Cloud Computing in Concert

Jeff Beck

Over the weekend I watched the 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts and attended a jazz-rock fusion concert completely improvised by fusion masters Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Tony Levin (upright bass and Chapman Stick), Terry Bozzio (percussion), and Pat Mastelotto (percussion). The concerts were impressive in different ways.

The two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts were amazing because they brought so many different and influential musicians together in two evenings at Madison Square Garden and in a single HBO broadcast. Here are a few examples:

• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Smokey Robertson
• Aretha Franklin
• Jeff Beck with Sting, Stevie Wonder, and Buddy Guy
• Crosby, Stills & Nash with Bonnie Raitt and Paul Simon
• Simon & Garfunkel performing together (a rare event)
• Metallica with Ozzie Osbourne
• U2 with Mick Jagger and Fergie
• Bruce Springsteen with Billy Joel

Here are set lists from day one and day two, from the New York Times ArtsBeat blog.

Holdsworth, Bozzio, Mastelotto, Levin
The jazz-rock concert was amazing because it was brilliantly improvised by four of the best fusion virtuosi. To get an idea of their skill on their instruments and at improvisation, watch this video.

Simon & Garfunkel

Getting musicians with so many commitments to play together is a little like getting your enterprise applications to display together; you can usually only see one or two on a screen. What if you were able to improvise a new screen to display data simultaneously from multiple applications, so that you and others in your company could see all the information you need to do your jobs on a single screen? That would have your business and your colleagues rocking with simultaneous, real-time information from all of your favorite applications for decision support, business performance monitoring, and customer service! No more switching between screens to get the information you need.

An enterprise mashup dashboard displaying data from six applications

All of your web-facing applications can play together on your screen using enterprise mashup dashboard products like mashmatrix Dashboard.  With mashmatrix, you can “improvise” dashboards as fast as you can drag and drop. That means that you can quickly personalize dashboards, giving users the information they want and need to see, on demand, live, and in one place. It’s like the ultimate concert of applications on your screen.

Bono, Fergie, Mick Jagger

What would be your ultimate concert? Which applications would you like to see performing together on your screen for improved efficiency, decision-making, business performance monitoring, and customer service?