The latest edition of Pathfinder Business is now available, both online and in print, to registered subscribers. You can see the whole edition via the website, but you'll need to register to get the password. This edition includes a feature from me on the evolution of the world's software industry, with a particular focus on the opportunities that cloud computing is presenting for software developers from anywhere in the world to compete on a more equal footing in any market:
"As a result, the balance of power in the world's software industry is slowly shifting away from Western Europe and North America and towards a larger group of countries who will be playing a key role in the industry's next incarnation."
This interview called upon data and opinions from a plethora of sources around the world, including Gartner, Google, NEC, SmartPath, Salesforce.com, Ovum, GoGrid, as well as a bunch of folk whose comments I wasn't able to include - so I've included one of the emailed responses in this post. If you want to know more about the scaling hosting environment Scalr, click here, , the enterprise open source cloud platform abiquo, click here, or about the open source cloud project Eucalyptus Systems, click here (for comments from its CEO, Woody Rollins).
The second of my recent studies on cloud computing will soon be appearing as the cover story for CIO Australia.
There are also stories in the latest edition on the fate of the Indian outsourcer Satyam and Australia's infrastructure investments.
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