(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, Rhipe) Each year at WPC Microsoft lets it’s partner community know what their big bets are for the coming year. In the past these have changed reach year. However this year they are the same as FY14 with the addition of Security. Cloud, Social, Mobility, Big Data & BI,…
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, Rhipe) Although there were no big “wow” announcements, there were things that caught my attention. Summary below. Tiffani Bova, VP, Gartner Research. We live in a world of customer experiences. However too many businesses are still trying sell the underlying product. She summed this up with a coffee analogy…
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, Rhipe) There are various blockers identified for why customers hesitate in adopting Cloud services e.g. security, offshore data, service reliability etc. However from a very practical perspective simply getting data from it’s current location (on-premises) to the Cloud can be just as big a blocker. It doesn’t matter how…
(Stephen Parker, VP Market Research, Rhipe)
(UPDATE: I have reposted due to relevancy ahead of #WPC15)
Obviously this is what Satya Nadella and his executive team at Microsoft are paid the big $s for. But here are my thoughts and observations:
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, Rhipe) As mentioned in a previous blog post (Microsoft WPC Day 3) there were very few major announcements at Microsoft #WPC14 and nothing with a “WOW” factor. Maybe this is to be expected. Satya Nadella is relatively new in role and whilst he has signposted a major refocus this…
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, Rhipe) Quick background So I’m a geek and I enrolled in the Windows Phone dev preview program so I could get Windows Phone 8.1 onto my Lumia 925 asap. I have been really pleased with many of the updates e.g. action centre, shape writing and photo as tile background.…
VMware have "evolved" the VSPP program and it is now known as the VMware vCloud Air Network. To quote from the official press release (full copy available here http://ir.vmware.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=867208) ...the VMware vCloud® Air™ Network to provide greater choice and flexibility to businesses looking to capitalize on the advantages of hybrid cloud. As the world's largest…
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, NewLease) I have spent my IT career doing the odd stuff, working on projects that were considered strange and not mainstream and working for companies that have been working in “new” areas. It has been fun and I have enjoyed being part of “innovation teams” and helping to develop…
I’ve just returned from the 2014 Microsoft Hosting Summit in Seattle, a 3-day event which included an outstanding Keynote day with presentations from Microsoft and Industry Executives. The keynotes kick started the event and positioned Microsoft as a thought leader in the hosting and cloud industry, as well as confirming Microsoft’s ever increasing commitment to…
I recently returned from VMware’s PEX event in San Fransicso and wanted to pass along a few highlights: Session-based DaaS has come to VMware and is launched on to VSPP – This is a great new option for those organizations looking to deliver DaaS – and is called the Horizon DaaS Platform - (http://www.vmware.com/products/daas) VMware…
