Closing the gap in your Cloud Ecosystem
The potential vision of Cloud Computing technology and the current adoption by consumers and providers of Cloud computing vary widely. Whether these are real or perceived gaps between the technology and the desired successful outcomes, many lessons in use of cloud computing are evolving across different Industry sectors, users and companies. The rise of social networks and the convergence of business propositions of anything IT-as-a-Service is changing the way devices, browsers, information and platforms are being used. The impact can be felt at the face of User computing and the way personal and enterprise work gets done between organizations and marketplaces. The session will focus on current development and research in new methods to better define and visualize the Business Ecosystem and the role cloud Computing can play. We will introduce original new work on CIEL Cloud Interactive Ecosystem Language Notation currently being developed as a potential way of creating new visual stories and use of Cloud enabled business. Takeaways - Define the gaps and issues in defining an Ecosystem roadmap for cloud computing technology and business - Identify specific Cloud Ecosystem Notation ways to better visualize the potential of Cloud in an organization and user experience. - Illustration of specific Vertical Industry Case Studies of Cloud Ecosystems In action to address security, Service level compliance, monetization and competitiveness opportunities and challenges - Specific examples of how to identify and resolve key decisions affecting a Business and the creation and sustainability of its Cloud ecosystem
- by Mark Skilton
Global Director, Strategy, Capgemini of Capgemini
Mark Skilton is currently Global Director at Capgemini in the Strategy Group, Global Infrastructure Services. Capgemini is a major global Consulting, Outsourcing and Services organization with 110,000 staff and operations across markets and countries globally. The position in the Global Business Unit is responsible for Strategic Planning an portfolio Design for Infrastructure, On-demand subscription services , fixed term and T&M Infrastructure and Software services . Mark is also the Co-Chair of the Cloud Computing Work Group , The Open Group, an international Architecture Standards Organization. Mark is a recognized author and speaker on Cloud computing, his recent work as editor of the recently published Cloud computing for Business - is published by Van Haren and on Amazon book store. He authored the Cloud computing ROI paper which was selected and published in the British Computer Society Annual Journal 2011. His work has been featured on CIO.com, Forbes magazine, ComputerWeekly, ZDnet, CloudcomputingJournal and widely syndicated internationally. He has appeared on audio blogs by Dana Gardner, David Linthicum on iTunes and a regular invited expert on international industry panels. Mark is a guest lecturer at the Information Systems Management ISM Masters Degree program, Warwick Business School,UK, recently contributing a paper on outsourcing and off shoring cloud strategies to the second edition of the Outsourcing and Off Shore handbook, a seminal text. He has spoken at cloud computing conferences in many counties and is a co-founder of SyntheticSpheres.com, a foundation for new business models and monetization strategies using ecosystem notations and standards.