NSFW: The Cloud Computing Consultant

This is bang on the nail, laugh out loud funny. (Warning it's NSFW so not for sensitive types).

Presenting Course at CDC 24th Nov: Productivity and Internet Technology

For anyone based here in Canterbury, Smina and myself will be presenting a course on "Productivity and Internet Technology" at CDC next month 24th November. Course synopsis:

"A workshop designed for owners and managers of service based businesses looking to improve productivity and reduce costs through better use of IT.
Participants will be introduced to Enterprise Architecture techniques for small to medium sized businesses, productivity improvement by using better IT, whilst exploring the benefits that Cloud-based IT can provide your business and especially your workforce. You will take part in discussions on the basic approaches to improving productivity: change technology, change processes or change how people work. We will show you how businesses use technology make it a worthwhile investment to their business.

Follow-up coaching with the presenter provides a valuable opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities specific to your business."

For more details and to register, go to the CDC website at:

http://www.cdc.org.nz/main/fast-track-detail/?course=34#

Did you know?

Thanks @Smina who emailed this over, worth taking 5 minutes of your time. Video presentation on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Brenman.

"By 2049 a $1000 computer will have more computational capacity than the whole human race". Get your head around the consequences of *that*!

Amazon Web Services provisioning 50,000 EC2 server instances PER DAY

Picked this up from Reuven Cohen @ Enomaly's blog: The Business of Cloud Computing is booming:

"An analysis by Guy Rosen also sheds some light on the cloud opportunity in which he estimates that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is provisioning 50,000 EC2 server instances per day. A 50K/day run rate would imply a yearly total of over 18 million provisioned instances. "

Read the rest of @ruv's post: this confirms something that we've noticed is that cloud provisioning provides up to 90% cost savings relative to traditional outsourced data centre hosting, PLUS with no vendor lock-in or minimum contract terms. Bring it on.

Memia is hiring: Senior SaaS Test Analyst

We're hiring a number of roles at Memia - first up, Senior SaaS Test Analyst:

Play a key role in the next global SaaS success story from New Zealand

Memia Cloud Consulting is focussed on building and deploying Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and solutions - we are currently developing the next global SaaS success stories from our base in central Christchurch, Canterbury.

We are looking for key people to fill a number of roles on our team, either on a Contract or Permanent basis:

Senior SaaS / Web 2.0 Test Analyst

Are you an experienced software QA analyst with formal Enterprise Application testing knowledge, an understanding of how the best SaaS applications should work, and experience of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) processes?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

You will need:

* Over 3 years of professional experience as a Software Test (QA) Analyst
* A deep understanding of web-based applications and SaaS delivery models
* Ideally experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and processes
* Ability to work closely with customers, software developers and business analysts in an Agile software development environment
* Strong written documentation skills
* Rigorous attention to detail
* Ability to bring creativity and new ideas to the job, and to be willing to put in the extra effort to help the team meet deadlines
* Above all, we are looking for you to be a self-starter who delivers results from day one.

What we can offer:

* Market-competitive remuneration
* Work from our great City Centre offices on Cashel Mall
* Relaxed flexible working environment
* Get to be part of a world class team using the latest Cloud-based technology
* Be part of the next great global SaaS success story born right here in Canterbury

If this role describes you and fits in with *your* career ambitions, please send your CV in confidence to Smina Vanlerberghe, Director: smina@memia.com

Note: You have to be able to work in New Zealand to apply for this job.
There's visa information at New Zealand Immigration Service.

Upcoming Cloud Conferences: Auckland, San Jose

End of a long blogging hiatus - Memia has been in vertical lift off over the last couple of months and things only just settling down again. Lots of stuff going on! ;-)

Just a quick shout out for a couple of upcoming conferences I'm going to be attending in the next few months, would be good to catch up with anyone else who's going to be there:

New Zealand Cloud Computing Summit: 5th October, Rendezvous Hotel Auckland NZ.

See: http://www.brightstar.co.nz/nz/cloud-computing-summit.html#


Software Vendors SaaS Migration Conference 2009: 7-8 December, San Jose

See: http://www.cloudfutures.com/usa/

Microsoft Office 2010: The Movie

I like this from Microsoft.



"Watch your margins!" ;-)