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As new and transformative technologies continue to hit the market at an ever-increasing pace, CIOs are faced with a substantial opportunity. No longer purely the domain of the IT group, technologies such as cloud computing have caught the attention of decision makers across the business. Forward thinking CIOs will grasp this opportunity to initiate and drive the corporate conversation about the benefits, risks and roadmap for cloud. In doing so, they will carve out a leadership role in an empowered business unit that thrives on exploiting technology for overall business success. For complete paper see here

From the Rackspace surve y, of those already using cloud computing: The largest sample, 41 percent, said cloud computing reduced costs from 10 to 25 percent, while 19 percent said it providing 25 to 50 percent in IT savings, and 27 percent said it only cut costs by 10 percent or less. 54 percent said use of cloud services helped accelerate IT project implementation, including application development, while 17 percent begged to differ. The rest weren't sure.   Image Source  56 percent saw increased profits while 18 percent reported no benefit to the bottom line, with 26 percent unsure. 49 percent said cloud computing helped grow their businesses, with 21 percent seeing no such benefit, and 30 percent unsure. 59 percent said cloud services provided better disaster recovery. 56 percent were using open source cloud technology, though in the United States that figure is 70 percent.

In a recent article published here , Marty Humphrey , an associate professor in the  Department of Computer Science  at  University of Virginia , said one task for educators is to ensure that students are able to author new cloud-based applications. "On the one hand this will not require a radical rethinking of computer science curriculum because at the core, cloud applications are based on algorithms and data structures, which have been the foundation of computer science courses since the beginning," he said by email. "But on the other hand, cloud applications are so important that we will need to ensure that computer science students are up-to-date with the latest frameworks and data analysis tools," Humphrey said. "This can be a challenge because the field is changing so quickly." Students in our department , have started doing cloud-based projects. Here are some of the examples Cloud based Teaching system uses cloud resources to build s

Here is a set of examples from WSJ on Cloud Computing charming Big Companies  Royal Dutch Shell plc, the largest company in the world by revenue, could afford to build all the data centers that it desires. But like many other major corporations, it has enthusiastically embraced cloud computing, which has been introduced at multiple layers of its information technology, from routine applications to the very core of the energy giant’s global IT infrastructure. Image Source Large organizations are adopting cloud technology for many of the same reasons smaller organizations have been attracted to the idea of renting rather than owning computing resources — greater flexibility and cost savings, resiliency in the event of natural disasters, and the ability to try new technologies without having to commit to them. And while they acknowledge concerns about cybersecurity, they believe they can safely pursue their cloud strategies while taking appropriate precautions. “For

The cloud computing world is opening up for the OpenStack. This open source project, launched by NASA and Rackspace in late 2010, is assembling a private cloud "operating system" for the data center that promises vast increases in operational efficiency. The momentum behind it is phenomenal ; at last count more than 150 companies back the project including CISCO, Citrix, Dell, HP and Intel. With OpenStack, there is a vibrant, fast growing open source project for creating private cloud, flanked by VMware that offers a proprietary portfolio of private cloud software. OpenStack private cloud is compelling in part because it follows a Linux like open source model. Today, under an Apache license , the OpenStack "kernel" has three components: Compute( for managing large networks of Virtual Machines) Object Storage ( for massive storage clusters) Image Service ( for managing virtual disk images). Around this kernel- with Linux distros (distribution) - vendo

At its core, cloud computing's inherent value proposition centers on answering a perennial challenge of every organization faces: Lack of budget to really improve a enterprise's competitive edge in the business market space. Cloud computing promises to help IT organizations to relay back maintenance costs so they can spend on business value creation process. Behind that promise are the benefits for small enterprises.                                 Image source Low start-up costs Low costs for sporadic or seasonal use ease of management scalability  Device and location independent Rapid innovation 

Cloud computing in practical terms can be understood as the storing, processing and use of data on remotely located computers accessed over the Internet. This approach provides users almost unlimited computing power on demand, and they do not have to make major investments to meet their needs and they can get to their data from everywhere with an internet connection. As a consequence, cloud computing has the potential to cut user's IT expenditure and enable many new services to be developed without making upfront investments. Cloud computing makes the world a flatter and level-playing field and with cloud computing, even the smallest firms can reach out to ever growing and larger market. The governments can make their services more attractive and efficient even when controlling in spending.  Cloud computing represents a new stage and a paradigm in the networked society. Where the world wide web makes information available everywhere and to anyone, cloud computing makes compu

According  to a post  " One sector that has been truly transformed by the cloud is  logistics and supply chain management .  In many ways the cloud is a natural fit for this industry because of its global scope and involvement of many participants.  The cloud allows data from many sources to be centrally collected, transformed, and presented in dynamic dashboards.  With the cloud, supply chain and logistic analysts are able to track in real time every step of the supply chain, enabling them to make informed decisions and forecasts for capacity management and contingency planning.  Cloud platforms for logistics are more flexible and responsive compared to the previous generation of supply chain and logistics tracking tools. Image Source: Dwight Klappich , research vice president for Gartner, said in a  Logistics Management article , that “two to three years ago when we talked to shippers about software, the cloud was just one option. In many cases, the cloud has now b