Fake Cloud, Blockchain, and Ransomware

“Sadin on Digital” episodes explore the fast-changing and
high-stakes world of digital business. Wayne Sadin and I focus in
particular on what CEOs and boards must do to lead their
companies successfully into the Digital Age. Today, we explore
how business leaders should hire CIOs. Because the industry is
changing, and the role needs to change along with it.


Episode 9


In this episode, Wayne and I talk about how his Christmas present
this year to his clients and potential clients is about what to
think about next year. He says that all technology is not good
technology – and it’s sometimes hard to tell the wheat from the
chaff.


He says there are too many things in the market called Fake
Cloud. They sound like Cloud, they look like Cloud, but they just
add to complexity and cost. And there’s a balloon payment due in
the form of ransomware that holds your data for hostage.


I tell him that this week Cloud Wars named Thomas Kurian the
Cloud Wars CEO of the Year. Wayne says he put Google into the
business of supplying Cloud to enterprises – and he says it’s a
terrific choice for those of us that see Cloud as a place to put
mature workloads.


Wayne says everybody who has done a big ERP knows that if you’re
not ready for a seven, eight, nine-figure investment, take a look
at something else. He says technical debt comes in because
clients don’t realize that every year they have to keep spending
that. And by moving to SaaS, hyperscale Cloud, and modern ERP
they can buy the product, pay their monthly fee, upgrade it
maintain it – and not create technical debt.


Wayne says blockchain is a solution in search of a problem. He
says every problem that’s been brought to him he found a cheaper,
simpler, easier way to solve it. Also, he says 5G will one day be
a terrific product, but it’s just not ready yet.





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