This book could not have been created without the suggestions and feedback from many contributors. We would especially like
to thank the following people for their time and insights, which helped shape this book and the interviews in it: Måns Adler,
Mike Blake, Ben Gorter, Rob Keemink, Tony Kerrison, Johan Krebbers, Scott Orn, Paul Suijkerbuijk, Laurentiu Vasiliu, and Hennie
Wesseling. Also, special thanks go to the many clients that we have worked with or that we have interviewed about their experiences
with cloud computing. Tony Kontzer did wonderful work to create the case descriptions. Finally, we thank the IBM-Sogeti alliance
team, which played a crucial role in making this book possible.
Below you will find the list of this book’s authors and contributors. Feel free to contact them directly!
“Doing cloud without EA is like flying without air traffic control.”
Martin van den Berg
Sogeti, The Netherlands
Martin van den Berg is Architecture Service Line Manager at Sogeti Nederland B.V. and an expert in the area of enterprise
architecture. He has worked as lead architect in organizations like ABN AMRO, ING and Shell. Martin is one of the founders
of DYA (Dynamic Architecture) and author of several books on enterprise architecture and SOA. Martin is chairman of the Architecture
Section of the Dutch Computer Society and represents Sogeti in the Open Group. He has written many articles and presented
papers at many conferences on EA and SOA.
http://nl.linkedin.com/in/mjbkvandenberg
“Cloud computing cannot be ignored. Business users are more and more in flavor of using cloud applications. As CIO, be the
‘Cloud Implementation Officer’.”
Jean-Michel Bertheaud
IBM, France
Jean-Michel is based in Paris. He has been the Executive IT Architect in charge of Sogeti World Wide for many years. His core
responsabilities are to maintain, build and co-ordinate the global technical activities and relationships between Sogeti and
IBM. Working closely with local IBM teams that support Sogeti, he is a trusted advisor to Sogeti, particularly to technical
leaders and innovators on the global stage. Jean-Michel has been driving innovation and the development of innovative solutions
using IBM components like “Innovation Jam” hosted in IBM’s Dublin Cloud Computing Center in 2008, followed in 2009 by an internal
collaborative tool project. In 2010, Jean-Michel has been the lead architect and IBM project director for the Sogeti Cloud
Center in Paris.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jmbertheaud
“Success with cloud requires strategy and architecture, not just more architects—rather, more strategy and architectural awareness.”
Per Björkegren
Sogeti, Sweden
Per Björkegren has the roles of CTO and consultant within Sogeti Sweden. He spends most of his time on consulting, especially
in the areas of IT strategy and enterprise architecture, but he also regularly presents seminars and speeches.
Sometimes Per dives deeper into solution architecture and design. Since 2004, three of his efforts have led to Microsoft .NET
Awards. Even though Per hasn’t been doing programming since the early 90’s, he still ranks on Computer Sweden’s list of the
most important developers in the country. Most recently he was listed as #36.
Per is the founder and chairman of Swedish Enterprise Architecture Network, SWEAN, which today has about 600 members and is
mainly administered on LinkedIn. He was also co-author of the book SOA for Profit.
http://se.linkedin.com/in/bjorkegren
“Every success and failure starts with the end user.”
Rik den Boogert
Sogeti, The Netherlands
Rik den Boogert is Service Line Manager Implementation and is responsible for the development of Implementation Services within
Sogeti Netherlands. Rik has gained experience over more than 30 years in the IT industry, covering many management and consultancy
roles in numerous branches like utilities, finance, telecom and government. Nowadays he is more and more focused on the end
user, since that is where success and failure starts. That is an obvious truth that is easily forgotten. This is also the
case with cloud computing. It is Rik’s mission to bring this thinking to the hearts and minds of the IT people.
http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/rik-boogert/3/693/50a
“Cloud computing is the biggest change in the IT industry in years. It’s the first time that Business and Technology have
been so close.
For companies, the question is not when do they need to go in the cloud, but what will happen if they don’t.”
Bernard Huc
Sogeti, France
Bernard is a Certified Enterprise Architect with 30+ years of experience in IT. Bernard is working on the cloud computing
services offered by Sogeti. Working in enterprise architecture for 15 years, Bernard has led the Global Architects Community
of Capgemini Group where the day-to-day activities have been revolving around service-oriented architecture, business-IT alignment
and cloud computing for a while. As part of this activity, Bernard has contributed to many innovation initiatives of the Capgemini
group. Bernard is used to working in the international environment and has been involved in many international initiatives
for customers around the world. Bernard is skilled in training and coaching people, and is often asked by the media to speak
on IT trends.
Bernard is based in Grenoble, France.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardhuc
“It’s an architect’s job to debunk the hype without missing opportunities. That applies to the cloud, for sure.”
Daniël Jumelet
Sogeti, The Netherlands
Daniël is an experienced infrastructure and architecture consultant from The Netherlands. With a background in networking
technology and information security, he developed an innovative infrastructure architecture methodology. He is the author
of the book DYA|Infrastructure, Architecture for the Foundations of IT (Dutch) and has published several articles on the subject internationally.
Daniël advises and coaches several large organizations in the application of infrastructure architecture and practices it
by directing complex infrastructure change processes.
Next to his focus on architecture, he also has a keen interest in human sciences and philosophical issues, particularly regarding
the interactions between people, society and technology.
“Making cloud work for an organization, and not just add complexity and risk to their IT, is the most exciting opportunity
and challenge facing the CIO today”
Mark Kerr
IBM, United Kingdom
Mark Kerr is an IBM Executive IT Architect, working primarily with computer services industry clients and partners. He has
been interested in the cloud since its early days, and believes it has the same potential to change the industry as the PC
did in the 80’s and the Internet did in the 90’s. Mark is currently engaged in building a cloud services platform for a major
IT service provider, and is also a member of IBM UK’s cloud strategy team. He is an Open Group Distinguished IT Architect
and Chartered IT Professional.
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mark-kerr/4/41b/820
“Cloud computing is a natural evolution of the IT environment that is here to stay, although it will keep on evolving as we
see its strategic component rise before us. The forecast is: ‘Cloudy, with a chance’.”
Alfonso Lopez de Arenosa
Sogeti, Spain
Alfonso Lopez de Arenosa, Senior Manager at Sogeti Spain, is responsible for cloud sales on the IBM platform for Sogeti Europe.
Alfonso has been in IT for more than 20 years, having covered every position in a datacenter, from being a console operator
to being in charge of a datacenter, and having watched the evolution of the mainframe as part of the evolution of his own
career. He has successfully managed the Sogeti-IBM relationship during the past 6 years, and is now taking the lead to develop
cloud sales in Europe, with the goal of creating market awareness and helping customers to take the right steps into the cloud.
http://es.linkedin.com/pub/alfonso-lopez-de-arenosa/1/502/776
“Cloud is not really a revolution but rather an evolution, bringing several service provisioning and consumption capabilities
together, leading to the dream of having IT available anywhere, at any time… while respecting work-life integration…”
Eric Michiels
IBM, Belgium
Eric Michiels is Client Technology Advisor in the financial services sector in Belgium. His role is to design solutions addressing
business and IT challenges of banks, insurers and clearing houses. These solutions encompass cloud services, service-oriented
architectures, and business process management. Working as an IT professional since 1986, Eric has acquired a broad experience
in multiple industries, on several technical platforms and with many application architectures, while applying several development
paradigms. Eric is Open Group Certified Distinguished Lead Architect and a TOGAF 9 Certified Professional. He is also IBM
Liaison of the Belgian GSE Architecture Working Group and a fellow at Leuven University.
http://be.linkedin.com/pub/eric-michiels/0/513/818
“From a technology point of view cloud is an evolution, combining several developments of the past decade; from a business
and users point of view it is a true revolution, changing the impact of IT on our lives forever.”
Ron Moerman
Sogeti, The Netherlands
Ron Moerman is Technology Officer for Sogeti’s Infrastructure Division in The Netherlands, and plays a leading role in developing
the division’s solutions and strategy. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in IT, from mainframe to PC systems, Ron
likes to discuss the possibilities of new technology, like cloud, for IT and business, helping customers develop the right
strategy for their infrastructure. In the last 12 years he has developed several commercially successful solutions for Sogeti.
A few years ago, he published a book on InFraMe® that covers an infrastructure project methodology, filling the gap between
process and technology. Currently, Ron is one of the frontrunners on cloud topics within Sogeti Netherlands, helping customers
and colleagues assess the limits and possibilities of cloud solutions.
http://nl.linkedin.com/in/ronmoerman
“Cloud computing should not be used as an excuse to forget everything about good IT practice and business fundamentals. They
still apply!”
Brian Naylor
IBM, United Kingdom
Brian Naylor is the EMEA lead for cloud computing in the Cloud Engagement team within IBM Software Group. Responsible for
being the catalyst for starting cloud projects with customers in Europe, Brian has 2-3 years of experience designing, implementing
and enhancing private and public cloud solutions. With over 100+ customer engagements, Brian and the Cloud Engagement team
have gained great insight into the reality of cloud computing in the business world.
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/banaylor
“To make sure that clouds do not just ‘block the sun,’ good insight in the required services and service levels from a business
perspective is a prerequisite. Key to successful use of cloud services is to know why and how to use them.”
Bert Noorman
Sogeti, The Netherlands
Bert Noorman is Service Line Manager at Sogeti Nederland B.V. In that role he is responsible for business development in the
area of business processes and process management. He has broad experience: he combines business and IT aspects and works
in multidisciplinary environments, as the integration of disciplines becomes more and more important. He is the author of
several publications, including a book on quality assurance in projects.
http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/bert-noorman/3/532/b8
“As clouds in nature vary from simple to complex formations, so too in computing.”
Liam Ó Móráin
Data Fonics, Germany
An engineer by training and an entrepreneur by vocation, Liam has extensive business experience, having run his own company,
worked as a management consultant and served on the boards of several companies. He is a trusted advisor to several senior
executives and a recognized thought leader on the future of the Internet. As a result of his many years working in the US
and Europe, he has cultivated an impressive network of contacts on both sides of the Atlantic. He is currently working on
a start-up which will employ cloud computing to provide real-time analysis of new feeds.
http://de.linkedin.com/in/liamomorain
“Calling it ‘cloud’ combined a bunch of trends into a coherent package that is a significant step forward for business technology.”
Erik van Ommeren
Sogeti, USA
Erik is responsible for VINT, Sogeti’s international research institute, in the USA. The research institute publishes and
organizes events around trends such as open innovation, new media, Web 2.0, the commoditization of IT, IT governance, collaboration
and cloud computing. Erik is an analyst with a broad background in IT and experience ranging from software development using
many different technologies to enterprise architecture and executive management. Part of his time is spent advising organizations
on transformation projects, architectural processes and innovation. Erik is also a trainer, speaker at seminars and author
of several books and articles. Erik is based in Washington, DC.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvanommeren
“I am using the cloud to create my collection of interesting architectural objects directly in a geomap in the cloud, so that
I can use it as a local directory and guide anywhere, and without my wife’s pressure to arrange it.
The most impressive thing about evolutions in a global context, including cloud, is that it is driven by its own ambition
and cannot be predicted.”
Paul Poelmans
Sogeti, Belgium/Luxembourg
Paul graduated as an architect and civil engineer where he was trained in combining creativity and technical realism in solutions
meant for people. He is integrating these skills in his current job as Leader of Expertise in “innovation through Application
Lifecycle Management and Architecture” to develop solutions for customers. Paul has worked as a consultant all over the world.
He has trained people and presented on different topics, focusing on both technology and the impact of technology on the people
who use it. He is combining his current job with the role of managing the global partnership between Oracle and Sogeti.
http://be.linkedin.com/in/paulpoelmans
“The cloud business model will change IT in a commodity for the business to use as tap water; turn it on and off when needed.”
Ewald Roodenrijs
Sogeti, The Netherlands
Ewald is a member of the business development team within Sogeti Netherlands and the global lead of the Test Cloud within
the Sogeti Group. As the global lead around the Sogeti Test Cloud he is responsible for the services around software testing
and cloud computing services. He’s also the co-author of the book TMap NEXT® – BDTM, a speaker at (international) conferences, an author of various national and international articles in expert magazines and
has created various training courses.
http://nl.linkedin.com/in/ewaldroodenrijs
“As a child I was said to have ‘my head in the clouds,’ but now my feet are firmly on the ground so I can help others innovate
in the cloud.”
Pascal Sire
IBM, France
Pascal Sire is an innovation catalyst at IBM, teaming with strategic alliances and enabling global systems integrators to
adopt innovative technologies and social networking. Previously, Pascal was a technical expert in new technologies at IBM.
He was also an Internet entrepreneur before the dotcom bubble burst. He is an engineer and holds an Advanced Masters in Innovative
Design (TRIZ expertise), and now extends his business interests to strategies for intellectual capital and innovation. Pascal
is also a trainer, seminar facilitator and author of several articles on these matters. Pascal is based in Strasbourg (headquarters
of the European Parliament).
http://www.viadeo.com/profile/00222h9y9ebk4km4
“Cloud will have an impact on how we perform business, how we do IT and how we go about our everyday lives. The question is
no longer if or when, it’s a question of now and how.”
Jimmy Sterner
Sogeti, Sweden
Jimmy Sterner is a senior enterprise architect at Sogeti, Sweden. He has a broad background in IT business where he has been
active in many fields such as system development, system design, business object modeling, process modeling, system architecture,
project management, IT architecture and enterprise architecture.
Jimmy Sterner is TOGAF certified and has a Swedish IT-architect certificate. He has specific knowledge and interest in the
fields of integration and information architecture. Throughout his career he’s been working in the area between IT and business,
with questions concerning the harmonic alignment and understanding between the two.
http://se.linkedin.com/pub/jimmy-sterner/1/472/93b
“Cloud computing is one of the most impactful transformations organizations will go through in the next decade, fundamentally
changing the dialog, we see today, between Business and IT.”
Sunil Talreja
Sogeti, USA
Sunil Talreja is the Vice President for Sogeti’s Enterprise Solutions Consulting Practice in the USA, and plays a lead role
in services innovation, industrialization and consultant enablement. Sunil has served 15 years with the Capgemini/Sogeti Group,
during which he has advised clients on business and IT transformation leveraging information and technology capabilities,
including analytics, service oriented architecture, convergence of media, mobile and mobility, and process automation to name
a few. He specializes in the design and implementation of strategies and capabilities for organizations to proactively leverage
emerging and impactful technologies for leapfrog business advantage.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sunil-talreja/1/7a3/81a
