Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 6)

DF: Continuing with that thought, if we go buy an app from a packaged app vendor, we try and buy so that it runs on the one of the internal platforms that we use on our internal IT. If it’s a product, we have to make sure it works across platforms, so when we use

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 4)

This part of the interview covers topics such as standards, integration, ROI.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Bhavana Sharma SM: In the discussions we just had, it sounds like there are external vendors involved in your deployment of cloud-based solutions. What is the process, or what are you looking for in terms of key requirements for adoption and deployment of cloud computing solutions within

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 7)

Would it be fair to conclude that it means the work applications that are being run on the cloud at Harvard Medical School (HMS) on the data sitting on the cloud storage are actually being accessed over the browser then?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 2)

Sramana and Don discuss Labs on Demand and other instances where CA has adopted cloud computing for its core business processes such as HR, sales, and product beta.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 6)

If I were to ask you a question, given what you know of your situation at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and industry in general, what are some of the opportunities that you would point entrepreneurs towards in the context of research done at HMS? We have had a bit of that discussion already but I would like to know more. What kind of off-the-shelf solutions you think are required such that your researchers at HMS don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Can you give me some examples of specific areas where you would like to see solutions?

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: Donald Ferguson, CTO of CA Technologies (Part 1)

As enterprises across industry verticals around the globe are drawn into the obvious benefits of adopting cloud computing to begin their own cloud journeys, IT management solution providers such as CA Technologies are a unique case study. They not only deploy cloud computing–based technologies and solutions within their organization and reap huge benefits in their business processes, they also deal with issues of supporting their offerings. Before the advent of the cloud, their offerings were mostly on-premise. Now such companies are moving these offerings to the new SaaS-based model, making them cloud ready, so to speak. In addition, large companies as always are on the lookout for technology acquisitions which can augment their portfolios. This is where the startups part of ecosystem and innovation become relevant, especially with reference to cloud computing.