#DefragCon 2013 Notes: The Sands of Time: How Cloud is Changing the Role of the CIO — Rod Smith, IBM

The Sands of Time: How Cloud is Changing the Role of the CIO – Rod Smith, IBM

• LoBs want apps “built and deployed in less than 6 days”
• Looking for business value first, IT integration second
• This means working closer with CMOs, CHROs, etc
• IT using open source, “born on the web” technologies to deliver quickly
• This meets the LoB’s neds, but not IT’s architecture, integration, security, compliance, business controls
• IT beginning to factor in cloud solutions to meet LoB opportunistic business needs
• Enables ROI transparency
• Using cloud resources enable rapid exploration before IT integration, allowing the conversation to happen earlier
• They liked how Heroku’s business model brings the discussion to a business level dialog, rather than IT
• They are using the open cloud architecture to select the vendors desired, as well as location, to build their fabric
  • CloudFoundry, OpenStack, etc.
• API-centered view for building solutions
• BlueMix PaaS demo – integrated DevOps with browser and Eclipse-based tools