Judith Hurwitz has been an infrastructure and enterprise software industry analyst and strategy consultant for several decades. Her specialties are service oriented architectures, service management, cloud computing, distributed architectures, systems and applications management, information management, collaborative computing, social networking..., to name a few. Her philosophy is that you simply can't wall off components of technology if you really want to realistically understand the business value of software. So, she likes to have a dialog with people about how she sees the market today and tomorrow. She has been writing long and short Dummies books for the last two years including Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies, Information on Demand for Dummies, Service Management for Dummies, and Cloud Computing for Dummies.
Cloud computing enables Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud computing means that infrastructure, applications, and business processes can be delivered to you as a service, over the Internet (or your own network).
There are good reasons to plan a cloud security strategy, but in a sense, it's no different than planning a security strategy for your company. Before you start worrying about security in the cloud, get your own house in order. If you don't have a well executed internal security plan, that you're not ready for the cloud. Here are five issues to consider when planning your cloud security strategy.
The consequences of technology adoption are never what we expect. What might we expect to happen with Cloud Computing over the next ten years? Here is a list of potential future implecations for this rapidly evolving business model and it's supporting technologies.
Companies are trying to get a handle on the costs involved in running data centers. This is one of the primary reasons that companies are looking to cloud computing. Like everything else in the complex world of computing, clouds solve some problems but they also cause the same type of lock-in problems that the industry has experienced for decades.
Within the six months spent writing Cloud Computing for Dummies we have learned a lot about the cloud and where it is headed. Here are ten of the most important things that we discovered.
Cloud vendors are missing two things: There is a lack of clarity about what a cloud really is and what the component parts are. Here is a clarification from researching the customers point of view.
New technologies and business models - whether cloud computing or Intel's Nahalem, which seems positioned to become the first broadly popular 64-bit system - can have enormous impact on the software industry. Judith Hurwitz, CEO of Hurwitz & Associates and noted software market expert, discusses cloud computing, the potential for popular 64-bit machines, SaaS, and the increasing difficulty of the continuous upgrade game, what affects are the software vendors feeling.
Cloud Computing can be difficult to understand at first, but the cost-saving possibilities are great and many companies are getting on board. This straightforward, plain-English guide clears up the confusion and helps you get your plan in place. You'll learn how cloud computing enables you to run a more green IT infrastructure, and access technology-enabled services from the Internet without having to understand, manage, or invest in the technology infrastructure that supports them. You'll also find out what you need to consider when implementing a plan, how to handle security issues, and more. Cloud Computing for Dummies gets straight to the point, providing the practical information you need to know.
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