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Cloud Computing
 We must bring together the worlds of SOA, BPM, Cloud, REST, and HOA. The secret to getting all these architectural trends to work well together centers on how we deal with state information. We must first separate application state from resource state, and then subsequently take the co...May. 21, 2013 04:06 PM EDT Reads: 670 |
 New breakthroughs in cloud-based data management empower databases with the necessary elasticity they need to be truly responsive to the ebbs and tides of supply and demand.
Cloud computing allows all capital assets – computing power, memory and storage for example – to be exchanged a...May. 20, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,469 |
 Legos have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest, fondest memories involve Legos - starting from a small car made from a couple of simple bricks to very complex spaceships and wild creatures. I’m always amazed at how nicely and cleanly they snap toge...May. 20, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,770 |
 “Trust is an ongoing journey and sits at the foundation of any vendor relationship – the companies that don’t consistently earn trust won’t be around long,” noted Henrik Rosendahl, Senior VP of Cloud Solutions at Quantum, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Ge...May. 20, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,028 |
 Our more interconnected planet is accelerating the adoption and convergence of next-generation architectures, in the form of cloud, mobile and instrumented physical assets. Organizations that can effectively balance optimization and innovation, will be in a position to leverage new sys...May. 20, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,021 |
 A recent study by analyst firm IDC reports that in 2012, 1.7 million cloud computing-related roles across the globe could not be filled due to the lack of training, certification and experience in the applicant pool. As the global demand for cloud and big data expertise increases, empl...May. 20, 2013 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,596 |
 There’s an inherent sense of almost forced innovation that appears to pervade the information technology industry. As we constantly push forward into perpetual cycles of reinvention, continual enhancement and augmentation after augmentation, one almost has to stop and ask what’s wrong ...May. 17, 2013 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,156 |
 A computer exists that’s been able to solve complex problems set for it by Google and NASA 11,000 times faster than any traditional supercomputer. And those were the simple problems.
On harder problems, it was 33,000 times faster and on the really hard problems it was reportedly 50,...May. 17, 2013 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,187 |
 We'll learn why a cloud-of-clouds approach is providing new types of IT services to Thomas Duryea’s many Asia-Pacific region customers.
We've been talking about cloud computing for years now, and I think it's pretty well established that we can do cloud computing quite well technicall...May. 16, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,065 |
 IT has more opportunities than ever before with the growth in users, devices, data and secure cloud services. This creates not only a more enriching experience for users, but more opportunities for businesses. The key to capitalizing on these opportunities is to have the right tools in...May. 16, 2013 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,611 |
 Many organizations want to expand upon the IaaS foundation to deliver cloud services in all forms – software, mobility, infrastructure and IT. Understanding the strategy, planning process and tools for this transformation will help catalyze changes in the way the business operates and ...May. 16, 2013 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,193 |
 Cloud Computing is not really a market or set of markets at all. It’s part of a paradigm-shifting trend that is reinventing how organizations large and small purchase, provision, utilize, pay for, and think about IT resources. Eventually, everything will be the Cloud, which from the ma...May. 13, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,531 |
 This morning Cognizant, the company where I work as an analyst, reported their earnings. In the earnings call Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza stated, "This year we expect to deliver about $500 million in SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, cloud) related services." That is a significant...May. 10, 2013 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,566 |
 This week I read an interesting article titled, Mobile Phone Data Redraws Bus Routes in Africa. Seems the MNO (mobile network operator) Orange released 2.5 billion phone records (anonymised data) from 5 million phones for an exercise on how Big Data could be used to improve lives.
Th...May. 9, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,116 |
| Cloud Computing is booming and so is Cloud Expo – now with Big Data and Software-Defined Networking as fully integrated themes.
Here are the nine tracks we are serving up for you June 10–13 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center and below this brief note from me is a complete A–Z of... May. 6, 2013 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,439 |
 I wrote a blog for Cloud Ecosystem last month that talks about the disruption potential of hybrid clouds for disaster recovery. You can read it here: Hybrid Cloud will Transform Disaster Recovery. Within a few days CloudVelocity CTO Anand Iyengar weighed in shortly after with: The Hy...May. 5, 2013 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,301 |
 As the cloud market explodes, a distinct chasm has become apparent between the operation of infrastructure and applications. Sharing, isolation and load balancing issues in the network, combined with high density virtualization in compute and storage resources, can adversely impact the...May. 4, 2013 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,583 |
 In a recent blog post, we discussed the emergence of Cloud Protection Gateways as a solution for enterprises looking to protect sensitive cloud data by keeping that data under their complete control. We started looking at the vetting process enterprises undertake when they are selectin...May. 4, 2013 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,342 |
 The scale and automation of cloud computing deliver economies of scale – and price points – that can’t be matched by traditional computing platforms. Managers can minimize capital expenses and align operational costs to business demands with scalable, flexible resource deployments. Tho...May. 3, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,656 |
 Through a great deal of research on enterprise cloud adoption and security, I’ve learned something telling. As you would expect, CISOs’ opinions about cloud strategy are quite varied. While many folks recognize their company’s use of SaaS for HR, sales, communication, and other applica...May. 3, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,378 |
 With Cloud Expo New York (12th Cloud Expo) now under six weeks away, let's remind you in greater detail about all the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical program at the conference...May. 2, 2013 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,172 |
 A long time ago, before gray hairs appeared on my head, I was an IT manager. My title was B2B E-Commerce Manager for a computer manufacturer. I remember sitting in long meetings discussing how successful Dell Computer was with their just in time manufacturing and just in time supply ...May. 1, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,211 |
 The demand for distributed data and services is increasing as big companies are more and more spread across the world.
Cloud services are raging from simple storage and up to complex computing processes. Depending on the needs there are products that run completely into the cloud whil...May. 1, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,352 |
 In the last 12 months annual revenues for Azure have topped a billion dollars
according to Curt Anderson, CFO of Microsoft’s Server and Tools unit
where Azure is housed.
It’s the first time the Microsoft cloud has hit this storied height and suddenly
people are talking about it b...Apr. 30, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,727 |
 "As a company, we are serious about Cloud," said Neil Sutton, Vice President, Global Portfolio, at BT Global Services today as BT launched BT Cloud Compute, an enhanced service that the company claims allows CIOs increased control in terms of designing, building, buying and operating a...Apr. 30, 2013 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,559 |
 In an internal reorg, IBM's Tivoli, Maximo, TRIRIGA, Endpoint Manager, and Netcool branded offerings, as well as its SmartCloud service management offerings, are now to be clustered under an "overarching umbrella" called IBM Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure. The new division, says IBM, r...Apr. 30, 2013 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,070 |
 Eucalyptus Systems, Amazon’s private cloud partner, was expected to
announce a new 3.3 release of its open source cloud platform Monday that
promises its greatest compatibility with AWS yet.
Its new capabilities are also supposed to make Eucalyptus the solution for
developing and...Apr. 30, 2013 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,636 |
 When I was writing about the cloud and disaster recovery I was only considering the tip of the iceberg, the obvious over-provisioning of expensive, specialized infrastructures needed in case the production environment failed. A duplicate data center is necessary today but perhaps less...Apr. 29, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,046 |
 In our Internet-driven world, both organizations and consumers have come to expect fast, always-on data access from any device. As a result, content providers are tasked with delivering massive files and streaming media to tablets and smartphones while simultaneously ensuring superior ...Apr. 27, 2013 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,281 |
 Outsourcing commodity capabilities to the low-cost provider while focusing your strategic value-add on customized offerings is an oft-repeated pattern in the world of business, but it hasn’t really taken hold in the world of IT until the rise of Cloud Computing. The reason it’s taken s...Apr. 27, 2013 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,527 |
 What's the difference between "DBaaS" and "DRaaS"? What's the current status of Hadoop? What's the US Government doing right now in the Cloud? How about the financial industry? Why is the Cloud so important to the Big Data boom?
Which cloud model is right for your company? How can y...Apr. 26, 2013 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,749 |
 In mobile app development, we're seeing a major philosophical split between the "nativists" (running directly on the device hardware) and the "virtualizers" (with their scripting and interpretive layers and containers).
Both enterprises and independent software vendors (ISVs) know the...Apr. 25, 2013 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,630 |
 Last night CloudVelocity CEO Rajeev Chawla was able to talk to Brian Gracely at The Cloudcast on CloudVelocity and the hybrid cloud. The 33 minute interview (Accelerating the Hybrid Cloud (#83) is now available for download. A special thanks to Brian, who asked some of the most probin...Apr. 23, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,271 |
 With Cloud Expo New York | 12th Cloud Expo [June 10-13, 2013] hurtling towards us, let's take a look at the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference coming up June 10-13 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York ...Apr. 22, 2013 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 20,867 |
 A new American workforce is emerging. A recent report from Accenture says the number of U.S. workers who are independent (such as freelancers, contractors or temps) is up 6 percent from 1989. Work as we know it is changing. Because of constant connectivity, companies across the globe n...Apr. 20, 2013 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,204 |
 In recent years, IT departments have been confronted with the convergence of several highly disruptive trends that have fundamentally altered the enterprise IT landscape, particularly when it comes to how data and applications are managed. Mobility and the rise of BYOD (bring your own ...Apr. 19, 2013 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,168 |
 As the proliferation of the cloud continues, Cloud Protection Gateways are increasingly being discussed as a way to address security issues surrounding cloud adoption. Whatever stage of cloud adoption your organization is in, a thorough vetting of the different gateways available will ...Apr. 19, 2013 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,397 |
 The "Force Majeure" provision, a Latin term roughly meaning an "Act of God" is commonly found in most services agreements. But should it be included in your cloud services contract?
This nugget is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obli...Apr. 19, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,332 |
 Forward-thinking organizations realize that accelerating the speed with which they can deliver new applications and services is critical in making their enterprise more agile – and by extension delivering critical business competitiveness. In order to do so, they must break the cycle t...Apr. 17, 2013 03:54 PM EDT Reads: 1,629 |
 Health care organizations are moving infrastructure and data to the cloud at a fairly rapid pace. A recent study suggests the cloud computing market in health care is expected to reach $5.4 billion by 2017. Enticing as the cloud is, when dealing with highly sensitive and regulated info...Apr. 17, 2013 03:06 PM EDT Reads: 1,231 |
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