John Engate over at Rackspace does a great job of calling out the reasons companies are resistant to adopting cloud and outlining ways that companies can dip their toe into the cloud.
Our CTO, Pat O’Day participated in a cloud computing panel discussion a couple of weeks ago where Erik van Ommeren from Sogeti correctly pointed out that many of these companies are already unwittingly participating in the cloud with their blogging platforms, linked-in profiles, etc. So then the issue isn’t really about cloud or no cloud – it’s about using the cloud in a way that is consistent with strategy and the needs of the organization.
The last point that John made in his article was to point out that a hybrid approach is likely to be the winner – because for most companies it’s not going to be an “all or nothing” approach. We couldn’t agree more. When we started BlueLock in 2006, we built our data center specifically to cater to these companies so that the distance light needs to travel to connect private cloud servers and our public cloud servers is a matter of feet, not miles. We built a 2N data center with racks for companies to colo their private cloud equipment and easily connect it to our cloud computing platform.
In the coming weeks we’re going to be rolling out a comprehensive approach to cloud computing that will enable companies to choose which type of cloud they want to be in and to align their infrastructure needs, budget and strategy with their cloud computing strategy.
Stay tuned…
Our CTO, Pat O’Day participated in a cloud computing panel discussion a couple of weeks ago where Erik van Ommeren from Sogeti correctly pointed out that many of these companies are already unwittingly participating in the cloud with their blogging platforms, linked-in profiles, etc. So then the issue isn’t really about cloud or no cloud – it’s about using the cloud in a way that is consistent with strategy and the needs of the organization.
The last point that John made in his article was to point out that a hybrid approach is likely to be the winner – because for most companies it’s not going to be an “all or nothing” approach. We couldn’t agree more. When we started BlueLock in 2006, we built our data center specifically to cater to these companies so that the distance light needs to travel to connect private cloud servers and our public cloud servers is a matter of feet, not miles. We built a 2N data center with racks for companies to colo their private cloud equipment and easily connect it to our cloud computing platform.
In the coming weeks we’re going to be rolling out a comprehensive approach to cloud computing that will enable companies to choose which type of cloud they want to be in and to align their infrastructure needs, budget and strategy with their cloud computing strategy.
Stay tuned…
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