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 standards update – ISO JTC1/SC38

An important next question is: What new SC38 projects should be undertaken to crystallize and solidify the underpinning standards for cloud computing?

Innovations in banking are coming

An SAP Canada panel on the financial sector reveals where the industry is heading

Apple’s security flaw – an isolated incident?

Reports of the flaw have captured headlines, but they also raise a number of questions about mobile app security

The transformation to cloud computing

You may not have to replace a lot in your infrastructure to create a private cloud. Read why

An example of cloud computing … or not?

Strictly speaking, Dropbox isn't an example of cloud computing, a columnist argues. Read why

Defining cloud computing by its characteristics

Why determining what comes under the name is so difficult

Predictions for 2014 – the year of everything

A columnist foresees seven trends for the coming 12 months, all of which have one thing in common

What’s the deal with graphene?

I came across a new word the other day: graphene.  Since the word was completely new to me, and was portrayed as a game...

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