Cloud Computing: IT shops will become consultants instead of tech managers, says EMC’s CIO
December 9, 2012
As with their user forum last year, EMC’s Forum Boston 2012 on Friday emphasized cloud infrastructure technology, big data and business intelligence products. This year, however, EMC made it clear to its customers that there should be a sense of urgency about deploying IT as a service via a cloud infrastructure, a sentiment not supported by everyone at the conference.
During a keynote speech, EMC CIO Sanjay Mirchandani said cloud computing and big data is experiencing uptake faster than any past technology. Mirchandani cited a recent Gartner survey that showed 78% of companies plan to pursue a private cloud strategy by 2014, while another 17% indicated they might pursue a cloud strategy and 5% said they would not. "And cloud computing transforms us — IT," Mirchandani said. "We become more consultative as opposed to classic IT management."…
David St. Laurent, director of technical services at Fallon Community Health Plan, was in EMC’s user audience during Mirchandani’s speech. While St. Laurent’s infrastructure is 80% virtualized, he said IT as a service is still only a concept, and migrating legacy applications to a private cloud is no small task…
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