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Opening Presentation by INPUT: “Five Indicators That Cloud Computing is Here to Stay”
Presenter:
Deniece Peterson, Manager, Industry Analysis, INPUT
Vendor Panel
Moderator:
Michael Binko, President & CEO, kloudtrack
Panelists:
Kevin Jackson, Cloud Evangelist and Engineering Fellow, NJVC
Nick Hoover, Senior Editor, InformationWeek
Robert O. Ames, Director and Deputy CTO, IBM Federal
What will the software industry look like in 3, 5, even 10 years from now? And what customer demands and business trends will drive changes in software products, how they’re developed, and the industry that provides them?
Security: Security will ultimately be linked more often to an individual’s biometric markers. The trend continues towards multi-factor authentication where both physical and virtual considerations prevail. As advancements in security technology are achieved, cyber criminals will also continue to advance and keep this segment of the software industry ever-changing.
Private, Public and/or Hybrid Clouds: The existence of all three may very well be a reality for years to come. With most business decisions, associated risk must be well balanced with specific technology advancements to determine appropriate IT decisions. When it comes to private and public clouds, attention will remain focused around the sensitivity of intellectual property and related data which is collected, processed and stored. [Read more...]
SIIA is delighted to announce a new video series, filmed at DreamForce 2010! With about 30,000 attendees, DreamForce has seen spectacular growth. This was SIIA’s first time exhibiting at DreamForce and we look forward to seeing everyone next year and in May at SIIA’s own executive cloud computing conference, All About the Cloud.
For more information on SIIA, or how to submit your own video content to the blog, contact Nate.
During last week’s All About the Cloud conference, discussion focused, of course, on the evolution of the cloud as a core business strategy. But there was one particular conversation that went in another direction.
A group of industry executives sat down to have a conversation about the challenges of evolving into the mobile applications and services market. Why? SIIA has been exploring how to reach out to companies that focus exclusively in mobile applications or that are evolving into it. In fact, the Software Division of SIIA is actually generating new projects as we speak in order to address growing needs.
While no answers came out of the discussion, there was clearly a need for continuing the discussion. View the Mobile Town Hall flip chart notes below.
Mobile Town Hall Meeting
1. ISVs Navigate Mobility
-What to think about when developing
-Infrastructure Support
-Go to market
2. Device Issues
3. Points of Sale
4. Desktop-to-mobile transition
5. In-house or Outside Expertise — or both?
6. Abandonment of laptop?
7. Security Issues
8. Authentication
9. Data transit across non-traditional channels
10. Device-driven authentication
11. DRM
12. Infrastructure Issues
-Pulling right data
-Pushing right data
-Speed
13. Is the mobile browser going to define mobile access?
-Compete for it or become less relevant
14. Issues in the backoffice
15. UI or not UI?
16. Usability
17. Functionality
18. Form-factor
19. Composite app use?
20. Origins of mobile as voice comms and how that might limit or change how mobile evolves
21. Who needs to know in your Co.s?
The slides from All About the Cloud are up!
Keep an eye on the All About the Cloud website and on twitter with the hashtag, #AATC, for updates on recordings, videos, pictures, and more from last week!
Written by Jim Szafranski, Fiberlink
You probably can guess what that large number refers to? It’s smartphone shipments in 2009. In a way, it’s hard to get one’s mind around this and how to tap that market. Personally, I find it easier to think about the growth of this market, which was 40% quarter-over-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2009. That’s a lot of new devices getting into users and businesses hands. It’s nearly impossible to find a market that is this large and growing at such fast rate.
So, that’s why the SIIA is launching a Mobile Software Committee with the initial mission statement of:
The SIIA Mobile Software Committee was formed to address the business issues of software companies entering and growing in the mobile marketplace. The explosion in mobile platforms has profound implications on how software and services should be delivered. The committee’s mission is to guide businesses in building & delivering apps, managing & measuring their infrastructure, and demystifying the process of selling through carriers & app stores.
The cloud has been driving a lot of innovation and growth in the software business. I think it’s safe to say that mobile will be on par or bigger in both driving innovation and growth throughout the software industry.
Some of the ideas behind this SIIA initiative include:
So, help shape this market and grow with it by getting involved here early at the SIIA. There will be a town hall breakfast meeting at All About the Cloud on Wednesday, May 12 to discuss the Future of Mobile. Please join us.
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