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CIO Guide to Cloud Computing

post by Chris Curran on April 8, 2010

As with any new IT buzzword, IT leaders must figure out what is really new and what is an old concept with a new name. Many argue that cloud computing is a truly new concept while others explain it as clever packaging of outsourcing, web accessible tools and a few pricing models.

What is clear is that it has taken us by storm and promises to simplify large chunks of IT budgets across infrastructure and application software line items. In addition, many computing resources, from processing power to storage to apps, are available to anyone with a browser and a credit card (procurement, are you listening?).

I created this CIO Guide to Cloud Computing to help cut through the hype. As always, please send me your ideas for improving it. Thanks to my colleague Nalneesh Gaur for helping me find the gems.

Cloud Computing Articles

The Future is Partly Cloudy
Why Cloud Computing Has Legs
The Biggest Barrier to Cloud Adoption
Public Cloud Adoption - Where are You?
5 Questions to Explore True Cloud Costs (and Beware Cloud Computing’s Hidden Costs)
Is the Cloud a Key to Sustainability?
The OpenCloud is Hazy
How to Plan Your Cloud Computing Mix - CIO Magazine
Social Mobility and the 3rd Cloud - Dr. David Reed (via Slideshare)
Public versus Private Clouds - Hanuk’s Microsoft Platform Strategy Blog
Cloud Computing Best Practices - Java Developer’s Journal/Jim Liddle
Experiences Deploying Large Scale Infrastructure in Amazon EC2 - Agile Testing blog
Busting 9 Myths of Cloud Computing - CIO Magazine
Separate Cloud Computing and SOA Teams? Noooooo! - InfoWorld/David Linthicum
Skin in the Game and Never Secure Enough - Chuck Musciano (cloud SLAs and security)

Cloud Computing Resources

The Wisdom of Clouds - CNet News/James Urquhart
Cloud Vendors - A to Z - IT Management and Cloud Blog
The OpenCloud Manifesto

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Chuck Musciano

Thanks for curating this collection! Of course, I’d add my own posts on the ineffectiveness of SLAs (http://bit.ly/cio129) and concerns about security (http://j.mp/cio161).
Chuck Musciano

Thanks for curating this collection! Of course, I’d add my own posts on the ineffectiveness of SLAs (http://bit.ly/cio129) and concerns about security (http://j.mp/cio161).
James McGovern

As a security practitioner, I believe that the focus on security concerns in the cloud are for the most part unwarranted. For example, if you allow your software developers to write insecure code that is subject to cross-site scripting for in-house hosted web applications, moving it to the cloud will net you the same result.

Where the conversation needs to head is in the profound differences in SAAS platforms which today are NOT standards-based and are very difficult to port an enterprise application built on one to another.
Rayan cloud

Cloud computing was always been a confusing one for me. Since the opinions about cloud computing by various people are different, it really making cloud computing more confusing. According to the cloud computing blog all those opinions, suggestions and advises regarding cloud computing provided by vendors, pundits, and analysts etc are conflicting and so your statement that the cloudiness is increasing is hundred percent right. Hope this situation will change soon and cloud computing will become more understandable than before. Do you have any idea about pst repair ? If so please guide.