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Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
Anthony Owen D’ErricoEMC² | Emerging Technology DivisionRegional Territory Manager – OK | ARMobile: (405) 513-2971
Book of Hours, Valenciacirca 1460
Collection of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Books were beautiful works of Art (e.g. Illuminated Manuscripts)
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
These handcrafted masterpieces were created by specially trained monks
They focused mainly on religious texts
They were only available to the Clergy, the Nobility and the Wealthy
Jean Miélot copying manuscripts in a scriptoriumcirca 1450
Self Portrait
Creating these works of Art was a lifelong pursuit
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
These monks were equal parts author translator, illustrator, scribe and priest
Their work was performed in specially-designed scriptoria
Some books took multiple lifetimes to complete
“Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre”Master of the Royal Alexander, C. 1420
British Library
Monks became stewards of nearly all human knowledge in this period
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
The Clergy also created and preserved new material in Science, Medicine, Farming and the Classics
“Les élèves sont assis sur le sol avec la tonsure”Grandes Chroniques de France
Late 14th Century
The majority of scholarship took place inside the Church
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
Institutional knowledge was passed on within the Church and to those they tutored
The common man relied on oral traditions and communal knowledge to advance society
Agenda: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
By 1480 there were 110 printing presses in operation
By the end of the 15th century the printed book was in universal use throughout Europe
Illuminated Manuscripts were produced primarily for the Church and Nobility, and eventually died out completely
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismIn 1440 Johannes Gutenberg introduced his moveable type press
Functioning reproduction of original Gutenberg PressOne-third scale
C. 1877
“Gutenberg und seine Mitarbeiter bei der Arbeit”Lithograph
Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismBooks could now be created with comparative ease by common tradesmen
Printing presses began turning out leaflets and pamphlets, increasing the reach of the written word
Advancements in printing technology drove down costs and further increased literacy
“Shakespeare Reading” by William Page 1873-1874
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismThe availability of the printed word had far-ranging consequences
The Classics, which until 1490 had been preserved in monasteries and hand-copied by monks, could now easily be spread among the literate classes of Europe
These ancient texts led to the growth of new artistic, literary and philosophical movements throughout the Renaissance
Shakespeare, not an aristocrat but just a merchant from a small town in England, was now able to read Greek and Roman texts, which would have a profound effect on his own writings
Renaissance humanism sought to create a citizenry that could read and write with eloquence and clarity
This was to be accomplished by researching the studia humanitatis: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and philosophy
This would allow the common man to engage in civic life, creating wider societal benefits for all
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismNew authors began to attack the status quo
Page from “Das Narrenschiff” by Sebastian BrantC. 1497
Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
Agenda: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
Complex solutions require knowledge from all disciplines:
• Compute• Storage• Network• Application
IT Solutions are like Beautiful Snowflakes
IT During the Era of the Second Platform
Complexity pushes out the timeline:
• Application Updates• Server Patching• Storage Deployment• Network Upgrades• Scope Creep
Enterprise Projects can take years to complete
IT During the Era of the Second Platform
“Might as well be Witchcraft”
• Boolean Algebra• Amdahl’s Law• Regression Testing• Shotgun Debugging• Boehm Garbage Collecting
Nobody in “The Business” really knows what IT does
IT During the Era of the Second Platform
There was no alternative due to:
• CAPEX Models• Internal Controls• Application/Platform Specificity• Service Provider Maturity
Internal IT was the ONLY RESOURCE to get your projects done
IT During the Era of the Second Platform
Agenda: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
The Age of the Cloud
People CentricAgileFlexibleSelf-ServiceDeveloper CentricLower effort
AutomatedFast to provisionResilientIntegrated Lifecycle Management
Efficient/TransparentCost per UnitUse ReportingLess expensiveOnly use what you need
“The Cloud” isn’t a product- you can’t buy it shrink-wrapped
Solutions that were once individually complicated projects are now deployed with the push of a button:
• File Shares• Web Sites• Database Servers• Virtual LANs
IT Solutions have become commodities
The Age of the Cloud
“The Business” demands increased speed, flexibility and reliability from IT solutions
Users expect IT solutions to be deployed at the same speed as consumer-grade solutions (e.g. mobile applications)
The Cloud has sped up the deployment of new technology
The Age of the Cloud
The Age of the CloudIT staff cannot keep up with the increase in theoretical complexity
The level of complexity IT staffs face today is increasing at an exponential rate
The Cloud will create more jobs, but not fast enough to keep up with the real increase in complexity
“The Business” will still demand IT staffs to do more with less
The Age of the CloudFor the first time ever, “The Business” has a choice
Internal IT resources are not the de facto option for deploying IT projects
Individual departments with budgetary autonomy can shop numerous cloud providers for server, storage and application resources
“Shadow IT” is on the rise, creating security and governance risks for organizations
Agenda: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
The IT Renaissance
The business tends to focus and drive revenue abovethe line
Server
NetworksStor
age
Mgmt Tools
Devices
People
Apps
Traditional IT infrastructure
groups expend more effort below
the line than above
The IT Renaissance
Apps
Infrastructure
ServiceDelivery
Users
In the Age of the Cloud, businesses that make it around this circle the fastest will win
The IT Renaissance
Server
NetworksStor
age
Mgmt Tools
Devices
People
Apps
• What do you want to be great at?
• What are you responsible for?
• Does it give you a unique advantage?
• Is it sustainable?
• What is the opportunity cost?
• How else could you better serve the
business?
• How could you move from cost center to
profit center?
Go Paint Your Masterpiece
“The Birth of Venus”BotticelliC. 1485
