Developers now have more power and autonomy over technology choices compared to IT decision makers. For the first time, developers don't need permission to use various cloud services and tools as adoption is now bottom-up driven by developers rather than top-down driven by CIOs. This represents a major shift where procurement is no longer controlled solely by IT, and developers are increasingly empowered to use what they want.

1. 10.20.2005
The Cloud and the New
Kingmakers
June 2014

2. The world has changed.
I see it in the water.
I feel it in the Earth.
I smell it in the air.
- J.R.R. Tolkein
Flickr: The GameWay

3. The Cloud
Flickr: Tom Raftery

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“EC2 means anyone
with a $10 bill can rent
a 10-machine cluster
with 1TB of distributed
storage for 8 hours.”
- Flip Kromer
Cause

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Effect

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The Rewards of Developer Focus

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And It’s Not Just
The Cloud

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Technology adoption today is bottom up
CIO
DEVELOPERS

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What IT Decision Makers Think is Being Used
CIO
DEVELOPERS
What Developers Want to Use
What is Actually Being Used

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“How did this
happen?”

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2

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3
For the first time in
history
developers don’t need
permission

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4
And they are
increasingly
empowered

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5
Education and Training

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6
Collaboration Mechanisms

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7
Marketplaces for Goods & Services

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It’s the end of
procurement as we’ve
known it

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9
Still skeptical?

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0
Consider language
adoption

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2
Consider the state
of standards

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3

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4
Consider software
adoption

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5

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6
“Ok, fine. Everything
has changed. But
what do I do?”

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/yersinia/4440378237/
Treat developers like a baby treats bacteria

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“As any new parent knows, infants are
notoriously susceptible to bacterial
infections. A study now suggests that
the body engineers this vulnerability
deliberately, allowing beneficial
microbes to colonize the baby’s gut,
skin, mouth and lungs.”
Nature, 11.6.13

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How?

30. Step 1: Learn from King Cnut

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Cnut set his throne by the sea
shore and commanded the tide
to halt and not wet his feet and
robes. Yet "continuing to rise as
usual [the tide] dashed over his
feet and legs without respect to
his royal person.”
Source: Wikipedia

32. Step 2: Ease Off The
Brake
Flickr: Nicholas Serre

33. Step 3: Learn Jujitsu

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"Jutsu" can be translated to
mean "art" or "technique" and
represents manipulating the
opponent's force against himself
rather than confronting it with
one's own force.
Source: Wikipedia

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