John Shaw

The future is already here and cloud computing is changing shape. Over the next few years the tech industry will become an even more volatile marketplace. The disruption will come from the smaller companies that will be able to adapt faster and grow their market share at the expense of mid- and large-sized companies with the help of cloud computing. That is the pattern of recent years and it is set to continue. The question that a CIO needs to ask is why do companies like Blockbuster go out of business when they planned to lead the DVD home delivery market - and companies like Netflix succeed? How could it happen so quickly? The reason is clear: Netflix was customer-friendly, fun and at its core a good idea. Netflix operated at a loss given how much it paid to the United States Postal Service, but now those figures are reversed. Netflix started its subscription serv... (more)