There is an exchange in Through the Looking Glass between Humpty Dumpty and Alice:
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – that’s all.”
And thus it is with Cloud Computing. The question on the table is whether we are to be the master of the Cloud Computing concept and what it means to us as practitioners and/or users or whether we will treat it as magic providing whatever value we have need of during that moment in time.
For those of you, who are willing to brave Washington during the Nuclear Security Summit, April 13, I encourage you to drop by a Digital Government Institute sponsored event called “Use Secure Cloud Today to Optimize Customer Experiences”, being held at the Willard Hotel, from 8:30am to 1pm; registration opens at 7:45am.
I was asked to be on a panel at the conference starting at 10:30 entitled Meeting Customer Expectations In the Cloud, Practical Experience”. The panel will be hosted by Chris Dorobek, the ever popular host of the Federal News Radio afternoon show The Daily Debrief, and is scheduled to have:
- Gil Guillen from the Office of Electronic Services at the Social Security Administration;
- Laef Olson, CIO, RightNow Technologies;
- Thom Rubel, Vice President, IDC Government Insights; and
- Joe Thele, Director Air Force Personnel Operations Agency.
Based on the last phone call interaction with the other panelists Chris will lead us through three sub-topics:
- Current status,
- Thoughts on why one should consider ‘doing’ Cloud Computing, and
- Examples of lessons learned and how to deal with the barriers that tend to get in the way when doing so.
It should be fun and informative.
You can get further information at:
And as an added benefit, you can go out before or after and demonstrate for or against the Summit activities.