Video Blog: What is cloud computing and how to make best use of it?
on December 22nd, 2011 at 12:04 pm EDTFor many folks in IT, it’s easy to get wrapped up in technology implementations and forget to step back and ask what the real strategic benefits and broader potential of those technologies are for the larger enterprise. This is certainly true for cloud computing today. So what is cloud computing and how can we best leverage it in the enterprise?
In this video interview at Cloud Expo West 2011, ServiceMesh’s Dave Roberts speaks with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan about the ultimate goal and end game for enterprise cloud computing.
Essentially, this cloud strategy end game encompasses an everything-as-a-service IT delivery model spanning internal and external IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS—complete with policy-enforced governance and broad self-service access to standardized resources. In this new world, business units truly get more agile and responsive because they are directly empowered with access to self-service IT resources they need, and IT leverages policy-driven governance and infrastructure automation so they can redirect IT resources from lower value maintenance to more meaningful cloud service innovations.
