Financial Times Master Class: Chapter Four – Preparing for the Third Platform

Financial Times Master Class: Chapter Four – Preparing for the Third Platform

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Industry analyst firm IDC recently described a new phase in corporate computing called ‘the Third Platform’. This next seismic shift in the evolution of technology follows the era of mainframe and client-server platforms, driven by a powerful combination of mobile computing, cloud services, social media technology and Big Data.
In this video, we look at how, to support this level of scale bought about by this evolution of technology, IT departments looking at only technology and infrastructure will lead to more problems and increased risk.

FT Interviewer:
• Jane Cooper, Technology and Transaction Banking Editor
Interviewees EMC:
• Frederic Dussart, Senior Centre Practice, VMware Vice President, Global Services, EMC, EMEA
• Elliott Young, Head of Transformation, Professional Services, EMC, EMEA
• Richard Munroe, vHCS, VMware
• Jason Hill, Head of Software Defined Data