Don Sheppard

I'm a IT management consultant. I began my career in railways and banks after which I took up the consulting challenge! I try to keep in touch with a lot of different I&IT topics but I'm usually working in areas that involve service management and procurement. I'm into developing ISO standards, current in the area of cloud computing (ISO JTC1/SC38). I'm also starting to get more interested in networking history, so I guess I'm starting to look backwards as well as forwards! My homepage is http://www.concon.com but I am found more here.

Articles by Don Sheppard

Cloud computing – basic concepts

If you haven't started on the journey to cloud computing, here's a starter guide

Report from Oracle’s Innovation Forum

I attended the Oracle Innovation Forum in Toronto on Nov. 6,  a full day seminar billed as an opportunity to "see innovation in practice." ...

Enterprise mobility – The next frontier

On October 23/24, 2013 I attended the Mobile Enterprise Strategies Summit in Toronto, organized by The Strategy Institute.  The conference, which included speakers from...

Software-defined Systems and Services

We appear to be moving into an era where ICT is "software-defined" and typically offered "as a Service."  This is especially true for enterprise...

Cloud computing standards spotlight – ISO JTC1/SC38

Cloud computing is the hot topic in ICT these days, and it is no surprise that there are numerous standardization efforts ongoing in various...

Thoughts on the digital era

The word "era" generally refers to a period in the history of humanity.  Although you can slice and dice history in many different ways,...

Evolution of the mobility ecosystem

There are clearly lots of changes in the "mobility ecosystem" these days. For example: Microsoft is buying Nokia's phone and services business and has announced the...

Updating my iPhone 4S

I am sure there are hundreds of thousands (even millions) of stories similar to mine in the big city this morning.  It is Day...

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