Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Two Disruptions for the Price of One

We stand at the beginning of a Cambrian explosion of new business models, driven by the colliding disruptions of cloud computing and mobile ecosystems. A conversation last week between Randy Bias and mobile analyst/Asymco founder Horace Dediu maps out how … Continue reading

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CloudBeat 2011: Talking About What’s Next in the Cloud

On November 30, Randy Bias is headed to Redwood City to talk about the future of cloud at VentureBeat’s CloudBeat 2011. Joining him are folks like Allan Leinwand of Zynga, Amit Singh of Google, Thomas Kelly of Best Buy, Adam … Continue reading

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How is AWS Failing to Service Webscale Applications?

I’ve made the argument on numerous occasions that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is essentially the quintessential cloud computing offering, particular for infrastructure.  To boil down my argument again, it’s essentially: Cloud computing is an entirely new model for IT This … Continue reading

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“Cloud Management”, CloudStack, and Other Musings

Randy Bias gave an on-camera interview to Steve Levine of TheCloudist TV at Cloud Expo in Santa Clara last week. Known for calling it like he sees it, Randy covers a lot of ground in just a few minutes: “Cloud … Continue reading

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AMZN ‘Other’ Revenue in 2011+

I had meant to put more content together around these numbers, but due to time constraints I won’t be able to.  Regardless, the picture speaks for itself.  Here’s my AMZN ‘Other’ revenue numbers with the blue bar representing my estimates … Continue reading

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