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great point; no brainer- it's a continuum - ongoing for many many years for sure

We're at the very beginning of a fundamental technology shift. This is definitely an ongoing process.

this is a multi decade innovation cycle with #cloud #bigdata #mobile #social

So, the consensus seems to be that it's an ongoing process. What's the catalyst that sets the process in motion?

@aha_inthe_cloud what should the ecosystem collaboration look like as we embark on this transformation journey?

With legacy apps, hardware and processes it is a ongoing process for the considerable future!

Catalyst is wanting to be able to expand and manage change & growing IT needs in a scalable way!

@iSocial_Fanz we got Brian in the house..

@furrier Yes sir happy to jump in when I saw it come across my twitter feed! Cheers! #IBMCloud Chat!

transformation is an ongoing process, cloud is the technology of the day that is new to the enterprise, but many software startups are cloudy from day1

The catalyst is different for different businesses. I just spent 3 days with companies that are fiercely proud of the systems they built 30 years ago. These guys are moving to the cloud when their key IT people retire.

Welcome, Brian!

Yes @aha_inthe_cloud I am still amazed at how many are scared of change! #CloudChat

There are also a LOT of businesses outside of the US that are born on the cloud because they can't access the IT resources any other way.

@iSocial_Fanz Can you think of anything that would make it less scary?

@amyhermes Yes a migration path to the cloud for non-cloud enabled applications as well as plans and strategies that phase out legacy systems but to do so it requires leadership buy in to fully invest in moving to the cloud

that fear isn't new - in the MadMen last Sunday you could see it in the reaction to the firm getting a (IBM) mainframe computer

I'm behind but ongoing process. Will only continue to evolve & transform as apps are built for the cloud & SaaS becomes the norm. The catalyst depends on cust but I'd say innovation & speed to market. Need to keep up with competitors and customers.

There is no cloud transformation, change, or strategy until a culture is prepared to absorb it. "Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast" (Drucker)

Culture eats strategy nice quote @guriahluwalia

@guriahluwalia Agree but the only thing companies are scared about more than moving to the cloud is changing company culture!

@bcwright1217 that mad men was a great one. I was totally thinking the same thing when that scene was there. now cognitive computing cc @ibmwatson

culture ate strategy + you are what you eat => culture == strategy

Ongoing - its business transformation. The seeds are planted with email, or a web app, or a CRM system, and it grows into a pervasive force for change @IBMcloud

@bcwright1217 i like that

@guriahluwalia care to offer any best practices for successful culture shifts -- cloud or otherwise...?

@iSocial_Fanz This was fun, from the Mad Men blog: http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2014/05/mad-mens-1960s-handbook-the-ibm-system360-computer/ #mainframe

If the app is usable, the cloud is invisible and meaningless to the end user.

End Users are seeing more focus on their experience in application development and how technology is delivered. Cloud especially PaaS and SaaS offerings are increasing the agility of organizations to deliver for the end user whether its an intern

or external

The end users not only expect to have apps and products always available and in the mobile world they want everything Available everywhere!

For the Enterprises they are focused on security, migration, privacy of data and understand the need for disaster recovery... the transformation for the enterprise is much longer with more variables!

untethered access to innovation and services into an H2H world

One area where end users should see the benefits of cloud is faster access to new applications.

The next wave if big data driven analytics which optimize user experience based on machine understanding of the user - both experience and machine learning capability are likely to be delivered via cloud slns because else economics wont scale

The cloud is transforming how customers and enterprise companies work together. Clients expect a full service experience. When they can get help with all their technology needs, in a one stop shop marketplace, this builds customers for life!

cloud transformation in general, and cloud foundry/bluemix in particular gives apps to a) end users 5x faster (weeks not months), and b) the enterprise 5x cheaper

End user experience should be invisible to technology, easy to use devices and apps. Reducing steps to do stuff; new experiences

Customers want and live in a SMAC world.. #Social #Mobile #Analytics and #Cloud

End users don't think about "the cloud." They think about unlimited access to applications from multiple devices.

I feel the market and consumerization of IT is telling us that there should be no difference in the user experience of technology for consumer and enterprises. Technology becomes opaque.

@aha_inthe_cloud exactly - the cloud should be in the background for the end-user, no more noticeable than the clouds in the sky

UX is critical in both, users dont care about how its delivered (social) and dont see the anlytics - they see the outcome. Agree it's opaque @guriahluwalia - but buying process for tech is diff for consumer and enterprise

@bcwright1217 Agree UX & CX are difficult because not only are the skills of the user different but the desired outcomes are as well..

@aha_inthe_cloud With unlimited apps, we are now at a different plateau of problem and opportunity to solve complexity of a different kind. We have an Apps surplus, and a Context deficit.

for startups it's let us scale to enterprise grade "overnight" - I think how that whole VC backed industry has changed in 10 years is a huge example

I think it's dramatic when it changes a whole industry. Again, AWS and Zillow come to mind right away.

this crowd chat app right here is an example; runs in cloud (#devops) lots of node etc; low cost high value; don't have to hire bunch of sys admins #infrastructure #code

First thing that comes to mind is Disaster recovery scenarios or collocation IT demands that weren't predicted!

I see analytics continuing to be huge spinning up cloud real time resource pools to do "point analytics" on data..system like capabilities at the finger tips #bluemix will be part of this

At #AWSreinvent it was very cool to see companies like @AirBnB & @Dropcam grow and expand so fast while never purchasing one physical server!

@CrowdCaptain that is true, people are exposed to apps that they never know runs on the cloud

in big companies that have already invested, the transformation tends to be looked at for cost savings and frankly that case is often hard to make

big companies that have already invested in systems need to focus on cloud projects where they develop new capabilities - analytics and other big data are use cases that make sense

Enterprises must find a scalable approach to grow & manage cloud applications while also using software to manage legacy equipment.

@iSocial_Fanz there is a lock in if to dependent on cloud;

the dramatic ones aren't all greenfield. they are often in seemingly fringe problems with outsized impact. e.g. can't access information, get cloud+mobile storage and sharing >> increase productivity + sales + happiness

Lock in is a misnomer - there are plenty of SIs that will move you cloud to cloud

it just a function of business case if you worried about cost... if you are missing capabilities, then that's a different challenge, but possibly an opty too @edla

I am impressed by crowd-sourced collaboration (like Waze for navigaiton). The pattern of peer-to-peer capability in #IoT rather #IoTH (H for Human) enabled by cloud presents astounding possibilities to society and business.

we've seen a dramatic impact of the cloud in the form of cloud foundry powered app factory which resulted in 1-2 year time to market advantage for 1B+ enterprise (media) against competition

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