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

Social video networks – crossing the chasm?

Live video streaming with mobile Internet devices, which seems to have come out of nowhere, has been taking the Internet by storm.  The two...

Wanted: Canadian cloud success stories

Cloud computing is being touted as the next wave in information technology.  The combined of clouds, social networks, mobility and data science is definitely...

Managing a cloud computing project

Is cloud computing “business as usual” for the IT project manager (the PM)?  Are cloud-based projects really any different from traditional projects? Since cloud computing...

The future of cloud computing

With rapid technology change and almost daily product announcements, I am sure many people wonder what’s going on with information technology, and with cloud...

Five lessons from Internet history

Useful lessons from the Internet’s development, both technical and commercial, that can be applied to cloud computing and the Internet of Things.

The evolution of talent – skills + expertise + experience

Strangely enough, companies typically talk about specific talent requirements while employees focus on knowledge, past experience, and performance

The impact of net neutrality on cloud computing

The implications of net neutrality touch on a wide range of networking, broadcasting, and telecommunications topics

Containerized cloud computing – the next big thing?

Competition among cloud providers is intense on many fronts, and yet many of the innovations seem to be older ideas re-visited

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