IBM: Integration Will Leapfrog Security As Top Cloud Concern

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Joe Panettieri.

Historically, the biggest cloud computing concern typically involved security. But over the long haul, the top concern will shift to cloud integration needs, predicted Amy Anderson, IBM Cloud Partner Program Manager. On a somewhat similar note, Gartner, the research firm, has been telling channel partners to focus on cloud broker and cloud aggregator systems that support integrated cloud services deployments.

Speaking at Cloud Channel Summit, IBM’s Anderson said technology is now the most important external force impacting business, according to an IBM Cloud Partner Program Manager Amy Anderson, quoting a recent survey of 1,700 CEOs worldwide. “Cloud computing creates whole new opportunities,” said Anderson. “You have to rethink IT and rethink business.” The technologies foremost on the minds of CEOs include analytics, mobile, cloud and social. “They are so intertwined it’s almost impossible to pull them apart…

So how is IBM assisting partners? It involves three steps:

Assess the power of the cloud
Enable a roadmap with cloud-friendly software pricing, analytics in the cloud and low-cost mobile applications development
Monetizing the opportunity through SmartCloud services

IBM sees a lot of activity around MSPs, she mentioned. Often it involves helping MSPs build a cloud infrastructure, enable applications in the cloud, and integration of applications in the cloud. Plus, MSPs increasingly look like ISVs in terms of how they consume technology from IBM…

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