The Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts On Twitter

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"Is SaaS sony fit 15 svf15a16cxb killing traditional IT departments?" was a recent title of a wired
blog, noting that more companies are turning to software-as-a-service (SaaS) for their business
needs. Gartner is projecting that the enterprise app economy will generate $40 billion in sales for
developers by 2016. The explosive growth of mobile, social and cloud applications in the enterprise
is fragmenting the adoption of disparate technologies across the lines of business. The post noted:
"Forrester research predicts the IT department could disappear as soon as 2020," a theory that is
largely based on adoption of consumerization of IT and cloud computing in the enterprise. Massive
adoption of cloud computing in small and medium size businesses is now a competitive advantage
for winning. Here are a few cloud computing market statistics worth noting:
Worldwide public cloud service market to total $131 billion in 2013 - Gartner
By 2015, worldwide public cloud market to reach $180 billion - InformationWeek
60% of respondents from North America plan on increasing their budget in SaaS and public cloud
within the next two years. - Gartner
60% of server workloads will be virtualized in 2013 - Cloud Hypermarket
IDC - One of every seven dollars spent on packaged software, server, and storage offerings will be
through the public cloud model, growing five times faster than the total IT industry, by 2015.
84% of CIOs cut application costs by moving to the cloud - Business Insider
77% of enterprises are in the initial stages of cloud adoption: standardization, consolidation, and
virtualization - CIO Insight
88% of health care organizations have reduced. Choosing a CPU for your laptop is a necessary initial
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microarchitecture provides for a fast and fluid user experience.their cost of software applications by
moving them to cloud - Information Management
SMB spending on cloud solutions will grow by almost 20% over the next five years, with 3 in 10
midsize firms adopting public cloud solutions.
Forrester - channel partners will increase their reliance on cloud software and services from 22% to
27% from 2013 to 2014.
The latest research note from Bain & Company predicts revenue growth for SaaS companies will
triple between 2011 and 2014
A true understanding of cloud computing's business impact is critically important for the c-suite -
CIOs, CTOs, CFOs and CMOs. Today, some of the leading cloud advocates and experts are actively
sharing their views on social networks, especially Twitter. There are usually several possibilities to
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for you to make your current purchase easier.I have compiled the list of the top 100 cloud computing
pioneers and advocates on Twitter. The list consists of industry analysts, chief executives - including
CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs, journalist, authors and keynote speakers. It is important to note that active
participation on Twitter is a significant part of the selection criteria.
The Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts on Twitter:
Werner Vogels, @Werner
Krishnan Subramanian, @krishnan
Marc Benioff, @benioff
Ray Wang, @rwang0
James Staten, @Staten7
Randy Bias, @randybias
David Linthicum, @DavidLinthicum
James Governer, @monkchips
James Urquhart, @jamesurquhart
George Reese, @georgereese
Louis Columbus, @LouisColumbus
Peter Coffee, @petercoffee
Aaron Levie, @levie
Stephen Foskett, @SFoskett
Reuven Cohen, @rUv
Narinder Singh, @singhns
Zoli Erdos, @zolierdos
Jeff Barr, @jeffbarr
Alex Williams, @alexwilliams
Jeff Kaplan, @thinkstrategies
Joe Weinman, @joeweinman
Hoff, @beaker
Ben Kepes, @benkepes
George V Hulme, @georgevhulme
Simon Wardley, @swardley
Alessandro Perilli, @a_perilli
Duncan Epping, @DuncanYB
Sam Johnston, @samj
James Watters, @wattersjames
Steve O' Grady, @sogrady
Jeff Sussna, @jeffsussna
Eran Kampf, @ekampf
Dave McCrory, @mccrory
David Mortman, @mortman
Michael Ducy, @mfdii
Mark Collier,@sparkycollier
Adam Seligman, @adamse
Lauren Cooney, @lcooney
Jared Wray, @jaredwray
Joe McKendrick,@joemckendrick
Botchagalupe, @botchagalupe
Sinclair Schuller, @sschuller
Diane Muller, @pythondj
Geoff Arnold, @geoffarnold
Jonathan Murray, @adamalthus
Richard Seroter, @rseroter
Mark Theile, @mthiele10
Rodney Rogers, @rjrogers87
Christian Riley, @reillyusa
John Cowan, @cownet
Stuart Miniman, @stu
John Rymer, @johnrrymer
John Mark Troyer, @jtroyer
Buck Woody, @buckwoody
Andi Mann, @AndiMann
Phil Komarny, @philkomarny
Brian Gracely, @bgracely
Derrick Harris, @derrickharris
Michael Sheehan, @HighTechDad
Sramana Mitra, @sramana
Lori MacVittie, @lmacvittie
Marten Mickos, @martenmickos
Dana Gardner, @Dana_Gardner
Laurie McCabe, @lauriemccabe
David Terrar, @dt
Ed Saipetch, @edsai
Larry Carvalho, @robustcloud
Chris Yeh, @chrisyeh
Vanessa Alvarez, @vanessaAlvarez1
Defrag/Gloe, @defrag
Tim Crawford, @tcrawford
Cody Bunch, @cody_bunch
Paul Miller, @paulmiller
Willian Vambenepe, @vambenepe
Rich Miller,@rhm2k
Chris Wolf, @cswolf
Hutch Carpenter, @bhc3
Bernard Golden, @bernardgolden
Vaughn Stewart, @vStewed
George Watt, @GeorgeDWatt
Rene Buest, @ReneBuest
Maish Saidel-Keesing, @maishsk
Frank Gens, @fgens
Dave Asprey, @daveasprey
Scott C. Sanchez, @scottsanchez
Chris M Evans, @chrismevans
Fuat Kircaali, @FuatKircaali
Tim Freeman, @peakscale
Kevin L. Jackson, @Kevin_Jackson
Lydia Leong, @cloudpundit
Don Jennings, @djenningspr
Aaron Delp, @aarondelp
Chirag Mehta, @chirag_mehta
Paul Calento, @pcalento
Kent Langley, @KentLangley
Stefan Ried, @StefanRied
Gregor Petri, @GregorPetri
Robert Mahowald, @SaaSpro
Ofir Nachmani, @IAmOnDemand
Sam Charrington, @samcharrington
Here is a Public Twitter list of the top 100 cloud computing experts.
There are many more cloud computing experts that we could include - I will add another 100 names
in the comments section of this post. Please let us know who else should be on our list?
I would like to thank Rich Casselberry, Director of IT Operations - Enterasys, for assisting me with
research and development of this list.
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