While interest in Cloud Computing and related technologies run high, one area that has received little attention so far is the requirements for chargeback and metering. After all, when Enterprises deploy IT systems they need to know which business unit or cost center uses it and pays for it. IT cost allocation is needed to [...]
Geva Perry and James Urquhart, the co hosts of the Overcast podcast, have begun an interesting discussion on the end of million dollar Enterprise sales except for the mega-vendors (IBM, HP, Oracle, SAP… et al). The combination of web downloadable or SaaS based ‘try and buy’ software delivery models, subscription based pricing, the rise of [...]
I attended the Cloud Computing Interoperability Workshop in Arlington, VA this week. This was put together by Bob Marcus under the auspices of OMG (Object Management Group). The goal was to bring together the different standard bodies and key commercial vendor participants to jump-start a common approach to the building of cloud standards. The diversity [...]
