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

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: In the case of pay-per-user model, let’s say you have bought a service for 500 users but only 250 of them are actually using the system. The rest of the accounts are sitting idle. Do you think vendors that charge under such a model will be under pressure to reimburse? >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark Settle, CIO Of BMC (Part 4)

By guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Pablo Chacin

SM: Let’s switch to the topic of standardization. Are you seeing standards evolve in the domain of cloud computing that make job of integration and interoperability any easier?

MS: No. I haven’t seen that emerge yet. But I just keep getting this question, a lot. I kind of find it ironic because if you simply look at the IT assets that are within your data center today, those are managed by the companies [that make them], and there aren’t a whole lot of standardized interfaces there itself. >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Fred van den Bosch, CEO Of Librato (Part 2)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

SM: Let me dig a little more on the topic of ERP. Most companies have made a lot of investment in ERP integration – that is going to be very hard to exit from and move into the cloud. I see it as one of the later categories for adoption. >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark Settle, CIO Of BMC (Part 3)

By guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Pablo Chacin

SM: Exactly. That leads me to the next set of questions related to the business models in cloud. The license software, where you pay for upgrades and maintenance, has changed with the advent of SaaS. What are your thoughts about these business model changes? In your conversations with vendors, do you see new business models emerging? >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Fred van den Bosch, CEO Of Librato (Part 1)

By guest author Shaloo Shalini

For the second interview in the series  Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing (TLCC), Sramana talks with Fred van den Bosch.

Fred van den Bosch, CEO of Librato, shares his thoughts on cloud computing, drawing from his wealth of experience in the enterprise software industry. During his fourteen-year career at VERITAS Software (later acquired by Symantec), Fred played a key role in the company’s success, which grew from a small startup to a multibillion dollar company. Fred worked as the as executive vice president of engineering and CTO at VERITAS. Later, he was CEO of PANTA Systems, a manufacturer of data warehouse appliances. Fred started his career at Stanford Research Institute and also held various engineering and management positions at the data systems division of Philips. >>>

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

By guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Pablo Chacin

SM: Interesting. So the data warehousing and the analytics on top of that happens in-house at BMC?

MS: Well not really, I don’t mean that. Each of these SaaS tools has their own reporting capabilities, and we definitely use them. But for some of the more complex analytical or SQL queries that you want to make, such as if you want to link customer characteristics to sales patterns to revenue streams to renewal rates to all the piece parts, we find that easier to report it out of our warehouse. >>>

Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Mark Settle, CIO Of BMC (Part 1)

By guest authors Shaloo Shalini and Pablo Chacin

In the following interview, Sramana talks to Mark Settle. Read on for insights into how cloud computing is shaping up large enterprises such as BMC and the industry in general.

Mark Settle joined BMC Software in June 2008 as CIO. Prior to BMC, he served as the CIO of four Fortune 300 companies: Corporate Express, Arrow Electronics, Visa International, and Occidental Petroleum. Mark has worked in a variety of industries including consumer products, high-tech distribution, financial services, and oil and gas. During the early stages of his career, he was the director of a systems integration business unit within Hughes Aircraft Company. Settle’s formal training is in the geological sciences. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT and a PhD from Brown University. Settle is a former Air Force officer and NASA program scientist. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Appirio

Appirio is a cloud solution provider that offers products and professional services to help enterprises accelerate their adoption of cloud platforms and services. Moving any business into the cloud or even deciding whether to do so can be confusing, as ReadWriteWeb’s Audrey Watters points out. Through its professional services package and cloud connectors, Appirio aims to ease the transition. >>>