Comments on: IT Management for The Big Switch – Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: links for 2008-02-02 « The Adventures of Geekgirl http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-143270 links for 2008-02-02 « The Adventures of Geekgirl Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:23:14 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-143270 [...] People Over Process » IT Management for The Big Switch - Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying (tags: itsm cloud utilitycomputing) [...] [...] People Over Process » IT Management for The Big Switch – Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying (tags: itsm cloud utilitycomputing) [...]

]]> By: It's a Cloudy Day at John M Willis http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-140706 It's a Cloudy Day at John M Willis Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:56:06 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-140706 [...] IT Management for The Big Switch - Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying [...] [...] IT Management for The Big Switch – Mid-afternoon Speculation and Blue-skying [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » The Big Switch - Book Review http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-132760 People Over Process » The Big Switch - Book Review Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:14:52 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-132760 [...] needed to keep those client machines hooked up to the cloud. As outlined in a post last week, there’s actually a whole passel of IT-related tasks that’d still exist; they’re just more “white-coller” (making sure stuff is done: paperwork and [...] [...] needed to keep those client machines hooked up to the cloud. As outlined in a post last week, there’s actually a whole passel of IT-related tasks that’d still exist; they’re just more “white-coller” (making sure stuff is done: paperwork and [...]

]]> By: cote http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-131840 cote Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:25:07 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-131840 Brian: thanks! I saw both of those in my feeds (being subscribed to you, of course). You're right on that "a faster cloud end-point" will always be important. Whether that's faster network connections, graphics cards (for games), or whatever. As I've mentioned several times, I think the interesting thing is to figure out what IT management will become, instead of freaking out about that change. It's like off-shoring software development: you can yell all you want about it, but it's better to ready yourself for the day you get a pink-slip and need to figure out getting re-hired at the same pay-levels. It's the privileges of high-paid jobs in the 1st world, I guess: innovate yourself or die. Which brings up one of my favorite books on the topic: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fear-Falling-Inner-Middle-Class/dp/0060973331/" rel="nofollow"><i>Fear of Falling</i></a>. Dmitry: Thanks! I'll try to check that out somehow. I don't subscribe, so I'll have to weasel the text out. Brian: thanks! I saw both of those in my feeds (being subscribed to you, of course). You’re right on that “a faster cloud end-point” will always be important. Whether that’s faster network connections, graphics cards (for games), or whatever. As I’ve mentioned several times, I think the interesting thing is to figure out what IT management will become, instead of freaking out about that change. It’s like off-shoring software development: you can yell all you want about it, but it’s better to ready yourself for the day you get a pink-slip and need to figure out getting re-hired at the same pay-levels. It’s the privileges of high-paid jobs in the 1st world, I guess: innovate yourself or die. Which brings up one of my favorite books on the topic: Fear of Falling.

Dmitry: Thanks! I’ll try to check that out somehow. I don’t subscribe, so I’ll have to weasel the text out.

]]> By: Dmitriy http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-130638 Dmitriy Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:55:03 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-130638 Re "The main thing I’d focus on is creating a ubiquitous, extremely secure, and very fast connection between firewall’ed corporate networks and the cloud." See an article titled Building a Multisourced Infrastructure Using OpenVPN in Feb2008 issue of Linux Journal - it's exactly about secure connection between corporate networks and clouds. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9915 Re “The main thing I’d focus on is creating a ubiquitous, extremely secure, and very fast connection between firewall’ed corporate networks and the cloud.”

See an article titled Building a Multisourced Infrastructure Using OpenVPN in Feb2008 issue of Linux Journal – it’s exactly about secure connection between corporate networks and clouds.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9915

]]> By: Brian Boyko http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-130509 Brian Boyko Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:12:06 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-130509 Thought you'd like to know that I've written on "The Big Switch" as well from a network engineering/IT perspective. http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2008/01/it_department_dead_hardly_why_1.html and http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2008/01/network_performance_and_gaming_1.html I think you'll like the second one in particular, as it deconstructs an argument in "The Big Switch" that Second Life represents "Gaming as a Service" and that that represents a new trend. Thought you’d like to know that I’ve written on “The Big Switch” as well from a network engineering/IT perspective.

http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2008/01/it_department_dead_hardly_why_1.html

and

http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2008/01/network_performance_and_gaming_1.html

I think you’ll like the second one in particular, as it deconstructs an argument in “The Big Switch” that Second Life represents “Gaming as a Service” and that that represents a new trend.

]]> By: Jes http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-129960 Jes Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:13:53 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-129960 Yes, Cote, it's happening big time. Greater bandwidth is making it easier to outsource many managed services. More and more software as a service (SaaS) companies are selecting to outsource the infrastructure and day-to-day operations. SaaS vendors just want to focus on building great applications and attracting online users. They gladly leave the complex operations function to expert service providers like www.OpSource.net. This makes sense since they're software engineers, not operations specialists! Yes, Cote, it’s happening big time. Greater bandwidth is making it easier to outsource many managed services. More and more software as a service (SaaS) companies are selecting to outsource the infrastructure and day-to-day operations. SaaS vendors just want to focus on building great applications and attracting online users. They gladly leave the complex operations function to expert service providers like http://www.OpSource.net. This makes sense since they’re software engineers, not operations specialists!

]]> By: Big Switch to the Cloud « Codecurl - David Black http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-129859 Big Switch to the Cloud « Codecurl - David Black Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:11:03 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-129859 [...] with the exchange rate its cheaper anyway). Michael Cote has just started reading it and has some thoughts on the big switch and the Cloud. Mentions ESBs as the gateway, but does not mention Cape Clear (as [...] [...] with the exchange rate its cheaper anyway). Michael Cote has just started reading it and has some thoughts on the big switch and the Cloud. Mentions ESBs as the gateway, but does not mention Cape Clear (as [...]

]]> By: cote http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-129794 cote Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:34:22 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-129794 Adam: thanks for the pointers ;) Adam: thanks for the pointers ;)

]]> By: cote http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/comment-page-1/#comment-129793 cote Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:33:51 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/01/08/it-management-for-the-big-switch-mid-afternoon-speculation-and-blue-skying/#comment-129793 Ric: yeah...I keep thinking that ESBs are the pragmatic, winnowed down implementation of the grandiose ideas of SOA. Kind of like EJBs vs. POJOs. A post or some podcast babbling is called for! Ric: yeah…I keep thinking that ESBs are the pragmatic, winnowed down implementation of the grandiose ideas of SOA. Kind of like EJBs vs. POJOs. A post or some podcast babbling is called for!

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