Paul Burns

President at Neovise LLC

Paul Burns is the President and Founder of Neovise, an IT industry analyst firm that uniquely adds business perspective to technology. He works closely with executive leaders from vendors and service providers to understand, evaluate and provide input on their solutions. He also spends time with IT organizations and businesses, compiling research data, analyzing needs and providing guidance on solution investments.

Paul has nearly 25 years experience in the software industry, driving strategy for enterprise software solutions through product management, competitive analysis and business planning. He has held a series of leadership positions in marketing and R&D, and spent two years as Research Director / Senior Analyst at another firm immediately prior to founding Neovise. Paul also writes articles for industry publications and speaks at industry events. He earned both B.S. in Computer Science and M.B.A. degrees from Colorado State University. Paul’s extensive industry background offers Neovise and its clients valuable insights on technical solutions that deliver business results.

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Article: Getting it Right with Enterprise Cloud Storage
There is a lot of cloudwashing within the industry. In some cases this involves grey areas. For example, not every cloud solution available has every cloud attribute. Some fall just a bit short on elasticity while others fall short on pricing models.


Podcast: Cloud Performance and Availability from the Global Perspective
A discussion on monitoring cloud performance and availability from the global perspective.


Article: Building Cloud IaaS Market Share by Tackling Application On-boarding
The rush is on for service providers to offer cloud infrastructure services. Many of the new entrants in the cloud IaaS market are coming from the hosting space where shared and dedicated hosting providers are extending their services to include cloud servers and infrastructure. Similarly, a large number of telecom and network service providers offering hosting services are growing their service offerings to include cloud infrastructure services. Unfortunately, the ability to serve up on-demand, self-service, pay-as-you-go, elastic infrastructure is only the first step toward establishing a sizeable and profitable position in the market.


Article: Cloud Computing Shifts to Second Gear with Government Help
The US Federal Government, through the US General Services Administration (GSA) announced that government agencies will soon have access to cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings through the government's cloud-based services storefront, Apps.gov. Here is an overview of why this is a major milestone in the development, acceptance and refinement of public cloud services.


Article: Understanding and Improving IaaS Strategy
Insights on definining or refining your IaaS strategy and marketing message.


Web Resource: Perspective Reports
A list, by Neovise, of reports on cloud computing and vendor solutions.


Web Resource: Profiles: Cloud Service Providers
A web repository of profiles covering a wide array of cloud computing service providers, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.


Article: Addressing a Real Obstacle to Cloud Computing: Change
Seven things an IT leader should do to help individuals and teams embrace cloud computing.


Article: Defining the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
A proposed definition for virtual private cloud (VPC).


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  • Thoughts on HP's Cloud Strategy
  • April 11 2012
    On April 10, 2012, HP announced several new elements in its cloud computing strategy.  Coverage in the press leading up to the announcement pitted HP against Amazon in public infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).  Fortunately, that is not how the announcement played out. Here are my top initial thought ...
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  • Podcast with Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, at Cloud Connect 2012
  • March 05 2012
    This is the fourth in a series of podcasts that were recorded at Cloud Connect 2012 in Santa Clara. In this twenty minute podcast, Tom Lounibos, CEO and Founder of SOASTA, shares insights on building applications that take advantage of cloud infrastructure services. He ...
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  • Podcast with Sinclair Schuller, CEO of Apprenda, at Cloud Connect 2012
  • March 01 2012
    This is the third in a series of podcasts that were recorded at Cloud Connect 2012 in Santa Clara. In this seventeen and a half minute podcast, Sinclair Schuller, CEO and Founder of Apprenda, offers a wealth of information and some unique perspectives on platform-as-a- ...
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  • Podcast with Randy Bias, CTO of CloudScaling, at Cloud Connect 2012
  • February 27 2012
    This is the second in a series of podcasts that were recorded at Cloud Connect 2012 in Santa Clara. In this twelve minute podcast, Randy Bias, CTO and Founder of CloudScaling, gives his perspective on building open clouds for cloud-ready applications. ...
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  • Podcast with Dave Wright, CEO of SolidFire, at Cloud Connect 2012
  • February 18 2012
    This is the first in a series of podcasts that were recorded at Cloud Connect 2012 in Santa Clara. In this nine minute podcast, Dave Wright, CEO and Founder of SolidFire, gives his perspective on solid state disks (SSD) and cloud computing. ...
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  • Cloud Computing in 2012: What's Already Happening
  • January 02 2012
    Just like model years for new cars, annual technology predictions are arriving earlier and earlier. For cloud computing, the predictions for 2012 started roIling in during October -- before Halloween, perhaps to make them extra scary!  The rate of new predictions seemed to peak toward the end of November and ...
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  • The Largest Cloud Storage Deal to Date
  • November 15 2011
    More vendors and service providers are finally cracking the code on cloud storage – understanding and delivering on the right mix of features, availability, performance, security, price points and more. This has made 2011 a real turning point for cloud storage with enterprise adoption increasing rapidly. ...
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  • Getting Hybrid Cloud Storage Right
  • November 06 2011
    Understanding Cloud Storage During the first few years of the multi-year industry shift to the cloud, cloud-based servers garnered much of the attention. Only recently has the adoption of cloud storage accelerated. There are at least two important reasons for this lag. Fir ...
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  • Game On: Nirvanix and IBM Disrupt the Storage Industry
  • October 12 2011
    The Event Today, Nirvanix and IBM announced a new strategic relationship for the worldwide delivery of enterprise cloud storage se ...
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