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Multi-tenancy and the Mainframe

By Phil Wainewright on March 23, 2011

People often say that cloud computing is just a reinvention of the service bureaus of old. Rather than being a forward advance, they suggest that accessing all our applications and data from vast, centralized cloud platforms is a lurch backwards to the time-honored mainframe model of computing. But perhaps instead cloud computing will force a […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing News, General Mainframe, Interrupt!, mainframe, multitenancy

In the Cloud, Governance Trumps Ownership

In the Cloud, Governance Trumps Ownership

By Phil Wainewright on February 24, 2011

In more than a decade of talking about cloud computing, I have found the principle of ownership has been a recurring theme. People feel comfortable owning their computing. They know where they stand. Since cloud computing means giving up ownership, it makes people uncomfortable, uncertain of their ground.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing News, Firewalls, General Mainframe, Governance, Information technology management, Interrupt!, policy

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