A recent article by Paul Korzeniowski called "Cloud Computing Needs Time to Establish Order" addresses his thoughts on the infancy of cloud computing and how that impacts the growing market, specifically the SMB market.
Korzeniowski argues that while several groups are emerging to set standards in the cloud industry and help to bring it to maturity, SMBs face options of limited functionality in the short term. (This post argues otherwise)
He states, “One irony with new information technologies is that vendors focus first on deploying them and only later on figuring out how to manage them. That’s the scenario unfolding with cloud computing.”
Yes, many startup vendors are jumping on the cloud bandwagon trying to figure out how they can get a piece of the pie, but not all of them are having trouble figuring out how to manage the technologies. At BlueLock, we’ve been using virtualization technology for over two years to create solutions for our SMB clients – those same clients that Korzeniowski feels have limited options. Over 25% of our clients fit into the SMB profile, and each and every one of them find value in BlueLock’s virtual cloud environment – they’ve cut IT costs almost in half while no longer having to worry about managing and monitoring their IT environments -- because BlueLock’s experts take care of all of that for them. This frees up the companys’ valuable time to focus on their core business – driving growth and innovation.
Korzeniowski believes that the management factor for cloud computing lies in the hands of these ad hoc “standards making groups” such as the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and the Cloud Security Alliance. I would argue that while these groups are doing all they can to set standards in this youthful market, they are by no means the only people worried about cloud computing “management.” These groups will take a couple years to come to any standards agreements, and more time will be taken for vendors to get up to speed with them, so in the meantime cloud computing providers such as BlueLock are working their butts off to solve the biggest management issue: making the clients happy.
So far, I must say we’ve done a good job. Our clients are saving time and money – in the cloud. Those SMB clients are among the clients who most benefit from a managed cloud computing solution. They face rapid growth, have tight budgets to work with and normally need things done yesterday. Well, we know the feeling and we also know that those clients are the ones we like because we can make them happy. They have control, high availability, support and a partner that manages and monitors their IT infrastructure for them while they go do important things with their talented people.
I don’t see the “limited functionality” for SMBs that is spoken of in the article…maybe in Amazon’s cloud, but not in BlueLock’s.
Korzeniowski argues that while several groups are emerging to set standards in the cloud industry and help to bring it to maturity, SMBs face options of limited functionality in the short term. (This post argues otherwise)
He states, “One irony with new information technologies is that vendors focus first on deploying them and only later on figuring out how to manage them. That’s the scenario unfolding with cloud computing.”
Yes, many startup vendors are jumping on the cloud bandwagon trying to figure out how they can get a piece of the pie, but not all of them are having trouble figuring out how to manage the technologies. At BlueLock, we’ve been using virtualization technology for over two years to create solutions for our SMB clients – those same clients that Korzeniowski feels have limited options. Over 25% of our clients fit into the SMB profile, and each and every one of them find value in BlueLock’s virtual cloud environment – they’ve cut IT costs almost in half while no longer having to worry about managing and monitoring their IT environments -- because BlueLock’s experts take care of all of that for them. This frees up the companys’ valuable time to focus on their core business – driving growth and innovation.
Korzeniowski believes that the management factor for cloud computing lies in the hands of these ad hoc “standards making groups” such as the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and the Cloud Security Alliance. I would argue that while these groups are doing all they can to set standards in this youthful market, they are by no means the only people worried about cloud computing “management.” These groups will take a couple years to come to any standards agreements, and more time will be taken for vendors to get up to speed with them, so in the meantime cloud computing providers such as BlueLock are working their butts off to solve the biggest management issue: making the clients happy.
So far, I must say we’ve done a good job. Our clients are saving time and money – in the cloud. Those SMB clients are among the clients who most benefit from a managed cloud computing solution. They face rapid growth, have tight budgets to work with and normally need things done yesterday. Well, we know the feeling and we also know that those clients are the ones we like because we can make them happy. They have control, high availability, support and a partner that manages and monitors their IT infrastructure for them while they go do important things with their talented people.
I don’t see the “limited functionality” for SMBs that is spoken of in the article…maybe in Amazon’s cloud, but not in BlueLock’s.
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