Cloud powers the future of composable business

Grazed from ThoughtsOnCloud. Author: Grant Thomson.

Cloud computing’s proliferation and its accompanying technologies is old news. We’re reading more and more stories about the latest cloud advancements and adopters every day, creating a veritable hype cycle. How these technologies mature and become rapidly applied across eco-systems, business and IT will affect everyone in profound ways, regardless of their business or where they live.

We all know the impact that born-on-the-cloud startups like Facebook acquisitions Whatsapp and Instagram have had in the social arena—now, the focus is on cloud for business, and the reinvention of enterprise IT. Cloud ArchitectureTo date, cloud’s role in the enterprise has been predominantly associated with infrastructure as a service (IaaS)…

However, I believe cloud computing is a paradigm shift. The infrastructure is only the enabling foundation. Cloud now pervades all aspects of business and IT. The new paradigm of cloud computing heralds innovative capabilities, highly evolved business models, eco-systems and economies to apply and monetize value. It also has profound impact on existing business and IT, including:…

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