How Cloud Computing Is Challenging CIOs

| June 20, 2010 | Comments (2)

CIOs must adapt quickly to cloud technologies that lead toward collaboration, say keynote speakers J. P. Rangaswami, CIO and chief scientist at BT Design, and Murali Sitaram, VP/GM of Cisco’s Enterprise Collaboration Platform.

Cloud computing is expanding at rates and directions barely imaginable a few years ago and CIOs will have to adapt quickly to keep if they want to keep up, according to keynote speakers who kicked off the Enterprise 2.0 conference. The event runs June 14 – 17 in Boston.

Among the dramatic changes underway, according to J. P. Rangaswami, CIO and chief scientist at BT Design, is the looming demise of the corporate desktop. “The age of the lockdown desktop is coming to an end,” Rangaswami told a packed audience. He added that CIOs are “now seeing the age of the ‘You can bring your own desktop to work.’”

The phenomenon is beginning to dawn because younger people — many just now entering the enterprise workplace — often possess better technologies than are offered at work. The younger technologists still don’t occupy positions of power, but as they rise in enterprise computing environments they can be expected to promote many new approaches to cloud computing.

Another keynoter, Murali Sitaram, VP/GM of Cisco’s Enterprise Collaboration Platform, said the rapidly changing cloud computing environment needs platforms to develop. He and a colleague, Jim Grubb, demonstrated the value of Cisco’s My View dashboard, which enables users to access a myriad of applications useful in cloud computing.

Another keynoter, Murali Sitaram, VP/GM of Cisco’s Enterprise Collaboration Platform, said the rapidly changing cloud computing environment needs platforms to develop. He and a colleague, Jim Grubb, demonstrated the value of Cisco’s My View dashboard, which enables users to access a myriad of applications useful in cloud computing.

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  • http://www.us.logicalis.com Lisa Dreher

    Thanks for the great post! We agree, CIOs will have to adapt quickly to cloud technologies. At this point, most businesses have read enough about cloud computing to know that it can potentially offer additional capabilities and cost savings. Asking six important questions, however, can help technology pros manage their risk in the cloud. Check out the "Six Critical Questions CIOs Should Ask Before Entering the Cloud," here http://bit.ly/dtcioS

  • http://www.us.logicalis.com Lisa Dreher

    Thanks for the great post! We agree, CIOs will have to adapt quickly to cloud technologies. At this point, most businesses have read enough about cloud computing to know that it can potentially offer additional capabilities and cost savings. Asking six important questions, however, can help technology pros manage their risk in the cloud. Check out the "Six Critical Questions CIOs Should Ask Before Entering the Cloud," here http://bit.ly/dtcioS