Global CIO: How CEOs See Cloud Computing
Posted by brennels on March 15, 2010
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<param name=”closeTag” value=”“> “Yeah, you’ve made that clear—it’s evolving. I get that,” says Jack the CEO. “What I’m asking is, what is this cloud computing evolving to, and why should I care?” “Jack, I’m not trying to talk in circles here—it’s just that to understand where cloud computing is headed, I had to give you a little bit of where it’s been, and why it’s more than just the internet. So let me skip right ahead to the future and what it can mean for us,” says Patty the CIO.
“What it means for us is speed. And in this case speed means revenue. Forget all the drawings with cylinders and squiggly lines and rectangles—that’s all IT mumbo-jumbo and by this time next year it’ll all have new names and pictures anyway. What I want you to think about is speed—speed and revenue—and what our company could do if we could move faster in every aspect of our operations.”
Read the full article here on http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223300171
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