Hovhannes Avoyan

Ever get that sense of déjà vu – you know, where you think you’ve been somewhere before, seen something before… but can’t place it? Well, that’s what CNET Blog Network writer James Urquhart must have felt about his predictions for cloud businesses to watch in 2010: he forecast them already in 2008, and it seems many of the business opportunities haven’t changed, including: Enterprise data conversion for SaaS. The prediction here in 2008 was that businesses would be spending lots of money converting data from existing enterprise applications to SaaS, and that they may have to keep spending to convert data yet again if it turns out they aren’t satisfied with their vendors. Two years later, as most SaaS are built on proprietary database schemes, “I still believe that this ... (more)

An Expanding Role for the USG in Cloud Development?

GovIT in the Cloud at Cloud Expo A short paper I read recently speculates that it would be good for the U.S. Government to provide seed money to cloud-based industries just being developed. The argument there is that government should promote low-interest capital or R&D funds to the cloud to keep us (meaning America) in the IT lead among world players. I think it’s a noble idea, and it re... (more)

Cloud Computing Instrumental in IT Recovery for 2010

New Year 2010 on Ulitzer IDC, the tech industry analysts, have come out with their predictions for 2010 – and it’s a model that heavily involves the development and growth of the Cloud. First some general IT industry forecasts: - growth is expected to return to the IT industry, and IDC is forecasting a more than 3% expansion for the year; the industry will see spending levels rise once ag... (more)

Most Not Interested in Cloud Data Storage

Another dose of reality for the Cloud Computing industry! A new survey by Forrester says that just 3% of companies use cloud storage. Worse, the vast majority of firms don’t plan to put data in the cloud. This is the latest shot of poor showings for the cloud, and I have a theory about it. But first, read on: Forrester interviewed more than 1,200 IT decision makers at enterprises and sma... (more)

Is This the Biggest Cloud Deal So Far?

Oracle Keynote at Cloud Expo I bet you thought that Los Angeles’ deal to use Google Gmail was big news. No; the biggest cloud deal yet is between Panasonic, the electronics giant, and IBM. According to a story about the cloud-computing deal that I read, Panasonic will stop using Microsoft Exchange, messaging and collaborative software, for IBM’s LotusLive cloud services – within Panasoni... (more)