Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dennis Hodges, CIO Of Inteva (Part 3)

So far as part of our Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing (TLCC) series, we have been exploring different pricing models that are in vogue when it comes to adopting cloud based solutions. We have seen myriad flavors of pay per use and were pleasantly surprised to come across a real example of ‘pay per percentage of sales’ as one of the models adopted in reality at Inteva for their ERP SaaS solution. Read on for more details on how this pricing model is structured in this part of the interview.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark White, CTO Of Deloitte (Part 7)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: Yes, and in a public cloud, the platform and infrastructure are evolving. Amazon’s AWS and Salesforce.com’s Force.com are also going in that direction and making it possible for small and medium companies to buy cloud solutions in a black-box mode.

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Amit: Let’s take Apalya Technologies. The first time they came to Mumbai Angels, we didn’t shortlist them at all. We told them to take three or four months and come back with a prototype in place with customers, a few service providers signed up, and television channel

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dennis Hodges, CIO Of Inteva (Part 2)

Cloud based vendor selection criteria, Capex to Opex switch benefits with the cloud, ROI, integration with other cloud based services and on-premise solutions are some of the topics covered in this part of the interview with Dennis Hodges, CIO Inteva.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark White, CTO Of Deloitte (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik MW: And here’s what happens next. I am standing up in my office, because I am so excited: The first step in any potentially disruptive technology is that people think about the technology and how to do it better and faster. I think for the most part what

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you require that the entrepreneurs you invest in have previous business experience? Amit: In terms of running a venture of their own, no. In terms of having some experience of at least being in that sector, understanding the nitty-gritty details of what they are getting

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dennis Hodges, CIO Of Inteva (Part 1)

In this interview with Dennis Hodges, CIO for Inteva Products, Sramana uncovers several cloud computing trends. One of them is the case of early adopters pushing on to cloud vendors for addressing the issue of integration between on-premise and cloud services. Once there is significant adoption, this may not be a scalable proposition and eventually we expect several new players and innovation by third parties and entrepreneurs to help the cloud providers and cloud adopters work out integration issues.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark White, CTO Of Deloitte (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Saurabh Mallik SM: So, if you summarize that thought, can the advantages of integration surpass the cost of risk in cloud computing? MW: I remember the day when integration costs plus the software costs for big ERP were 5:1; it’s now much less than that. I can then speculate that

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