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When it comes to app development for mobile devices, cross-platform
implementation is the new hot thing. Developers have long struggled with
fragmentation across operating systems, when they want to just be able to
create one app and blast it out on every platform imaginable. Businesses
like Heroku and Appcelerator, and gaming versions like Game Closure (and
many others) collectively make creating, hosting, and deploying games a more
manageable endeavor. But today, a startup is launching that hopes to make
development of mobile apps even easier.
Palo Alto-based Particle Code is building a platform that enables mobile
developers to write mobile apps and games once, deploy both HTML5 and native
apps across platforms and devices — all from within a single codebase.
Particle Code is built on the Eclipse IDE, an environment and suite of tools
for Java developers, and su... (more)
CEO Steve Ballmer described Microsoft's $8.5 billion cash offer to buy Skype
as "unsolicited" during a webcast press conference Tuesday morning.
Skype CEO Tony Bates, soon to be president of a new Microsoft Skype Division,
sidestepped answering a question about competing bids, rumored to include
both Google and Facebook. The All Things Digital blog claims there was no
serious rivalry "beyond initial flirting." Given the sky-high valuation, one
wonders if Microsoft knew that.
Ballmer said Microsoft decided it wanted Skype and went straight to Silver
Lake, Skype's biggest sharehold... (more)
JSR for Java EE 7
We found the recent approval of the JSR (Java Specification Request) for the
next release of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 7. The major
thrust is given for cloud enablement, which is really good news as Java EE
tends to be the major application development platform for the enterprises in
their datacenters. As Microsoft Azure already provides a clear path for .NET
migration to the cloud, this announcement from the Java EE community make
doubly sure that enterprises move toward Cloud in the near future. The Press
Releases states the following sup... (more)
Obviously born to pay retail, Microsoft is gonna ante up $8.5 billion cash
money to scoff up Skype and turn it into its new Skype Division with CEO,
Cisco veteran Tony Bates, as president. Bates will report to Microsoft CEO
Steve Ballmer.
The price, more than Microsoft has ever paid for anything although it once
offered $48 billion for Yahoo before it thought better of it, includes the
assumption of Skype's roughly $700 million debt.
Although Skype's a freeware money loser - off $7 million on revenues of
$859.8 million last year - Microsoft, which has had little luck with the
I... (more)
Another Unleashed behemoth!!! It is a whopping 1550 of printed pages and 2451
pages when you include the additional chapters available on the companion CD.
If this book doesn’t contain the information you need about SQL Server 2008
R2, then you probably won’t find it anywhere.
Just like I am not a server administrator, I am not a Database Administrator
(DBA). I don’t want to be a DBA, nothing against DBAs, but I just think it
is a full time job. It is not possible for me to keep up with my .NET
Software Architecture skills and also be an effective DBA.
Of course I have to be famili... (more)
Cloud Expo Breaking News By Elizabeth White  The explosive popularity of virtualization and cloud computing has created a rich foundation for new and successful cyber attacks. Organizations are rapidly adopting the use of these technologies to save money and increase efficiency. With the advent of stricter compliance and regulatory laws significantly affecting industries, managing cyber risk to your organization is becoming more and more critical especially as new and emerging technologies are adopted and deployed.
In his session at the ... May. 14, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 618 | By Pat Romanski  Companies of all kinds are generating more data than ever before. In recent years, many have accumulated terabytes and even petabytes of transactions, messages, logs, documents and other kinds of data and now are seeking ways to extract, share and even monetize the critical-business insights hidden within it. But, conventional premises-based software technologies like relational databases and fat client analytics packages make it difficult for people in different companies and even different dep... May. 13, 2011 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 778 | By Liz McMillan  What does it take to successfully deploy and manage your enterprise cloud? If you don’t already have the answer, this session is for you! Fast-track your transformation to enterprise cloud by understanding how to: on-board existing applications, automatically provision complex multi-tier applications, monitor service levels, meter consumption, do all of the above and address a myriad of other issues even as your cloud grows.
In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Madhup Gulati, Pr... May. 13, 2011 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 712 | By Pat Romanski  The North Shore LIJ Health System Story: The economy may be “officially” out of a recession, but organizations have learned that in the “new normal,” extreme volatility and uncertainty will persist. Making large capital investments without a fast return on investment is no longer an option, yet organizations have to accelerate the pace of innovation and become more agile and responsive, given the uncertainty. Companies are now looking to the private cloud to reduce their costs and give them the ... May. 13, 2011 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 662 | By Elizabeth White  PCI and HIPAA compliance have a significant and broad ranging impact on millions of U.S. companies. As businesses increasingly migrate their data to the public cloud, the issue of how to maintain compliance has become more important than ever.
In their session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Jeff Uphues, VP of Sales and Marketing for Cbeyond Cloud Services, and Stacy Griggs, Senior Director of Customer Experience for Cbeyond Cloud Services, will unveil the primary obstacles companies face... May. 13, 2011 12:15 PM EDT Reads: 686 | By Elizabeth White  Putting a cloud integration and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) strategy in play prepares enterprises for the next generation of flexible, distributed and scalable cloud-enabled business applications while facilitating greater operational efficiency, generating more revenue, and helping businesses enter new markets.
SOA provides a layer of abstraction over all existing architectures, allowing distributed solutions to be built by composing asynchronous services into composite applications over a n... May. 13, 2011 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 788 |
Conference News & Updates  By Jeremy Geelan What does the CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office have in common with the CEOs of GoGrid and OpSource, the Co-Founder & CTO of Dell Boomi, the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer at Novell and the Director of HP Software's Global Cloud Practice? Answer: all are members of the distinguished Speaker Faculty of Cloud Expo New York, due to take place June 6-9, 2011, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
New speakers will continue to be announced every day from now for the next few weeks, and the Cloud Expo organizers can share the news that the high-octane technical sessions in New York City have been organized into seven parallel tracks, including Enterprise Cloud Computing, Telcos in the Cloud | The Cloud on Devices, and Cloud Security & Performance.
Reads: 4,254  By Jeremy Geelan In this brand new SYS-CON.TV Power Panel, recorded in Times Square on the eve of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, which was held in Santa Clara, CA, November 1 -4, 2010, Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan discusses the State of the Nation with regard to Enterprise Cloud Computing with Unisys' Sam Gross & Jill T. Singer, CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office. Also on the panel is Internet security expert Patrick Hynds, Founder & President of DTS. Reads: 3,558  By Liz McMillan SYS-CON Events announced today that Dell has been named "Diamond Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 8th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center in New York, N.Y.
Dell Inc. listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology and business solutions they trust and value. Dell Services develops and delivers a comprehensive suite of services and solutions in applications, business process, consulting, infrastructure and support to help customers succeed. Reads: 1,808  By Elizabeth White Want to make sense of the hottest new concept in Enterprise IT?
Want to understand in just hours what experts have spent many hundreds of days deciphering?
Cloud computing is a technology that has rapidly evolving peppered with a lot of hype along the way. Customers find it hard to navigate through this and make sense of what aspects of this technology will give them real business benefit.
Cloud Computing Bootcamp, led by our 2011 Bootcamp Instructor Larry Carvalho, is a great way to get a practical understanding of this technology. We offer multiple days of actionable insight into what vendor offerings are currently available and help you comprehend their strategy.
The ever-popular Bootcamp, which is now held regularly around the world, is being held in conjunction with the 8th Cloud Expo, June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Reads: 1,931  By Fuat Kircaali I can't comprehend that any event producer anywhere in the world today would answer this question by picking any one of the five available options presented. "A leading tool?" What do you mean by "a leading tool?" What other tools would you possibly have in this day and age? This question, the survey itself and its participants belong to the last decade.
I personally don't use email anymore; I communicate through "Twitter."
We don't do press releases unless we have to; we tweet stories to our roughly 12,000 followers in 8 channels. The news gets amplified to hundreds of thousands instantly.
Even during Cloud Expo, we reach more people by Twitter than the announcements we make through loudspeakers in the convention centers.
I would love to contact the people who are conducting this survey and ask them if any company answered their first question as "don't really consider it."
In an age where I personally hail a cab at an airport through Twitter, I can't possibly comprehend which century bubble those people might be living in. Reads: 8,725  By Liz McMillan With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions. At CloudCamp, you are encouraged to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to participate.
CloudCamp, an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas, is being held on Tuesday, June 07, from 5:40 p.m. - 8:40 p.m. at the 8th Cloud Expo, June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. CloudCamp will be led by Dave Nielsen of CloudCamp and Larry Carvalho of RobustCloud. Reads: 1,472  By Jeremy Geelan Delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors will be traveling from all over the world to New York this coming June 6-9 to attend 8th International Cloud Expo in New York City, co-located at the Jacob Javits Convention Center with 11th Virtualization Conference & Expo.
Here is an early sneak-peek at some of the many and varied themes and topics due to be discussed in the breakout technical sessions scheduled in the course of the jam-packed four days.
Automation in the Cloud – In a session to be given at Cloud Expo in June by HP Software's Director, Cloud Global Practice, Marc Wilsonson, Wilkinson will provide best practices from IT experts to equip attendees with the knowledge to build automated, repeatable processes that provide control, manageability and assurance for cloud success.
Cloud Integration – The Founder & CTO of Dell Boomi, Rick Nucci, will be giving a session at Cloud Expo New York on "Cloud Integration: Best Practices for IT Managers" in which he will cover a set of business and technical "Best Practices" for cloud integration.
Enterprise Cloud Computing – Having talked about Enterprise Cloud Computing as "The Infrastructure's Ultimate Revenge" in 2009, the CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office, Jill Tummler Singer, will ask if government organizations and corporations are riding a real wave of IT change to the future...or whether both government and corporate IT is caught up in a water spout so far off the shore that no one will feel its impact?  By Pat Romanski There is one constant in data centers: Application groups always need more. Until recently, apps have been at the mercy of IT operations to feed their need.
In his Day Three Keynote at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Pete Malcolm will discuss how with the advent of public cloud offerings, apps can bypass ops entirely and get the resources they need with just a few clicks and a credit card. What does this mean for the future of IT ops?
Pete Malcolm is CEO of Abiquo, a leading vendor of Cloud infrastructure management solutions. Described by SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan as "a beacon of light amid the murky fog surrounding Cloud Computing", Malcolm is the inventor of the term "Resource Cloud", a concept which provides complete separation between physical infrastructure providers and virtual enterprise consumers, with substantial benefits to both. Malcolm was previously founder and CTO of Orchestria, Benchmark Capital's first European Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and a Senior Vice President with CA, Inc. Reads: 1,218  By Carmen Gonzalez Ulitzer.com announced "the World's 30 most influential Cloud bloggers," who collectively generated more than 24 million Ulitzer page views. Ulitzer's annual "most influential Cloud bloggers" list was announced at Cloud Expo, which drew more delegates than all other Cloud-related events put together worldwide. "The world's 50 most influential Cloud bloggers 2010" list will be announced at the Cloud Expo 2010 East, which will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center, in New York City, with more than 5,000 expected to attend. Reads: 23,366  By Kevin Hartig Cloud computing is becoming one of the next industry buzz words. It joins the ranks of terms including: grid computing, utility computing, virtualization, clustering, etc.
Cloud computing overlaps some of the concepts of distributed, grid and utility computing, however it does have its own meaning if contextually used correctly. The conceptual overlap is partly due to technology changes, usages and implementations over the years.
Trends in usage of the terms from Google searches shows Cloud Computing is a relatively new term introduced in the past year. There has also been a decline in general interest of Grid, Utility and Distributed computing.
Likely they will be around in usage for quit a while to come. But Cloud computing has become the new buzz word driven largely by marketing and service offerings from big corporate players like Google, IBM and Amazon. Reads: 126,093  By Elizabeth White Cloud Expo, Inc. announced on Thursday that Cloud Expo 2011 New York, the 8th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, will take place June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center in New York City.
Cloud Expo - International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world’s leading Cloud-focused event and is held in New York, Silicon Valley, Prague, Tokyo, and Hong-Kong.
Over 900 corporate sponsors and more than 65,000 industry professionals have participated in Cloud Expo since its inception, tenfold more than all other Cloud-related events put together. Reads: 7,357  By Jeremy Geelan "New infrastructure and operations technologies such as cloud services and virtualization ... were selected by CIOs the most often and are the top-two technologies for 2011," said Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner Executive Programs, as the results were announced of the 2011 CIO Agenda survey by Gartner Executive Programs (EXP).
The worldwide CIO survey was conducted by Gartner EXP from September to December 2010 and represents CIO budget plans reported at that time. According to the results, CIOs expect to adopt new cloud services much faster than originally expected. Currently, 3% of CIOs have the majority of IT running in the cloud or on SaaS technologies, but over the next four years CIOs expect this number to increase to 43%. Reads: 7,056  By Roger Strukhoff Cloud Expo, Cloud Expo East, Cloud Expo West, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Cloud Expo Europe, Cloud Expo Tokyo, Cloud Expo Prague, Cloud Expo Hong Kong, Cloud Expo Sao Paolo are trademarks and /or registered trademarks (USPTO serial number 85009040) of Cloud Expo, Inc. Reads: 8,334 |
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One of my hobbies is modeling – mostly for wargaming but also for the sake of modeling. In an average year I do a lot of WWII models, some modern military, some civilian vehicles, figures from an array of historicalimage timeperiods and the occasional sci-fi figure for one of my sons… The oldest (24...
A recent power outage in the middle of the night reveals automation without context can be expensive for aquariums – and data centers.
You may recall from several posts (Cloud Chemistry 101, The Zero-Product Property of IT and The Number of the Counting Shall be Three (Rules of Thumb for Applicatio...
With Cloud Computing emerging on the scene as a solution to a number of computing use cases, it will drive modernization of your existing systems. Perhaps it's just a new interface for driving mobile access to corporate data or consolidating standalone servers into a Cloud for achieving greater util...
Ever since I first published here my tentative list of Top 50 Bloggers on Cloud Computing it became clear that an expansion would be needed before too long. Thanks to community feedback via my Twitter account (@jg21) here goes with an expanded roster, listed as before in alphabetical order since I a...
Cloud and security still take top billing in many discussions today, perhaps because of the nebulous nature of the topic. If we break down security concerns in a public cloud computing environment we can separate them into three distinct categories of risk – the infrastructure, the application, and ...
C12G/OpenNebula will participate in the panel about Cloud Computing Fostering Innovation of the workshop Towards a Cloud Computing Strategy for Europe: Matching Supply and Demand organized by the European Commission to help identify the main elements of a European Cloud Strategy. This panel will dis...
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