Cloud May Put Operating Systems Out of Their Misery

I am an author and independent researcher, covering technology, information innovation trends and markets. I as well can be found speaking at business IT, cloud and SOA industry events and Webcasts. In recent years, I had the possibility to keynote the International SOA and Cloud Symposium in Amsterdam, and SOA Congress in Germany. I am as well one of 17 co-authors of the SOA Manifesto, which outlines the values and guiding principles of service orientation in business and IT. Much of my technology work is in conjunction with Unisphere Research/ Information Today, Inc. for user groups including SHARE, Oracle Applications Users Group, Independent Oracle Users Group and International DB2 Users Group. I am as well contributor editor to CBS interactive, authoring the ZDNet "Service Oriented" site, and CBS interactive's SmartPlanet "Business Brains" site. In a previous life, I served as communications and research director of the Administrative Management Society, an international professional association dedicated to advancing knowledge within the IT and business management fields. I am a graduate of Temple University.

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