A summary of various thought leadership presentation and stories from the last couple of years. It is all still relevant as things are still evolving in the area of cloud and mobility.
1. Brian Ott – Thought Leadership Examples
•CFO Magazine – 4 August, 2010
Your Cloud or Mine?
•CTO Edge article – 29 April, 2010
Decomposing Applications for Cloud
•IT Business Edge article – by Michael Vizard – 15 March, 2010
The Need for Cloud Computing Brokers
•CIO Zone article - By Michael Eggebrecht – 22 March, 2010
Is Cloud Brokerage the Next Big Thing?
•Database Trends and Applications article – 10 February, 2010
2010 - Three Key Cloud Trends
•IT Business Edge article – by Michael Vizard – 29 January, 2010
When to Apply Cloud Computing
•Your Cloud or Mine? By David McCann – 15 July, 2010
Private Cloud article - your cloud or mine?
2. Brian Ott – Thought Leadership Examples
•Enterprise Systems Journal: Q&A: Innovation and IT- In tough economic times, can IT
afford to be innovative? By James Powell - 08/11/2009
http://www.esj.com/Articles/2009/08/11/Innovation-and-IT.aspx?Page=1
•CIO Magazine article - “Five Things I’ve Learned” by Brian Ott – 19 November, 2009
5 Things I've Learned - CIO Magazine
•CIO Article – 1 September, 2009
Virtualization - A Reality Check
•In “Letting Go”, Brian Ott discusses the need for IT organizations to think beyond just
technology issues when managing the IT infrastructure
http://advice.cio.com/brianott/letting_go?page=0%2C0
•Eweek.com Podcast- by Michael Vizard - January, 2009
Mastering Virtualization
•Cloudsoft article – Breaking the Code - 23 June, 2008
Cloudsoft - "Drinking Your Own Champagne" by Brian Ott
3. Brian Ott – Thought Leadership Examples
•My interview with Rodney Gedda (CIO Magazine) -
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/316729/unisys_tames_virtualisation_more_innov
ation?fp=4194304&fpid=1
•Unisys internal virtualization story webcast recorded whilst in Sydney last year.
http://www.cio.com.au/videoview/316745
•Virtual Strategy magazine-Brian Ott's predictions for how virtualization will evolve in the
coming year: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/December-2008-Executive-
Viewpoint/Executive-Viewpoint-Brian-Ott-Unisys.html.
•“THE 15 TOP Information Management Trends for 2009”, Brian Ott’s insight on the
direction of cloud computing is Trend #2 for 2009 and found in this on-line publication:
Database Trends and Applications, http://www.dbta.com/e-edition/Dec08/2-
contributed_article_mckendrick.html
•Bank Technology News article – July, 2008
American Banker article - Mobile Adoption
