Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Sanjay Mirchandani, CIO of EMC (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: At EMC, now that you have this rather large virtualized infrastructure, are you able to charge back the different parts of the company based on their usage? Or is that something that you are planning to do or are interested in doing? Sanjay: Yes, it is

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Does Cloud Computing Have A Silver Lining For You? (Part 1)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini As an engrossed spectator witnessing the charge of the cloud computing brigade, deafened by the din and fascinated by the exhilaration and anticipation around cloud computing across the globe, I am reminded of the saying sometimes attributed to Voltaire: Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ. (No offense meant to

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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark Settle, CIO Of BMC (Part 6)

Role of Private cloud in a data center, virtualization and cloudifying a large enterprise data center, Exit barriers, Capacity as a Commodity https://www.ibm.com/ https://www.sun.com/ https://www.hp.com/ https://www.cisco.com/ https://www.bmc.com

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Fred van den Bosch, CEO Of Librato (Part 3)

In this part of the interview with Fred van den Bosch, Sramana explores the topic of integration in the cloud.

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark Settle, CIO Of BMC (Part 2)

This part of the interview with Mark Settle covers data warehousing and analytics at BMC, Cloud Adoption Strategy and key criteria, the dynamics between SaaS Vendors and customers from large corporations

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Pat Toole, CIO Of IBM (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest authors Pablo Chacin and Saurabh Mallik SM: Why don’t we go through the six towers? This would just be a small exercise in validating that. PT: Sure. So for business analytics, obviously it’s based on Cognos, based on the Linux on System z platform. For collaboration, we are using LotusLive

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 4)

By guest author Tony Scott SaaS and Its Impact on Outsourcing Tony: So how do you see SaaS and cloud computing ultimately driving the IT landscape, and how will that impact outsourcing companies? Vivek: SaaS is definitely beginning to establish itself. It’s a little too early to call a win on the cloud front, but

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Amidst Volatility, Be Opportunistic with EMC & VMWare

When I last looked at VMWare’s (VMW) IPO performance in August 2007 (first IPO’d at $26 and closed at $58/share), I noted there was no disappointment. Well, until recently, that was a subtle understatement. EMC’s spinoff hit a high of $125/share in October, only to be let down due to the general tech selloff last

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