Karl Scott from Satori consulting and the OMG cloud working group stops by to discuss the four major pain points for cloud adoption. Institutions are having a difficult time handling the architecture, migration, security and services needed. Jack and Karl go in-depth into each issue and search for answers.

Melvin Petties, CEO of Blockhive, stops by the studio and talks with Jack about the role of community around blockchain Technology. Aside from being a prolific writer and accomplished speaker, Melvin shares his thoughts on the role collaboration takes in the implementation of any technology, let alone blockchain. Don’t miss this informative and energetic discussion.

The great people at Gartner Research put out an article earlier this year which projected IT spending on Cloud services to eclipse $1.3T by the year 2024. Jack discusses solid planning, which is the common theme among all his interviewees, and the reason behind the need for a on-demand, pay-as-you-go pricing model for the cloud.

In the latest CloudCents, Jack explores the use of blockchain, specifically Smart contracts, which are enabled by cloud technology. Jack talks about the transactional accuracy along with all the other benefits of using smart contracts in the world of commodity trading. The prediction: Smart contracts will be the way all commodities are transacted in the years to come.

Jack examines a piece released by CenturyLink which talks about the myths behind Cloud adoption. He discusses the various percentages of IT professionals who are still unclear about migration, scalability, and security. With a projected industry-wide spend of $411B by 2020, Cloud migration and adoption is fast becoming the most important part of the IT budget.