Cloud Computing: Out of the Boardroom into the Cloud
Great piece on driving corporate IT adoption of Cloud Computing by realizing value in the areas of development and testing, not necessarily production applications and resources. Testing processes and infrastructure resources are huge black holes (and subsequently afterthoughts) in many large organizations, which should logically point the testing function to “The Cloud” to evolve capabilities and grow capacity…we’ve been on projects where the lead time just to get a server provisioned in the data center was a minimum of 14 weeks, and the testing organization was told 2 weeks before the scheduled go-live date that they had 1 week to develop a test plan, procure the requisite resources, execute the test plan, and somehow be responsible for the delivery of a bug-free deliverable. Perhaps utilizing Cloud Computing won’t necessarily keep the testing team from being neglected and abused, but it should give them a new set of tools to respond with under unrealistic expectations and constraints. At the very least, this is a good path into the IT organization to start demonstrating value, allaying fears, and creating the cognitive dissonance required to drive acceptance of Cloud Computing.
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