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G-Men #4 – Can You say Green IT?
by Daryl Plummer | February 12, 2009 | 4 Comments
Cloud Infrastructure: The Next Fat Dumb and Happy Pipe?
by Daryl Plummer | February 10, 2009 | 5 Comments
So Cloud is about infrastructure, you say? I am always amazed at how fast new concepts or topics get pigeon-holed into the same old discussions we have had for decades. Now it’s Cloud Computing’s turn. Since dealing with new things can be disruptive, IT organizations, and people in general, always seem to be looking for [...]
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G-Men : Introducing a New Cartoon Strip – By me!
by Daryl Plummer | January 30, 2009 | 10 Comments
I finally got ’round to publishing my cartoon strip about computing. Click on the image to see a larger version. I hope you like it and I will try to post more at least three times per week. Formatting will also get better as I adjust image sizes. Enjoy, and comments are always welcome. Anyone [...]
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Experts Define Cloud Computing: Can we get a Little Definition in our definitions?
by Daryl Plummer | January 27, 2009 | 12 Comments
A recent sys-con article on Cloud Computing purports to present Twenty-One experts defining Cloud Computing. After reading it I was impressed by the list of experts but fought long and hard to find any actual definitions in the piece. To me, one of the biggest problems we have in IT is the vagueness and lack [...]
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Reflections of a Black Analyst in the Age of Obama
by Daryl Plummer | January 19, 2009 | 24 Comments
On the day that Martin’s birth is celebrated and the day before the swearing in of America’s first black president, I am facing the dichotomies of two complementary worlds. One world is the world of a black man working in an industry predominantly peopled by non-black professionals. The other is the world of any man [...]
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Ruminating on Steve Jobs
by Daryl Plummer | January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
I was driving my son to school this morning, dodging traffic cops, school buses, and the occasional jogging mother with a stroller for triplets when a news story came on the radio. It wasn’t a new topic nor even an unexpected one. But it got me to thinking. The story was about Steve Jobs taking [...]
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Instant Experts Floating in the Cloud
by Daryl Plummer | December 9, 2008 | 3 Comments
I was traveling with Frank Kenney a few weeks back – and for those of you who have not done that, trust me, it is an experience that will make you at least question your “game” and whether or not you have a nice enough watch – those of you who have done that need [...]
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My iPhone has a Soul – It’s in the cloud
by Daryl Plummer | November 26, 2008 | 3 Comments
I have been doing a lot of Cloud Computing presentations around the world since late last year when I became Gartner’s theme owner for the subject. In that time, I have spent a great deal of energy cataloguing different ways in which the Cloud would impact people. Now that is actually different than what many [...]
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