Cloud is now Mainstream, MJ Hologram

I was part of starting the first cloud computing company in Canada in 2009.  The term "cloud" was not in mainstream use in Canada then, though it had been around in US for about 2 years.  I was part of a cyber-infrastructure/High Performance Computing/Grid/eScience community and first started calling it "pooled resources".

We built a cloud in Alberta and had revenue and were starting to build a site in Ontario, but we could not raise growth capital and had to fold the company in the Fall of 2011.

Cloud is so mainstream now, that pretty much all enterprises now have cloud (public or private) on their roadmap and it is the way software, data, storage, compute etc. is being delivered.  e.g. so much content is now on YouTube and Netflix that there are no longer any DVD/video rental places.

Now, totally unrelated, there was a music "CD" launched by Michael Jackson yesterday even though he died 5 years ago and there was a hologram of MJ singing and dancing to one of the new songs.

Here it is:

http://youtu.be/jDRTghGZ7XU

Gartner now has a hype cycle just for cloud

Just gave a presentation on cloud computing to the Calgary chapter of the World President's Organization.  They are all successful businessmen who are between 60-70.  They wanted to know about cloud computing and quantum.  I gave a 1-hout talk that included a lot of things.

Gartner 2012 Cloud Hype Cycle

Cloud is definitely maturing!

Digital NIbbles Episode on Canadian Cloud

Challenges and Opportunities for the Cloud - Digital Nibbles Podcast episode 11

Joining Allyson and Reuven in this Digital Nibbles are Julien Coulon (Co-Founder, Cedexis) and Lynn Sutherland (COO, Canadian Cloud Council) and Pano Xinos (VP, Quebec, Canadian Cloud Council). Julien talks about taking a federated approach to Web performance management of the cloud while Lynn and Pano give an update on the cloud in Canada and the driving forces behind adoption. For more info on the Canadian Cloud Council visit www.canadiancloudcouncil.ca and for more on Cedexis visit www.cedexis.com.

Available here http://t.co/eC4nvKQY

This Podcast, recorded June 6, 2012, uses SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/ which allows users to create their own sound channels for podcasts, favorite musicians, genres etc.  Maybe the ne DIY radio.

Improving Canada's Innovation System for Startups

My article "Improving Canada's Innovation System for Startups" was  recently posted on the StartupCanada.ca web site.

"Startup Canada is Canada’s first-ever, entrepreneur-led, national movement to enhance the nation’s competitiveness and prosperity by supporting and celebrating Canadian entrepreneurship." 

The article covers a few topics:
- is Canada doing well in Innovation?
- how can we measure Innovation?
- a nice diagram of a model of the Innovation System
- the Jenkins report on Innovation
- what do Startups need?

Enjoy!

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Your Blues Name

By now, I hope you have figured out that this is a blog just for my random musings.  I have a more serious blog at somanysites.com (so little time) where I post links and commentary on web sites, apps, cloud, open data, innovation, social media etc.  I have also have a website grokiam.com that holds some of the more permanent ideas that I'm interested in.  I create these blogs and websites, not just for my own amusement, but because I want to keep on top of current technologies.

Most of what I post on this particular blog is very eclectic.

Here's how to find your blues name.

That makes me:  Pretty Bones Davis

Photos to Remember

This was taken in Venice, Italy, Spring 2011.