IT Survey Spotlights Cloud Computing's Potential, Misconceptions

Datamation
Hoping to bring more clarity to the issue, cloud solution provider Appirio has just released results from a survey of IT decision-makers that details what cloud computing adopters see as the technology's benefits as well as what many see as "misconceptions" in the broader IT community.

Cloud Computing Adopters Satisfied with Benefits: Survey

Channel Insider
Experienced cloud adopters see public cloud solutions as a significant improvement from their traditional on-premises counterparts, and cite the cloud's positive and strategic impact on their business and IT organization, according to a survey commissioned by cloud solution provider Appirio.

Myopia and Entropy – IT’s Great Escape

Enterprise Irregulars
I and my highly motivated CloudBlog production crew got a chance to interview one of the fastest growing systems integrators about this phenomenon. Glenn Weinstein is the CTO of Appirio. He and his founders all came from on premise software companies (SAP, WebMethods, Borland, etc.) and bet their careers and their dollars on the public cloud.

Where IT Workers Must Go Next (Or Integrators Will Do It For Them)

ZDNet
Appirio has recently released the results of a great study on cloud adoption by large enterprises. A lot of what they discovered mirrors what I personally observed in a research study I did earlier this year on the same subject. Some of the interesting statistics in their report are...

Cloud Services Brokerage Is Built On Markets Near 1 Trillion In Spend!

Gartner
I finished rewriting the definition of cloud services brokerage. Benoit Lheruex and I have been working steadily on this and are seeing notables such as Accenture, Deloitte, and IBM all begin to plan for a significant brokerage future alonside upstarts like Appirio, Boomi, and even stalwarts like GXS.