Cloud content on Enterprise CIO Forum

Windows 8 getting traction in IT; how State Street Corp. transforms itself; and our top CIO Questions of the Week are featured in our October Quick Read, which summarizes the hottest topics at the Enterprise CIO Forum. Enjoy.

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BYOD and Shadow IT can work, but what should the CIO do when he or she finds out about a rogue app, cloud or device? CTOvision.com editor and former Defense Intelligence Agency CTO Bob Gourley (r.) tells Enterprise CIO Forum community manager John Dodge that the CIO can "kill it" or discuss BYOD with stakeholders. Bottom line: people will use any tool to do their job, regardless of who oversees it. This interview was done on Skype with Gourley  in Washington D.C. area and Dodge in Boston.

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It is easy to experience pitfalls while expanding IT Architecture to consume cloud services. While larger companies can afford to hire consulting services and external integrators,  it is good to have an understanding of the basics to set expectation with vendors or even within the company. This can help plan speed of the cloudintegration or choosing which services to consume. The underlying assumption in this article; the organization has evolved from legacy tightly coupled systems to SOA design across the enterprise (including shared services)

Our own prominent blogger and HP chief cloud technologist Christian Verstraete was recently featured in Siliconrepublic.com, a prominent tech web site based in Ireland. Good read...check it out...   

Our latest Question of the Week asks about how enterprises can avoid vendor lock-in and still get maximum benefit from the cloud. The discussion has generated a raft of insightful comments. Join in.

A new research from IBM Center for Applied Insights shows that IT decision makers quote big data as one of the main reasons to adopt platform as a service in their businesses. Although SaaS is very popular, most CIOs have not paid that much attention to cloud-based PaaS solutions.

Who is dating who is always interesting for people, especially when it is regarding celebrities and popular folks. Well here we are about to discuss one of the rapidly flourishing association in technology industry and yes both parties are super popular i.e. cloud computing and mobile. Coming to the point businesses and users are looking for availability of data, email and applications anytime and from any location whether they are at home, on-premise or on move.

A white paper from management consulting firm Navint Partners LLC seems to indicate large enterprises are enjoying success with their cloud efforts. Indeed, 90% said in a survey that reaped the projected savings the cloud would yield; 80% said  the cloud gave them a competitive advantage; 64% said the cloud has a "significant impact on process efficiency and effectiveness;" and 46% said they had money in the IT budget specifically for cloud computing.