Benoit has a blog post which provided a taste of his talk today, in which he lays out the case for why the CSB model will marry governance to IaaS providers. In the actual talk, he elaborated on what is just hinted in his blog post. For example, he explained how the social aspect would allow consumers of IaaS services to potentially make their own changes to services, such as changing their interface from FTPS to Web Services. He also explained that the EDI Value-Added Networks (my own background - I worked for a VAN 12 years ago) will continue to operate, but the move to a Cloud-based model will be accelerated by the enabling technology of the Cloud Service Broker.
On a personal note, Benoit also talked about how this is his first business trip after his twins were born, and the emotion in his voice reminded me of the first trips I made (also to London) when my two kids were born.
