By Vinnie Mirchandani
In my day job I help CIOs develop strategies dealing with industry behemoths like IBM and Oracle. My clients tend to be big and yet you can still see the “wind tunnel” effect on them from dealing with large vendors. So, when I meet someone like Ameed Taylor, who is not in a large firm, and can still deftly balance relationships with IBM, Oracle, SAP and other large vendors, I have a glowing admiration. Must be his training as a pilot which allows him to handle the turbulence.
He is widely traveled – every time I have met him he has a story to tell from a technology transaction in China or England. And he is widely connected – over 500 LinkedIn connections as proof. Shows an insatiable interest in new technologies and people in technology.
So, little surprise he has shown he can deftly navigate on-demand cross-currents in the industry. He was one of the founding employees of the Valley based Qwest Cyber Solutions (QCS), a pioneering joint venture between Qwest Communications and KPMG to develop Application Service Provider (ASP) solutions. Now as President at Applation he provides clients On Demand Solutions that help them integrate their applications & data with customers, vendors and partners.
So over a decade, thousands of trips and handshakes later, he has seen every type of cloud computing, whatever the flavor du jour might be. If there is a cloud best practice or mistake out there he has either seen it, heard about it or written about it. Or more likely, all of the above.
Vinnie Mirchandani is the founder of Deal Architect, a former technology industry analyst (with Gartner), outsourcing executive (with PwC, now part of IBM) and entrepreneur (founder of sourcing advisory firm, Jetstream Group).
Contributions
- Article: Fed Clarifies Cloud Computing Plans - August 2009
The General Services Administration (GSA) recently released a RFQ (Request for Quotation) for Cloud Computing. The GSA RFQ focuses on Infrastructure-as-a-Service with an emphasis on Cloud Storage Services, Virtual Machines and Cloud Web Hosting. Ameed gives an overview of this document and discusses the 3 ways in which it helps the cloud computing industry.
- Article: Examining Obama Administration's Broadband Stimulus - February 2009
President Barack Obama signed into law the sweeping US Economic Stimulus Bill including the technology communities most anticipated section, the Broadband Stimulus. The lack of cheap, ubiquitous broadband connectivity throughout the US has been a large stumbling block that has prevented technology solutions such as Cloud Computing and SaaS from being adopted by a large number of American businesses and consumers.
- Article: 4 Reasons Why SaaS Will Rule During the Recession - December 2008
Although most of the world's economies are just now beginning to feel effects of the current economic recession, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) adoption should increase as companies cut back on large expenditures and look for ways to do more with less budget. Not all SaaS companies will survive the continuing shakeout in the industry, but those that do will gain market share and increase relevance.
- Article: Review of SAP Discovery System for SOA - October 2008
One of the more interesting solutions at the SAP TechEd was the SAP Discovery System for Enterprise SOA. It's a preconfigured bundle development environment that allows users to create composite SOA applications in a sandbox environment using technologies such as Netweaver, BI, and master data management.
- Video: Steve Staso Discusses Sun's Cloud Computing Initiatives - July 2008
Ameed talks to Steve Staso about Sun Microsystems Cloud Computing Initiatives at the Structure 08 conference.
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