When Amazon announced the addition to its board of directors of General Keith Alexander, the controversial former chief of the National Security Agency, the condemnation came thick and fast. Alexander is the mastermind of a widespread surveillance program. His appointment to the board of Amazon only stoked the fears that Amazon and its Amazon Web Services … Continue reading In Convenience We Trust
Industry needs to come up with more accurate metrics in order to tell the real story of the cloud. Will the big cloud providers step up? Continue reading Open Letter: Why Cloud Business Needs Better Metrics
The cult of personality is alive and well this week, as evidenced in the reporting around Diane Greene’s appointment to head up Google’s enterprise cloud business. Everyone thinks that magically, all the challenges that GCE has faced will vanish. Or that Amazon’s 10-year head start will suddenly evaporate or, just like that, Microsoft Azure will … Continue reading P(Greene)R
