Does the cost of cloud computing limits the usability of a community cloud to support a supply chain? This is really the question I'd like to address today. Last April, McKinsey and last September, IDC have done an exercise of costing the difference between running applications in the cloud and in...
As already stated in earlier entries, the Cloud started with Web 2.0 and the Social Networking phenomena. Since, it has taken a life of its own, and is attracting many SMB's (Small and Medium Businesses) allowing them to fully rely on a cloud provider to address their IT needs. The needs of large...
As 2008 winds down, many people are attempting to predict what will happen in 2009. One common element is that the year will be difficult from an economical perspective. Whether the crisis will last 6, 9 or 12 months is open for debate, but there is a crisis and it will hit hard. Let me in turn share...