Outsourcing: Sanjay Dhawan, CEO of Symphony Services (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let me ask my question again now that you’ve provided context that would be helpful for our readers about what you do. Let’s say Salesforce.com or IBM or a company like that is trying to make a decision about what are they going to build in-house and what are they going to outsource

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Outsourcing: Sanjay Dhawan, CEO of Symphony Services (Part 1)

In the early days of software, using it was as simple as buying a licensing agreement, and then uploading the software to each employee’s desktop. The evolution of computers is moving at such a rapid pace that in order to keep up, companies have to refurbish existing software to accommodate employees who are no longer

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Reed Sheard, CIO Of Westmont College (Part 4)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: There are applications on Salesforce that are specific to fundraising; have you looked at those in this process? RS: Well, I wanted a solution that was specific to higher education, non-profit fundraising versus just non-profit fundraising and other areas. I also wanted this solution to be

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Interview Series With Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing Announced

To help bring entrepreneurs closer to thought leaders and early adopters in cloud computing, Sramana Mitra has launched a new series of in-depth interviews – Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing. You can find the announcement and more details here.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 8)

By Sramana Mitra, Pablo Chacin and Saurabh Mallik SM: And it’s pay-as-you-go utilization. RT: Right, they pay for what they use. One of the first questions I would ask is, Can cloud computing help me in some of these assumptions of ramping my cost more in line with the scale of my revenues? Does it

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 7)

SM: I would love to learn more as data emerges. Also, standardization is a result of this process, right? RT: Absolutely. Starting with development and testing, which I didn’t even mention when I talked about the workloads, that is the easiest place where you can get great value through virtualization, standardization, and automation. That’s a

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 6)

By Sramana Mitra, Pablo Chacin and Saurabh Mallik SM: I suppose you believe that the advent of cloud computing has been democratizing those small enterprises and their access to technology? RT: What I believe is that for small companies that have IT, what the cloud enables them to do is have a strategy of not

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Ric Telford, Vice President Of Cloud Services, IBM (Part 5)

SM: And how far along is that? RT: Well, the skeleton is there for approval. The workflow engine is integrated inside the private cloud infrastructure. Now, on the public cloud side, the overriding request is clients want to have variability in their billing. That’s what is different about the cloud compared to a traditional hosting

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