Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to join a live panel discussion in New York on Cloud Computing. The panel was part of a live global conversation that took part in Asia (Singapore), Europe (Nice) and Americas (New York)…
Author: Tim M. Crawford
Tim Crawford is ranked as one of the top most influential CIOs. Tim is a transformational CIO with broad experience that takes a provocative, but pragmatic approach to the intersection of business and technology.
Tim has served as CIO and other senior IT leadership roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. Tim is also host of the CIO In The Know podcast.
Personal Cloud Computing for Road Warriors
I thought I would take a brief departure from my other missives to share some recent experiences. This entry is more geared for those of you that are road warriors. And it applies to the more personal use cases of…
Leveling the Playing Field for the Startup and SMB
Cloud Computing is the number one strategic issue for enterprise organizations today (Gartner). However, it presents a new advantage for the Startup and Small and Medium Business (SMB) to level the playing field. Today, startups find it challenging to raise…
Read More Leveling the Playing Field for the Startup and SMB
Privacy in the Cloud: Facebook & Google
Facebook and Google have taken quite a bit of heat lately regarding their privacy policies. In essence, they've taken an opt-out approach to privacy. Put another way, they make the decision for the user to share information then allow the…
AT&T Data Pricing Changes: Good or Bad?
Yesterday (June 2, 2010), AT&T announced changes to it's data service pricing. The full press release can be found at: http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30854 The big news is that AT&T is doing away with their "unlimited" data plans. Many folks will question whether…
Energy Used by Google Search
Ever wonder how much energy is used for a Google Search? Here's an interesting comparison: http://nextround.net/upcoming/thumbs/2010/05/12/How-Much-Energy-Is-Used-In-a-Google-Search-full.jpg Armed with this information, how much energy do you personally consume? What about other online services? Will this cause you to think differently about…
A Tweet is Forever
Today, the US Library of Congress announced that it acquired the entire Twitter public archive going back to March 2006. At over 50,000 tweets per day, that accounts for billions of tweets. http://www.loc.gov/tweet/how-tweet-it-is.html The announcement creates a number of considerations.…
U.S SEC Views on Disclosure Bring Focus to Carbon Impact
Recently, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offered both a view and a reminder on release of data related to climate change impact. The interpretation is located at: http://www.sec.gov/rules/interp/2010/33-9106.pdf For businesses, this means a greater focus on carbon impact…
Read More U.S SEC Views on Disclosure Bring Focus to Carbon Impact
Important Cloud Computing Aspects for CIOs
In late 2009, I had the pleasure of joining Jim Swartz, CIO of Sybase in a “Meet the Press” type of interview format. VMware hosted the interview for broadcast on CIO.com. The webcast is available on CIO.com’s website at: http://www.cio.com/webcast/512880/Important_Cloud_Computing_Aspects_for_CIOs
2010 Cloud Computing and Data Center Events
I've posted a list of 2010 cloud computing and data center events. http://avoa.com/events/ I will update these from time to time. If you see an error or know of another event, please contact me with the details.