“I’m careful when using terms like Big Data, because it can mean so many things to different people,” explained Eric Hanselman, Chief Analyst at 451 Research, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “There is huge value in analytics that companies can use to pull intelligence from a collection of data sources that are available in their businesses. The inexpensive storage that cloud services can offer make a great environment to pull together siloed data.”
Cloud Computing Journal: The move to cloud isn’t about saving money, it is about saving time – agree or disagree?
Eric Hanselman: Time or money shouldn’t be the driving motivations for a jump to any cloud. Cloudy capabilities offer the opportunity to change the way IT services are delivered to an organization. Improving deployment capabilities, making application designs more resilient, and optimizing access to data are far more important goals. Yes, costs and implementation times can be reduced, with clouds, but simply doing the same things with the same processes and procedures misses the largest advantages.