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?

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.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 5)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: Moving on to the topic of integration, when you put together your cloud strategy, there are a lot of different pieces that need to come together. How do you deal with integration? In terms of strategy, what do you do for integration?

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 4)

This part of the interview covers the use of high end technology for high end research, missing pieces and available pieces, opportunities for SaaS based solution providers, other cloud based technologies for deployment in the field of medical research and collaboration globally.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, Harvard Medical School (Part 3)

Public/Private cloud usage at HMS, requirements, criteria for vendor selection, unavailability of appropriate SaaS based solutions in the field of Medical research are some of the topics covered in this part of the interview.