Microsoft Cloud Computing Predictions

In order to seecure a foothold into the future of computing beyond desktops and servers, Microsoft appears poised to make eye-popping investments in a cloud-computing infrastructure that rivals peer companies in the space. ...

... "Microsoft has the resources and, it appears, the will to invest many billions in the physical infrastructure necessary to secure a place ... " ...

Via Nicholas Carr Blog: Microsoft data-center investment likely

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Organize for Virtualization Success

A virtualized environment offers the ability to achieve significant scalability. Benchmarks and heuristics can help you assess the future state model for your organization post-implementation. ...

... "Management team: 15 percent of IT groups are creating a dedicated team, often called the virtual computing team, that brings together experts from various IT disciplines to manage the overall virtualization effort ... " ...

Via CIO: Benchmarks

Computing's Future is in the Cloud

Apple and Google. Devices and Clouds. An exciting look into the future of computing by Nick Carr, who sometimes thinks that IT doesn't matter, but always offers an interesting perspective. ...

... "At this very moment, in a building somewhere in Silicon Valley, I guarantee you that a team of engineers from Google and Apple are designing a set of devices that, hooked up as terminals to Google's supercomputer, will define how we use computers in the future. " ...

Via Nicholas Carr's Blog: Future of Computing

More Innovation to Come

Jeff Bezos offers insights on the future ... parallels to the past ... says that there more innovation to come. ...

IT Talent: Women Professionals Needed

NYT shares insights on negative trend for women undergraduate computer science majors. This is a trend that we cannot afford. The IT profession needs the capabilities that come naturally to women: communication, simplicity, relationship-building, caring, nurturing, etc. ...

... "there is one area in which their presence relative to men is static or even shrinking: computer science. " ...

Via New York Times: Female Computer Science Gap

Intuition Creates the Futurescape

Though not exclusively, women exhibit the ability to process volumes of data, sythesize the meaning, and predict a potential future ... a skill all of us could benefit from. ...

... "Capturing the zeitgeist is about the future, an inexact - but invaluable - ability to sense where the world is going before it gets there. " ...

Via Fast Company: Intuition