Enterprise IT has a disturbing tendency to get excited about technology rather than architecture and planning.
According to David Linthicum, this sorry state is quite evident as cloud computing begins to take hold in the standard IT technology arsenal.
“The fact of the matter is that there are two worlds. One involves the hype and good feelings about next-gen IT, such as cloud computing, that tells us the technology itself will save us from the mistakes of the past. Then there’s the world of planning, architecture, and design that makes the technology actually useful – despite IT’s aversion to this crucial stage,” Linthicum writes.
The problem is not the fault of hyped technology, nor of those whom build and sell it. In many cases, the hyped technology works. Cloud computing is no exception.