In my last post, I discussed why cloud architects need to be business savvy when transforming IT to ITaaS.  Part of that discussion was how to get the information needed to assess the organization and the technology.  In this post I will dig a little deeper into that assessment process, starting with the working definition

When we teach the EMC Proven ITaaS class to cloud architects, we often hear them say “Wow I didn’t realize there would be so many business-related topics to address!”  Which is often followed by “How do I become an expert in the business and the technology?” Let me first address why the business-related topics are

Over the last year, EMC Education Services has designed and delivered a whole new set of courses as part of its open curriculum to train technologists to become ‘Cloud Architects.’  The curriculum and course descriptions can be found here on the EMC website.  The first course we developed was the Virtualized Data Center and Cloud

 My new role at EMC is to teach people to be Virtual Data Center (VDC) and Cloud Architects. For me this is a great privilege and an incredible learning experience – and a chance to build trust in the cloud one architect at a time.    During the process of developing the cloud architect curriculum, the

When we started developing the Cloud Architect IT-as-a-Service course, we weren’t too sure ourselves. So we started researching it by talking to our customers, partners, and of course our own technologists. One of our most knowledgeable technologists quipped “ITaaS is a marketing term.” But then he followed up with the definition: “how do you turn