My watered down translation of Long Tail theory is simply the notion that the
aggregate sum of stuff buyers take in small, infrequent quantities will
invariably outstrip the aggregate sum of the most popular counterparts.
Research evidence is beginning to corroborate what we saw some three years
ago: There is a Long Tail in Cloud Computing. Consider some well accepted
research points from IDC and others of late:
The Cloud Computing market will hit USD $42 Billion by 2012 Of that, more
than 50% will comprise business process applications (the stuff we all use
daily to run companies big and small)
So, I can infer then that some $20 Billion will comprise the 2012 feed bag
from which all the little cloud computing piggies will line up at the trough
to consume. Not a bad market, from 10,000 feet away. But here's the thing.
The cloud computing market is already becoming pre... (more)
Cloud Computing is the next great land rush and it is happening now. All
the major technology companies have their offerings. And it seems like
everyone is entering the market – even the hosting companies want in on the
land rush.
In theory, migration to the Cloud makes business sense; you’re enabling
companies to rent computing power that would cost them too much to buy. I
won’t bore you with yet another blog post on the ‘what is it’ topic.
There is a great synopsis of Cloud Computing published by Mache Creeger and I
recommend checking it out. In our model, we’re allowing ... (more)
The long awaited Microsoft Azure pricnig model was announced recently. For a
while I really thought Microsoft would use its fashionably late arrival to
Cloud Computing to build upon the short comings of other vendors and maybe
take advantage of the opportunity to establish a leadership position in Cloud
Pricing. Alas, yesterday I discovered that Microsoft will instead add to the
confusion when it comes to Cloud Pricing. Here is a snippet of what they
announced:
Azure pricing is a disappointment on three counts:
It isn’t true utility or consumption computing pricing because the c... (more)
This is Part IV in a series by 6fusion Co-founder and CEO John Cowan on the
emerging trend of Cloud Brokerage and the impact it will have on the
technology industry and markets. Be sure to check out Part I of the
series here, Part II here, and Part III here.
The IT industry to me looks a lot like the commercial airline industry did
many years ago and I think the latter is rife with lessons about the power of
a true commodity market.
For those of you keeping score, late last year American Airlines’ parent
AMR declared bankruptcy. The Chapter 11 filing of the once largest airline ... (more)
As you may or may not be aware, 6fusion is a channel focused company. That
means we work exclusively with IT service providers of one variety or another
to make the transition from legacy service models to a service model rooted
in cloud computing. Our core technology is an algorithm that creates a single
unit of measurement for the computing resources you need to run practically
any application. You can check out our site to find out more, as this post
isn’t intended to be a product pitch. But I thought I would take a few
minutes to let readers know a bit more behind the video w... (more)