Comments on: Don’t tell me that cloud computing is not changing the game. http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/ JOHNMWILLIS BLOG Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:53:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: CloudDoplets #2 - It’s All Good in Da Cloud | IT Management and Cloud Blog http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-25285 CloudDoplets #2 - It’s All Good in Da Cloud | IT Management and Cloud Blog Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:50:51 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/#comment-25285 [...] On Demand IT management and the Cloud.  See Mailtrust example. [...] [...] On Demand IT management and the Cloud.  See Mailtrust example. [...]

]]> By: Enterprise Beware! | John M Willis ESM Blog http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 Enterprise Beware! | John M Willis ESM Blog Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:50:47 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/#comment-3003 [...] open source enterprise search tool, to analyze IT problems. I recently wrote a blog article on how MailTrust a Rackspace subsidiary is using Hadoop (Enterprise Search) to analyze massive amounts of mail server logs. Using Enterprise Search tools, [...] [...] open source enterprise search tool, to analyze IT problems. I recently wrote a blog article on how MailTrust a Rackspace subsidiary is using Hadoop (Enterprise Search) to analyze massive amounts of mail server logs. Using Enterprise Search tools, [...]

]]> By: Cloud Computing and the Enterprise | John M Willis ESM Blog http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Cloud Computing and the Enterprise | John M Willis ESM Blog Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:55:24 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/#comment-1964 [...] How to get startedIt’s easy to get started. For no more than around $100 a month you can get a basic cloud that could be used for R&D projects, QA and testing, web portals, collaboration and/or best practices. Amazon AWS, Mosso, and Flexiscale are good places to get started. Also, Hadoop is a software technology that can be used as a tool to enable cloud programming. A good example is here. [...] [...] How to get startedIt’s easy to get started. For no more than around $100 a month you can get a basic cloud that could be used for R&D projects, QA and testing, web portals, collaboration and/or best practices. Amazon AWS, Mosso, and Flexiscale are good places to get started. Also, Hadoop is a software technology that can be used as a tool to enable cloud programming. A good example is here. [...]

]]> By: Jengates Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-01 http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Jengates Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-01 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:19:48 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/#comment-1504 [...] Don’t tell me that cloud computing is not changing the game. | John M Willis ESM Blog [...] [...] Don’t tell me that cloud computing is not changing the game. | John M Willis ESM Blog [...]

]]> By: John http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1452 John Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:05:07 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/#comment-1452 I know you know this already ... :) In today's environment you are either big or you don't exists. Small becomes very big fast and and not becoming big is a local mom-n-pop (long tail kind of stuff). Therefore if you want to be in the game you have to start from a mindset of big. "Playing Field V1" was the internet. "Playing Field V2" is the cloud. Remember the "Deer in the Headlights" look Barnes and Noble had when Amazon hit the field. With clouds almost any business model is a potential startup target. The beauty of a cloud is that you can put out a business model on a single core 2 gig and with the right viral momentum you can grow to 200 quads with a credit card. Game on! Thanks for commenting on my blog. I know you know this already … :)

In today’s environment you are either big or you don’t exists. Small becomes very big fast and and not becoming big is a local mom-n-pop (long tail kind of stuff). Therefore if you want to be in the game you have to start from a mindset of big.

“Playing Field V1″ was the internet.
“Playing Field V2″ is the cloud.

Remember the “Deer in the Headlights” look Barnes and Noble had when Amazon hit the field. With clouds almost any business model is a potential startup target. The beauty of a cloud is that you can put out a business model on a single core 2 gig and with the right viral momentum you can grow to 200 quads with a credit card.

Game on!

Thanks for commenting on my blog.

]]> By: Damon Edwards http://www.johnmwillis.com/google/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Damon Edwards Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:46:43 +0000 http://www.johnmwillis.com/cloud-computing/dont-tell-me-that-cloud-computing-is-not-changing-the-game/#comment-1433 I too find it interesting how many people want to deny the handwriting on the wall... but then I realized that is exactly the problem. Many people just don't get things (or have financial motivation not to get it) until it hits them on the head. I think a lot of hesitation around how to harness a cloud model comes from the fact that most of the examples of how to do it focus on these over the top webscale type of examples. Things like "I have xxx TB of data to crunch and look how the could could handle it". Most people's computing problems are on a dramatically smaller scale. In many cases scale is never even the top concern. Aside from stories about creative Amazon AWS usage there just isn't much out there yet that relates to the more common problems. (And I've even heard AWS, specifically EC2, downplayed as just a slicker way to do managed hosting) I too find it interesting how many people want to deny the handwriting on the wall… but then I realized that is exactly the problem. Many people just don’t get things (or have financial motivation not to get it) until it hits them on the head.

I think a lot of hesitation around how to harness a cloud model comes from the fact that most of the examples of how to do it focus on these over the top webscale type of examples. Things like “I have xxx TB of data to crunch and look how the could could handle it”. Most people’s computing problems are on a dramatically smaller scale. In many cases scale is never even the top concern. Aside from stories about creative Amazon AWS usage there just isn’t much out there yet that relates to the more common problems. (And I’ve even heard AWS, specifically EC2, downplayed as just a slicker way to do managed hosting)

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