Cloud Computing

30 Oct, 2010  Courses Advisory Cloud Computing Computing

I attended two presentations this week from two very different speakers on two different topics but heard a common message in both. Cloud computing is on the rise and here to stay!

The first speaker was Lee Spelman, a managing director of JP Morgan Asset Management. Her talk was on the economic outlook and investment strategies. Her personal expertise is in the technology sector and she recommended companies building cloud computing solutions are a good investment. She noted that non-technology companies should not have to be technology experts to use technology. Cloud computing  allows users to have less hardware and infrastructure locally, instead accessing what they need via a cloud.

The second speaker was Michael Hugos, author of Business Agility: Sustainable Prosperity in a Relentlessly Competitive World, during the IIBA Books, Authors webinar series. Michael also predicted the rise of cloud computing, and subsequent outsourcing of corporate technical support call centers.

Both of these predictions make sense as mobile devices become the norm. Users don’t need to know where their data is stored, or where their application software is physically stored.

This, like every technology innovation, has implications for business analysis. I honestly don’t know a lot about cloud computing but am going to spend some time learning more about it. It is very likely someone will ask me about it and I want to be able to have an intelligent conversation. This is a good example of how BAs need to stay current with new trends in both technology and their industry. As BAs we must be educated enough to have a conversation about any new innovation and how it might better support our business stakeholders. As with all of our analysis work we don’t need to know “HOW” to build it, but we do need to know “WHAT” it is.

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