This week, managed services provider Datapipe made an important announcement about something they are doing with Amazon Web Services that reminded me of a Zen kōan. That’s a paradox intended to defy logic and to cultivate intuition, like the question, “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Alas, the tech press beat seldom ascends the craggy path to satori and, so, the announcement did not receive much attention, despite its Amazon angle. I guess it was just too oblique to allow even the re...Nov. 20, 2010 11:09 PM EST Reads: 720
Here at VM we’re planning our spring 2011 conference tour and we’re happy to say there’s a lot going on in the world of presentations and meetings about cloud-computing. Deadlines are fast-approaching though, so check out the list we’ve put together below and see if there’s something happening near you… hope to see you there!
Note: this list is incomplete and bound to change. Descriptions were taken off the sponsoring organizations’ websites and so may not reflect content and/or quality. Don’...
Building a cloud alone is a challenge. But building a cloud that provides a hardware root of trust and that is also power efficient is even more of a challenge.
In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Bill Cox, Director of Cloud Strategy, Intel Software Services Group, will be looking at the techniques and technologies to implement a secure cloud and one that is power efficient.
The industry conversation is all about cloud, but the real goal is the elusive transformation of IT into a business-ready service that is available on demand and as needed. IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) leverages an open cloud computing approach that spans both internal, private clouds and public cloud offerings, giving users simple, self-service access and a feeling of control.
In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Joe Andrews, Group Manager, Product Marketing at VMware, will provide ...
At the 7th International Cloud Expo, Larry Carvalho, Principal at Robust Cloud LLC, will present a session on how ISVs and SIs can make money from cloud computing.
Larry Carvalho runs Robust Cloud, an advisory services company helping various ecosystem players develop a strategy to take advantage of cloud computing. As the 2010-11 Instructor of Cloud Expo's popular Cloud Computing Bootcamp, he has already led the New York and Prague bootcamps, receiving strong positive feedback from attendees a...
Cloud computing and SaaS offer a path to acquire customers more easily than selling packaged solutions. The cloud has ushered in the ability for enterprises, small businesses, start-ups and ISVs to address different target market segments and channels much more cost-effectively.
In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource, will discuss what it takes to use the cloud to develop a frictionless customer acquisition strategy from marketing, development, sign-up, ...
Kapow’s “browser-based data integration” approach eliminates the need for IT to use APIs for data integration, saving time and money by avoiding manual coding costs. Kapow Katalyst automatically extracts, transforms, integrates and migrates data to and from any application and device.
Kapow Software (formerly Kapow Technologies) last week launched Kapow Katalyst 8.0, which promises rapid integration and delivery of data to any application and any device without a lot of heavy API lifting.
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Cloud services have opened up new opportunities for organizations to be more efficient and flexible and operate more competitively, but what happens when I.T. just isn’t moving quickly enough to meet the increasing infrastructure needs of various departments?
Well, often, they’ll go rogue. The advantage of being able to procure infrastructure in a utility model makes the cloud an attractive choice for departments wanting to sidestep corporate I.T. processes, controls, and timelines. At the sa...
Ask someone to associate IBM and cloud computing, and that person will probably come back with something about solutions to help build private clouds. I know because I ask… all the time. On the surface, this is a fair association. After all, it is true that IBM offers quite a few different solutions that help users to build both private clouds and on-premise clouds that they then offer up to others (i.e. enabling service providers). However, it does not participate in this cloud delivery model a...
As solid and reliable as fishtanks and rifles are, they share a common weakness. The tiniest crack in either will eventually destroy the entire product. Why did I choose “fishtanks and rifles”? Lori and my hobbies include those two items, but there are other things the same applies to. My oldest son said his tom-tom had a crack at the bottom, and I made the same observation to him… Best to get that fixed now, since the point of a drum set is to beat on it and make vibrations, I can guarantee wha...
The portfolio of solutions I suggest in my white paper ‘Telco Cloud Services‘ can be enabled entirely on the Microsoft suite, amonst others of course. This vendor specific review highlights a number of key points from the document, and again further provides a context for where new start-ups have fertile niche opportunities to innovate. Virtual [...]
It's no secret that cloud computing has been on the minds of a lot of IT executives. Conference agendas are filled with cloud talk and the Internet is abuzz with it. As more enterprise IT departments move to the cloud, it begs the question: How will it affect the traditional role of the CIO. It's fair to say that there will be changes if the department shifts from a service provider to utility model with usage-based metering.
This will cause a shift in core tasks from developing applications a...
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