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Phil Wainewright

Phil Wainewright

Since 1998, Phil Wainewright has been a thought leader in cloud computing as a blogger, analyst and consultant. He founded pioneering website ASPnews.com, and later Loosely Coupled, which covered enterprise adoption of web services and SOA. As CEO of strategic consulting group Procullux Ventures, he has developed an evaluation framework to help ISVs and enterprises select cloud platforms, and advises US and European vendors on messaging, positioning and go-to-market. His newest role as an industry advocate is vice-president of EuroCloud.

About Software as Services

In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.

  • Citizen gateway gov.uk runs on Amazon

    By Phil Wainewright | February 1, 2012, 6:39am PST

    Can it be that the UK government actually gets the cloud? Its gov.uk trial runs on Amazon and is aiming for savings of 80 to 90 percent.

  • Planetary-scale computing

    By Phil Wainewright | January 31, 2012, 11:56am PST

    If you really want to know how to build a cloud, look at how Google architects its data center infrastructure to produce economies of scale at a global level

  • Why you can't afford to resist the cloud

    By Phil Wainewright | January 27, 2012, 1:48pm PST

    Large and small enterprises are creating new business opportunities through their use of the cloud, at the expense of those who are slower to adapt.

  • Opening enterprise collaboration to the world

    By Phil Wainewright | January 24, 2012, 3:06pm PST

    UK-headquartered cloud collaboration platform Huddle is targeting enterprise customers with an unlimited user edition and a generous uptime guarantee.

  • The cloud is forked

    By Phil Wainewright | January 22, 2012, 1:44pm PST

    Enterprises are adopting two types of cloud. One is less risky but inherently flawed. The other offers greater rewards but very few so far have succeeded with it.

  • Shock as tech news site researches own story

    By Phil Wainewright | January 18, 2012, 4:46am PST

    Kudos to InfoWorld for researching and breaking its story about the sudden-death vulnerability built into every Oracle database. This is a classic piece of technology journalism, researched over a...

  • 2011: the cloud has landed

    By Phil Wainewright | December 27, 2011, 10:54am PST

    Cloud became mainstream in 2011. Looking back, it’s extraordinary to see how far we’ve come in the year.

  • Santa's army of electronic helpers

    By Phil Wainewright | December 25, 2011, 4:20pm PST

    Even on Christmas Day, consumers today can download gifts and purchases, served by a silent army of electronic servers and switches.

  • Ambivalence in Europe and the cloud

    By Phil Wainewright | December 15, 2011, 10:40am PST

    The UK wielding its veto in Europe reminds me of the attitude many IT folk have towards cloud. The good news is that providers are starting to recognise and accommodate enterprise concerns.

  • Appirio acquires Saaspoint for push into Europe

    By Phil Wainewright | December 9, 2011, 12:42am PST

    US-based cloud integrator Appirio has announced it is buying long-established European pureplay Salesforce.com integrator Saaspoint to lead its charge into Europe.

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