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Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Nati Shalom, CTO Of GigaSpaces (Part 7)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: What are your thoughts about cloud security? >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: José Almandoz, CIO Of Novell (Part 2)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

This part of the discussion covers topics such as the key focus areas for cloud vendors that could swing cloud purchasing decisions made by large enterprises one way or the other, newer business models, available and acceptable pricing strategies in the cloud and how traditional infrastructure vendors – telecom companies are trying to gain their share of cloud computing market.

[Note to readers: You may want to read more on top five mistakes that cloud vendors make including integration and more, here.] >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Nati Shalom, CTO Of GigaSpaces (Part 6)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: What you are saying is true, and it applies very well to a technology company like Amazon, which is effectively a cloud vendor. Does it apply as well to, say, people in other businesses and industries? >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: José Almandoz, CIO Of Novell (Part 1)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

As part of our Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing series, in the following interview Sramana talks with José Almandoz.

José Almandoz is the vice president and chief information officer of Novell, where he oversees the company’s information systems and technology infrastructure. With over seventeen years of experience in the software and consulting industry, Almandoz brings real-world experience to Novell’s in-house technology to ensure the highest levels of customer, partner, and employee satisfaction and results. >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Nati Shalom, CTO Of GigaSpaces (Part 5)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: Microsoft is playing to its strengths – technology is its strength. The company wants to keep you locked into its technology stack as opposed to Amazon, which does not care, right? >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Nati Shalom, CTO Of GigaSpaces (Part 4)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: What you are saying is that bigger players in the space, such as Salesforce, are going to do that kind of integration and provide that capability to their customers? >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Nati Shalom, CTO Of GigaSpaces (Part 3)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: Very interesting! What you are saying here is that from the vendor’s point of view, the sales cycle has become a lot simpler because you now don’t have to spend as much money for the pilot or proof of concept, whereas earlier you had to go in search of resources in the client premise to enable them to try your solution. >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Nati Shalom, CTO Of GigaSpaces (Part 2)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: All right, let me shift the conversation to where you are coming from. You cater mostly to customers who themselves are developers of applications, right?

NS: Exactly. We are dealing with folks who develop and build applications. They often have this question – where do I deploy my application? Do I deploy it on my local data center,  a hosted data center, or the cloud? We are deliberating that as a service, and these are the customers and the platform that I am referring to. >>>