http://blogs.gartner.com/frank_kenney/2009/05/08/holding-on-for-dear-life-in-the-enterprise-world-of-technology/ A Member of The Gartner Blog Network Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:42:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.gartner.com/frank_kenney/2009/05/08/holding-on-for-dear-life-in-the-enterprise-world-of-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Bill Ho Wed, 13 May 2009 15:02:35 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/frank_kenney/?p=55#comment-254 The new "cloud" is not the old ASP/hosted model rehashed, although some will say it is. The offerings from vendors like Amazon have truly made it possible for application developers to provide useful services without worrying about the back end infrastructure or a suitable platform to deploy on, not to mention relieving IT from having to submit proposals that would increase their CAPEX. Companies that have adopted Web services and SOA will benefit the most from this model, as that's the lingua franca of the cloud. The new “cloud” is not the old ASP/hosted model rehashed, although some will say it is. The offerings from vendors like Amazon have truly made it possible for application developers to provide useful services without worrying about the back end infrastructure or a suitable platform to deploy on, not to mention relieving IT from having to submit proposals that would increase their CAPEX. Companies that have adopted Web services and SOA will benefit the most from this model, as that’s the lingua franca of the cloud.

]]> http://blogs.gartner.com/frank_kenney/2009/05/08/holding-on-for-dear-life-in-the-enterprise-world-of-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Mark Raskino Sat, 09 May 2009 11:00:21 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/frank_kenney/?p=55#comment-243 Well said Frank! I think you are right - this is a major structural transition. Many will misread it's magnitude and timing. Well said Frank! I think you are right – this is a major structural transition. Many will misread it’s magnitude and timing.

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