In this episode of CloudCents, Jack interviews one of the brightest minds in Cloud Computing, Joe Weinman. Joe is a frequent global keynote speaker and noted authority on cloud computing economics and the business value of IT. He has spoken at well over 100 events on 6 continents. He is the author of Cloudonomics (Wiley, 2012), available in English and 2 Chinese editions, and Digital Disciplines (Wiley CIO, 2015) also available in Chinese. Joe is also a contributor to Regulating the Cloud (MIT Press, 2015) and the Cloud Economics editor for IEEE Cloud Computing Magazine. He has been awarded 22 patents in diverse technologies such as pseudo-ternary line coding, homomorphic encryption, distributed and cloud computing and storage, mobile telephony, and consumer products.