A Clearer View

There was a great article today by Derrick Harris in GRIDtoday. And on a rainy Chicago morning it was indeed a welcome bit of illumination. In this article Harris interviews Jamie Bernardin and Jikku Venkat, CTOs of DataSynapse and United Devices respectively. Knowing them as I do these wise words really do not surprise me, but reflecting on my constant pleas (I'm not even going to include any back links here as they are numerous) to get some existing applications "Grid enabled", it did make me jump up and say "Amen"! In fact I much prefer the term "application virtualization" as opposed to "Grid enabled" I think I'll use that from here on out.

We've said all along that Grid Computing is a disruptive technology, then wonder why enterprise isn't embracing it. Quite simply, we've scared them. Instead we need to take the approach Bernardin and Venkat outline and position Grid (or whatever we want to call it) as an evolution, not a revolution.

From the article:

"It's not around creating new Grid services," Bernadin said, "it's really just about putting existing applications onto a managed, shared infrastructure."

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"It's not really as much of a disruptive technology. In fact, it's the opposite," said Venkat. "It's completely non-disruptive to a roadmap they already are on that we are simply plugging into."

Well put Jamie, well put Jikku, and thank you Derrick!