Using Cloud Computing to Test, Develop and Innovate. Are you using cloud computing yet? If so, that’s great. If not, what is holding you back? Do you know enough about it? Do its capabilities confuse you? Have you not found a good use for it? I would guess that you are using cloud computing without even knowing it. As I work in the cloud industry, I get to see the trends as they happen and what innovative ways people are using the cloud to drive business success. And the business possibilities are only growing because of the successes of others. So why am I suddenly in the weeds here and not up in the clouds? But I want to talk about a use case for cloud computing that I’ve seen to be extremely popular and one that you don’t immediately think about: Test and Development environments.
Developers, entrepreneurs and innovators do the same thing. So hopefully you can see the importance of this use case. HTD says: Use the cloud to create, innovate and succeed! Business Agility - Tom Dunlap - The Pie in the Cloudy Sky. BPM & Decision Management SOA, Connectivity & Integration Cloud, Virtualization & Infrastructure Tom Dunlap The Pie in the Cloudy Sky bio Email This Print Comment 2/16/2012 10 comments Login to Rate in Share 0 Roaming the halls of the Cloud Connect conference in Silicon Valley this week, it's easy to get lost in all the hype. Unbridled enthusiasm is an all-too-common symptom of almost any Silicon Valley tradeshow that focuses on a hot technology. Just peruse the names of the sessions and you too may swoon: or even I decided to take in a speech by Jim Stikeleather, chief innovation officer at Dell.
"If you buy into the fact that cloud basically has unassailable economics associated with it, unassailable agility associated with it, unassailable flexibility associated with it, you quickly come to the conclusion that any company, and any innovation they will deliver, will be delivered in some way, shape, or form via the cloud," he said toward the end. Hold on there, Jim. "It wasn't," he said. Comments Yes. To innovate, experiment. By Saul Kaplan, contributor FORTUNE -- Learn by doing.
Constantly test new ideas. Learn, share and repeat. The world is ever changing -- stay ahead of the curve. Embrace the art of discovery. We need to try more stuff. Innovation is never about silver bullets. Geoffrey Canada, the inspiring founder of the Harlem Children's Zone in NYC, reminds us of the importance of constant experimentation. Business model innovation is all about experimentation. We also must get far more comfortable with hacking capabilities. A good example of the power and potential of hacking capabilities is Microsoft's (MSFT) Kinect. Microsoft predictably launched Kinect with it's deeply ingrained proprietary product mind set.
And hack they will. Microsoft's initial knee-jerk reaction was as expected, negative. Hacking capabilities can unleash new sources of value and solutions for many of the social system challenges we face today. This piece is adapted from The Business Model Innovation Factory. Werner Vogels: Amazon and the Lean Cloud.