Is enterprise cloud adoption going through a lull ?
I recently broke my collarbone and couldn't type. So spent a lot of time catching up with some smart folks like Christopher Hoff. Interesting that many of us thought it seems like we are going through a lull in enterprise buying of cloud technologies.
I do see what they are saying - it seems like many of the CIO's who were gung ho to do summer pilot projects are slowing down...why?
I do not think this is a lull - instead the splashing water (survivcal mentality) is starting to go away.. The economy is getting better (or this is anticipated - almost the same thing). Now the pressure's on to act quickly on trying out new things either to increase revenue or save $$'s.
Executives are getting back into a regular budget cycle, and this is planning time for most companies as they get back to thinking how to show good results and pitch budget needs for next year.
We at Sonoa are convinced that promise of cloud is strong as ever and our customers pilots are going into production w/ awesome results. The wave will continue to build into next year as more success stories are discussed - get ready!
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December 02, 2009 at 11:48 am Kent
I’m not seeing a lull. What we see is a detailed evaluation of the business implications of cloud computing across our client base. If anything, the activity is greater than ever! However, for enterprise which is typical more conservative in some ways, all the i’s have to be dotted and all the t’s have to be crossed. The SLAs, Service Contracts, ToS, and many other things must be bullet proof. Enterprise Cloud Computing adoption is as much about business due diligence (maybe more) as it is about technical bits and pieces. We are in that due diligence phase.
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