s. I’ve been into this one several times, for instance in my post ‘<a href="http://inmaxmind.blogspot.se/2011/09/dont-blame-cloud.html">Don’t blame the cloud</a>’ (on inmaxmind.com) from which I quote:<br />
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“<em>Being a service provider means being a pro of delivering services. Service providers will do everything to deliver a secure, available service – it’s a mindset.”</em><br />
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<strong>This means</strong><br />
<br />
CSP’s deliver services to a lot (hopefully!) of customers. If “your part” of the service gets infected, attacked or corrupt this normally means; the CSP is infected, are under attack or having general problem with their service, which then means that all or a significant part of the customers of the service are affected = big TROUBLE for the CSP. CSP’s have to secure their services to be able to survive in a market which is heavily exposed to competition and audits. They must have (or should if title themselves as professional CSP’s):<br />
<ul>
<li>Redundant system and sites (more in continuity area but if one site goes down another one must be able to take over)</li>
<li>Documented disaster recovery plans; systems will not solve disasters by themselves, customer has to be informed, SLA’s needs to be known and prioritized etc.</li>
<li>Protection:</li>
<ul>
<li>Against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware">malware</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(e-mail)">SPAM</a> etc.</li>
<li>Against intrusion, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack">DOS and DDOS attacks</a> etc.</li>
<li>Between customers, zones etc within the service </li>
</ul>
</ul>
Less is not acceptable. Security is crucial for CSP’s. True CSP’s deliver secure services.<br />
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Adopting cloud services is about trust and let go of control.<br />
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<strong>The choice</strong><br />
<br />
Choosing a (public) cloud service is quite similar to buying other type of services and products. It normally differs from IT Outsourcing since you’re not negotiating price, terms and conditions, SLA etc: You choose capacity, SLA etc from a list, the price is calculated, and you accept terms and conditions. And here’s the key; before you accept T&C you should always:<br />
<ul>
<li>Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. If possible; use different Service Provider for different services.</li>
<li>Don’t start with putting your most sensitive data in a cloud service.</li>
<li>Make sure the CSP is a trusted provider with a great reputation – “Google that”, talk to people.</li>
<ul>
<li>There’s lot of forums and people who are willing to give you a trusted opinion. Sorry to tell you but; websites and references don’t necessary have to be true, even if they are well-known brand. Websites are for marketing. Sometimes they also are pure fake.</li>
</ul>
<li>Add a specific Cloud Security + User Policy to your Information Security Policy.</li>
<li>Link the user policy and add a “how-to-use”-guidance to your handbook for employees and spread the information.</li>
<li>Who’s responsible for the service? Who’s the “system owner”?</li>
<li>This one can’t be too often repeated: Read the T&C</li>
</ul>
My hope is to give you support and trust to the cloud business. It’s a professional business with a professional purpose. The cloud shouldn’t cause fear or headache, if so: let us know and we write you a recipe to some aspirin which great CSP’s are ready to execute.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>I just want to add one thing:</strong> never forget that you are the one who in the end is responsible of your data and security surrouding it. Never click on the Accept button and adopt a cloud service before you carefully know why and then when, what, how and from who.</span>Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-88921027332183073352012-11-29T15:10:00.001+01:002012-11-29T15:10:05.906+01:00Collection 2 of great postsIt's time for my second collection of great posts. These four are, according to me, connected to each other in two ways: career and orchestration. I will link each post up, give you a short break out and add a short comment of mine.<br />
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First, when reading; think about how you can be a part of future IT, in the cloud, in hybrid solutions. Customers, whether to an IT department an ITO, MSP or appl operator, need support from someone they can trust, their IT need to be orchestrated not only techy, its needed to be orchestrated on all levels<a name='more'></a>: service management, support, legal, governance etc. You can be "the 1" but then you have to be open minded to cloud and hybrid IT. If your not someone else will.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cio.com/article/722513/Gartner_SaaS_Now_Replacing_Legacy_Apps_as_Well_as_Extending_Them?taxonomyId=3024" target="_blank">Gartner: SaaS Now Replacing Legacy Apps, as Well as Extending Them</a> by Chris Kanaracus (@chriskanaracus) on <a href="http://www.cio.com/" target="_blank">CIO</a>.<br />
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Short break out:<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">"Companies are not only buying into SaaS (software as a service) more than ever, they are also ripping out legacy on-premises applications and replacing them with SaaS, according to analyst firm Gartner. <br /><br />"In the past 12 months, Gartner has seen a decline in the proportion of SaaS deployed to augment existing applications," according to Gartner's report, which explores global SaaS adoption patterns. It found regional patterns, with SaaS replacing existing systems in mature markets, while often being the first business solution implemented in emerging markets."</span></blockquote>
This one and the next is a wakeup call to all ITO's, MSP's, IT departments and appl operators. You need to able to handle applications and services from several sources: cloud, ITO/MSP/appl operators, on-premise - Hybrid IT. To be able to handle them you need orchestrating software AND you need to think and act like an orchestrator.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/worldwide-saas-spikes-as-adoption-shifts-from-extending-software-to-rip-and-replace-7000008026/" target="_blank">Worldwide SaaS spikes as adoption shifts from extending software to rip and replace</a> by Nick Heath (@NickJHeath) on <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/" target="_blank">ZDNet</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Businesses are replacing on-premise systems performing non-business critical roles, such as test and development, with SaaS, in order to lessen the burden on internal infrastructure, he said.<br /><br />""We are seeing people use these kind of services as a capacity plan rather than to increase capabilities."<br /><br />Such a move can also be used as a stop-gap he said, to free up space and power in in-house datacentres until the IT department is in a position financially or strategically to expand the datacentre.<br /><br />Cappuccio said companies he'd spoken to that had carried out analysis of their application portfolio found that only 15 to 25 percent of their applications are critical to the business. A common definition of business critical applications is, he said, those that will cost the business money or cause reputational damage when offline. As businesses replace these non-critical applications with cloud services the long-term effect could be a reduction in the size of internal datacentres."</span></blockquote>
Read my comment on the last one. To add. This make scense to Hybrid IT and orchestration. Not everything is adopted as cloud because of compliance issues, security concerns etc.<br />
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I end up with two posts about career.<br />
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<a href="http://pro.gigaom.com/blog/will-cloud-computing-put-older-techies-into-retirement/" target="_blank">Will Cloud Computing Put Older Techies Into Retirement?</a> by David Linthicum (@davidlinthicum) on <a href="http://pro.gigaom.com/" target="_blank">GIGAOM Pro</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">"Cloud computing is really a rather simple shift, considering past shifts. The existing patterns remain, such as storage, compute, databases, etc., while only approaches to consumption, provisioning, and a few other tidbits are evolving. Thus, it should not scare those with a few grey hairs.<br /><br />I suspect that cloud computing won’t displace many IT staffers. Indeed, if you’re willing to put in some extra time to learn about this technology, it could be a way to reinvent your IT career and perhaps put a few extra dollars in your pocket. If you have the skills, it won’t matter how old you are. You might even want to put off retirement for a few years."</span></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/11/27/demand-for-cloud-skills-doesnt-stop-at-the-data-center-door/?ss=cloud-computing" target="_blank">Demand for Cloud Skills Doesn't Stop at the Data Center Door</a> by Joe McKendrick @joemckendrick) on <a href="http://www.forbes.com/" target="_blank">Forbes</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">"But the demand for cloud skills doesn’t stop at the door to the data center. The effects of cloud on the job market resonate well beyond IT. The driving force for cloud implementations has been within business units, often without the support or knowledge of IT departments. It may be that job candidates familiar and expert with cloud offerings relevant to their professions may have the edge in job interviews. Cloud skills are making their way into many non-IT jobs, including engineers, project managers, purchasing specialists, call center managers and accountants.<br /><br />If you were a hiring manager, wouldn’t a candidate who knew exactly where to go for abundant online resources be a compelling candidate?<br /><br />Even better, someone who may have been working with these cloud solutions for an extended period of time is likely to already be familiar with the inevitable idiosyncrasies kinks, and shortcuts of each. Consider the viability of candidates with cloud experience in these key business areas:"</span></blockquote>
These both are a wakeup calls to a lot of people and organizations. You have to understand cloud and see the value it bring to your career and organization. You can't just sit and wait and say "no no".<br />
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-11307327784580766832012-11-27T14:26:00.000+01:002012-11-27T14:38:45.796+01:00Collection of great postsSome great and even important posts from yesteraday. You should read them to, it might be good for your business or career.<br />
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<a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2012/11/it-sourcing-models-are-shifting-a-deloitte-perspective.html#.UKtqMWittNM.twitter" target="_blank"><strong>IT sourcing models are shifting: A Deloitte perspective</strong></a> by Karl Flinders (@karlfl). Short break out:<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">""Are we witnessing the death of the 'mega-deal'? Is it going to get even tougher for the traditional one-stop-shop IT Outsourcing (ITO) houses? Why are so many organisations re-thinking traditional sourcing models all at the same time? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Right now many companies are fundamentally changing their sourcing models to develop a smarter approach that will maximise the benefits of competition. Some of our clients have recently moved from a single supplier managed service to a layered approach with a Service Integrator, managing a small cluster of vendors. Many companies are moving toward multi-sourced models with shorter contract durations, increased flexibility and outcome focussed commercial models. Others are transitioning from best of breed supplier mixes toward "Tower-Sourcing"; "Layered-Source" or "Guardian Vendor" approaches."</span><br /></blockquote>
Definitions are described, trends in ITO and Cloud is predicted and well explained. Please read this one whether you are a provider, user or advisor.<br />
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<a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/11/24/with-saas-its-not-just-about-your-apps-its-how-you-connect-those-apps-too/" target="_blank"><strong>With SaaS, it's not just about your apps -- it's how you connect those apps, too</strong></a> by Ross Mason (@rossmason), <a href="http://www.mulesoft.com/" target="_blank">Mulesoft</a>, on <a href="http://gigaom.com/" target="_blank">GIGAOM</a>. Short break out:<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">"For this to be possible companies need an integration platform that provides connectivity for all their applications whether it be SaaS applications such as Salesforce.com, NetSuite, or Workday; or on-premise such as SAP, Microsoft and Oracle. But its not just about connectivity, its about reliability and agility. The connections between your applications need to be working silently in the background. You need analytical visibility to the information running through your applications to help tune your business and discover new insights. And you need to be able to respond quickly to changes in your business model, processes and applications.<br /><br />In short, your company’s competitive advantage is no longer in the applications you use, it’s in the platform you choose to connect them with."</span> </blockquote>
One of the biggest challenges in future IT is how to connect the silos and make them work together. Cloud services, on-premise, services from ITO and MSP's; The IT landscape and behavior changes (read <em>IT sourcing models are shifting</em> (above)). IT isn't one source delivery anymore and absolutely not in the future. Users will be less faithful. Etc. How you connect and operate IT and services is top priority: Integration and Orchestration.<br />
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<a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2012/11/what-do-you-look-for-in-your-it-services-provider-survey-part-three.html" target="_blank"><strong>What do you look for in your IT services provider?</strong></a> This one also by Karl Flinders (@karlfl). Break out:<br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">"Over the last two days I have reported the findings of a survey looking at the IT services plans of businesses in Europe and North America. <br /><br />Part one looked at how IT services budgets will change next year. </span><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2012/11/europe-and-us-it-services-spending-2013-revealed-part-one-changing-budgets.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">See it here</span></a><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">. <br /><br />Part two revealed what the drivers for I service budget increases and decreases are. </span><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2012/11/what-is-driving-it-services-spending-in-2013-survey-part-two.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">See it here. </span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Today in part three, I can reveal the main influences on supplier selection in Europe. <br /><br />Unsurprisingly price is one of the most important factors with 62.8% of respondents putting it down as an influence on supplier choice. But the biggest influence, with 71.5% selecting it is deep expertise in the technology or application. see table for more."</span></blockquote>
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-24510077132896018832012-11-26T23:22:00.000+01:002012-11-26T23:22:02.757+01:00What is cloud computing?Great infographic from Microsoft Europe:<br />
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Max Büchlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592986890935023502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745035860316883879.post-13067265730750098302012-11-20T17:14:00.002+01:002012-11-20T21:24:52.644+01:00A collection of commentsThis is a collection of the comments I've posted today on a couple of sites. Most important one is No. 3. It's time we put pressure and demand true <span class="hps">professionalism. New business opportunity in No. 2 - go ahead, time for action.</span><br />
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Comment 1: <a href="http://inmaxmind.blogspot.se/2012/11/commented-employees-engage-in-rogue.html" target="_blank">Commented: Employees Engage in Rogue Cloud Use Regardless of Security Policies</a><br />
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Comment 2: <a href="http://inmaxmind.blogspot.se/2012/11/david-linthicums-cloud-computing-semi.html" target="_blank">David Linthicums 'Cloud computing: The semi-secret economic equalizer'</a> </div>
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Comment 3: <a href="http://inmaxmind.blogspot.se/2012/11/my-long-comment-to-cios-say-corporate.html" target="_blank">My long comment to: CIOs Say Corporate Directors Are Clueless About IT</a><br />
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