Ed Byrne

An Open Letter to Ireland Inc. on the Cloud Computing opportunity

Posted on11. Apr, 2010 by Ed Byrne.

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Ireland Inc. (Enterprise Ireland, IDA, Irish Software Association, IBEC, Irish Computer Society, Irish Internet Association) are not doing enough for the country to take advantage of this enormous opportunity and position Ireland as THE location for Cloud Services

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The Cloud Consultant should be the good guy

Posted on11. Apr, 2010 by Ed Byrne.

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Jokes about Cloud Consultants aside (NSFW Youtube video), I think there exists a real and tangible opportunity to help companies with their Cloud Computing evaluation and adoption. The incumbent IT supplier doesn’t want to talk to clients about Cloud Computing – why would they – it eats their bread-and-butter hardware sales and maintenance revenue. These [...]

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Goodbye Hosting365, Hello World !

Posted on11. Apr, 2010 by Ed Byrne.

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In mid-March this year, Hosting365 was acquired by SunGard Availability Services. While I genuinely believe this is a great move for both Hosting365 and SunGard, it’s not one that I am going to partake in. I enjoyed my 4 years as General Manager, and now it’s time to let someone else take the company forward. [...]