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Or is the uptake of cloud computing threatening to take your livelihood away? Last week, METISfiles joined webwereld to discuss the impact of cloud computing on IT professionals’ job security in The Netherlands. Participants included Jasper Bakker (webwereld) moderating the discussion, Corno Vromans, IT Manager Tilburg University, and Rogier Tharner, Technical Consultant Neomax. The webcast […] Read more »
Yes, I know it sounds strange coming from someone who has been measuring business IT and telecommunication spend for decades. Let me explain. With good reason, both IT users and vendors follow business IT spend review and forecasts from the likes of Gartner, IDC and others. Users want to benchmark their own spend against their […] Read more »
There is more than just private, public, and hybrid cloud. Many IT customers will need to orchestrate a hybrid mix of cloud and non-cloud IT resources for some time. The METISfiles defines eight different IT environments that will coexist in the foreseeable future. Four of these environments are homogeneous: private cloud, public cloud, legacy IT, […] Read more »
Why build something yourself it the market can do it better, faster, and at a lower cost? This is a key question many IT departments will have to be prepared to answer. Why? Cloud computing is putting the control over applications purchasing firmly into the hands of the business user. Bypassing IT will become more […] Read more »