Every innovation spawns its own set of issues. What happens when you have a lot of a good thing, like cloud computing? You might get a “Franken-cloud,” as some vendors are calling it. Basically, a Franken-cloud is what happens when you have multiple cloud-based systems that need to share data and run processes in your business. As recently as a few years ago, the same issues would have come from buying multiple best-of-breed applications and trying to knit them together — and there are plenty of legacy situations that fit this description.
Early Franken-Cloud
Posted by: Denis Pombriant June 10, 2015 12:16 PMEvery innovation spawns its own set of issues. What happens when you have a lot of a good thing, like cloud computing? You might get a “Franken-cloud,” as some vendors are calling it. Basically, a Franken-cloud is what happens when you have multiple cloud-based systems that need to share data and run processes in your business. As recently as a few years ago, the same issues would have come from buying multiple best-of-breed applications and trying to knit them together — and there are plenty of legacy situations that fit this description.