Joseph Tobolski, Senior Executive at Accenture Technology Labs, talks about the reasons why the cloud is interesting for everyone but not for everything.  He talks about how companies don’t harness their IT capacity in an efficient way.  He starts his talk describing Accenture Technology Labs and its functions (emerging technologies, software and technology assets building, innovation workshops with clients, etc.).  Then, he proposes a definition of Cloud Computing, and debates the attributes of the cloud from where the definition he gives comes from. Then, Tobolski asks a question: “does size matter?” and talks about cost reduction, elasticity and scalability, speed to market and high performance computing.  After that, he talks about the challenges of the cloud: he identifies areas of concern and common client objections. To conclude, he talks about the guiding principles for cloud computing

Joseph Tobolski is a Senior Executive in Accenture Technology Labs. This groups’ mission is to generate bold ideas with game changing results by creating innovations utilizing emerging technologies and applying these innovations in pioneering client engagements. Joseph is currently the global lead for the Lab’s Infrastructure domain. He has responsibility for Research and Development, including our infrastructure technology vision, asset development, commercialization, intellectual property protection, and marketing for R&D related to data centers, networking, security and biometrics. Joseph also leads Accenture’s practice in cloud computing for infrastructure. He’s presented at over 50 clients and events regarding cloud computing, and has driven Accenture’s asset development, strategy, and offerings for cloud computing. He also has expertise in RFID and Silent Commerce, having led the global RFID practice for five years. He has extensive experience in document management, imaging, workflow, Windows architectures, network architectures and database design. He is very experienced in C-based programming, architecture, and application design. Joseph joined Accenture in 1992, and holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.