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Disclosure: In addition to being a Sys-Con contributor, I am the VP of
Marketing at 1010data, a provider of a cloud-based Big Data analytics
platform that focuses primarily on the structured alphanumeric transaction
data and provides interactive analytical access to large amounts of raw data
directly to quantitative analysts.
So, 1010data doesn't have much actual overlap with Hadoop, which provides
programmatic batch job access to linked content files for text, log and
social graph data analytics. I must confess, I have not been paying much
attention to Hadoop.
But, while doing research for my upcoming presentation on Cloud-based Big
Data Analytics at Cloud Expo in NYC (3:00 on Thursday), I uncovered an
apocrypha in the making, a rich mythology about a yellow elephant whose name
seems to have become the answer to every question about Big Data. Got a
boatload of ... (more)
On Monday June 6, when the doors to Cloud Expo New York (June 6-9) open at
the Jacob Javits Center, IT infrastructure and operations professionals from
around the world will be able to see with their own eyes that the "Summer of
Cloud Computing" has well and truly begun.
With company participation from every level of the cloud computing ecosystem
and a non-stop, 4-day technical program, Cloud Expo New York features expert
speakers from every top Cloud player, including Abiquo, Amazon, Amplidata,
AppZero, Aprimo, AT&T;, Backupify, CA Technologies, Capgemini, Cbeyond, CiRBA,
Cisco, ... (more)
After a decade-long sabbatical from the computer industry - during which he
began what was to be an affordable on-demand regional jet service that
cratered with the Great 2008 Financial Markets Crisis - Citrix co-founder Ed
Iacobucci, who once led IBM's ill-starred OS/2 development team, is back.
This time with a stealth Boca Raton start-up called VirtualWorks Group that's
got an $8.5 million first round in its pocket and is supposed to find your
data in whatever silo you parked it in - on premise or in the cloud. Any data
store anywhere.
The widgetry is called the Virtual Index ... (more)
Web System Administrators Can Instantly Check Their Networks, Implement Quick
Fixes
Press Release
SAN JOSÉ, CA., June 3, 2011 – Monitis, the award-winning provider of the
world’s first all-in-one systems monitoring cloudware, has launched a new
free tool, Monitis Global Traceroute, which will enable system administrators
and webmasters to instantly trace the Internet routes, or Traceroute, their
networks’ server simultaneously from multiple locations.
“We’re driven to keep taking the pressure off busy Web System
Administrators so that they can save time from typical IT maintenan... (more)
It seems like the last several months have brought a rapid increase in the
number of organizations getting serious, really serious, about private clouds
in their enterprise. By this, I mean they are going beyond working on ROI
documents, formulating strategies, and doing referential research. They are
starting to put their preparation to good use in the form of implementation
work. Maybe it just so happens that many of the customers I work with are
arriving at this phase at the same time, but I would wager a bet that this is
more or less happening in many companies.
Luckily, I ... (more)
Cloud Expo Breaking News By Jeremy Geelan On Monday June 6, when the doors to Cloud Expo New York open at the Jacob Javits Center, IT infrastructure and operations professionals from around the world will be able to see with their own eyes that the "Summer of Cloud Computing" has well and truly begun. Jun. 4, 2011 07:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,599 | By Liz McMillan  A recent CDW-G survey found that although many organizations are using cloud-based applications, few have a formal adoption strategy. Sometimes, just jumping into the pool forces rapid acclimation; however, the resulting effort suffers an uphill climb to succeed rendering an environment that is reactive instead of driving forward. Successful cloud computing efforts start with a solid adoption strategy that incorporates clearly defined goals, economic justifications, governance planning, definiti... Jun. 4, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 724 | By Jeremy Geelan  The economics of the cloud, the rise of the mobile workforce and the consumerization of IT are making the transformation to the cloud a foregone conclusion within enterprise IT. But not every company, organization or government agency is necessarily keeping up. Are you? Jun. 4, 2011 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,985 | By Elizabeth White  “I think the next big game changer will come from how enterprises embrace public cloud,” observed Ashok Balasubramanian, Head of Syntel's Cloud Computing Center of Excellence, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan.
“Think of what Salesforce.com did to CRM. Now, imagine if the same thing were to occur in the ERP market – it would be huge,” continuued Balasubramanian. “A lot of the industry standard business functions can move to BPaaS and custom business functions... Jun. 4, 2011 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,425 | By Pat Romanski  Holland is considered one, if not the most important data exchange point for the European continent. Unlocking the $16,228.23 billion EU economy (2010) and over half a billion people. To showcase what Holland and the Dutch Cloud Computing Industry have to offer, the Dutch government invited eight selected companies with international experience and ambition to present their software and services at the Holland Pavilion during the Cloud Expo in New York.
If you mention Dutch Clouds your first th... Jun. 4, 2011 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 745 | By Elizabeth White  “For many customers, the Cloud is still just an idea, and they do not know how the Cloud is built and operates,” observed Joe Bromley, Systems Consultant at Texas Memory Systems, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “Cloud providers should continue to educate customers on how easy it is to take advantage of their services,” Bromley continued, “and let customers know the hardware that is in place that is being used to serve and protect their data.”
Cloud computin... Jun. 3, 2011 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 979 | By Pat Romanski  “Most cloud environments – public, private, or hybrid – run on virtualized infrastructure that share CPU, memory and storage between applications,” noted Bryan Semple, Chief Marketing Officer at VKernel in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “These shared resource environments behave a lot like mainframes and hence require the same level of capacity planning,” concluded Semple.
A very general question first, about Cloud Computing itself: Surely we’ve heard all of ... Jun. 3, 2011 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 950 | By Liz McMillan  “Cloud computing has evolved from terminology used in connection with big data centers and large IT departments to something understood by business decision-makers at all levels,” observed Joe Corvaia, Vice President, Solutions Engineering, at Broadview Networks, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “Business owners are increasingly aware of how the cloud model can change the way they consume and use information technology,” Corvaia continued. “Now that it has be... Jun. 3, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 970 | By Liz McMillan  “For most companies, cloud computing isn't just about reducing costs,” observed James Weir, CTO and Co-founder of UShareSoft, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. Weir noted that according to a Harvard Business Review survey of almost 1,500 business and technology leaders worldwide "the most valued benefits of cloud computing were increased business agility, flexible capacity, and faster adoption of new technology."
A number of factors have come together in the ... Jun. 2, 2011 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,060 | By Liz McMillan  Are you looking to overcome your fear of the clouds?
In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Louis Naugès, Founder & President of Revevol, will highlight the most common symptoms of Nephophobia...security, confidentiality... and propose efficient remedies to this common disease.
Louis Naugès is Founder & President of Revevol, the first European Consulting organization 100% dedicated to SaaS and Cloud Computing. He has 30 years of IT experience. Very few people in Europe have his k... Jun. 1, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 903 |
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: 4,735  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: 3,861  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: 2,300  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: 2,436  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: 9,048  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: 1,726  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: 1,655  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: 23,867  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: 131,274  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: 8,384  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: 7,986  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: 8,534 |
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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...
All roads lead to New York in just two days' time for the 8th International Cloud Expo June 6-9, 2011, co-located at the Jacob Javits Convention Center with 11th Virtualization Conference & Expo. One of the most popular of the three - our Special Events at each and every Cloud Expo is "Cloud Comput...
Lori's and my youngest daughter graduated from High School this year, and her class chose one of the many good Vince Lombardi quotes for the theme of their graduation – “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” Those who know me well know that I’m not a huge football fan (don’t te...
There’s been a lot said about the Amazon outage and most of it had to do with cloud and, as details came to light, about EBS (Elastic Block Storage). But very little mention was made of what should be obvious: most customers didn’t – and still don’t - know how Availability Zones really work and, mor...
In case you missed this over the long weekend, a few more notable names were compromised in recent weeks. A few weeks ago I wrote about how the Big Attacks are Back and it sure seems like the hits keep coming. First, last Friday, Lockheed Martin said that earlier in the week, they detected that so...
Applying BI best practices, using pre-built data models, and developing ongoing reference metrics on business processes to the IT systems that increasingly reflect the business operations themselves portends great productivity and agility benefits.
Some 20 years into enterprise resource planning (E...
Hybrid clouds are achieving almost universal buy-in as the way enterprises use the cloud. As we’ve described previously, the hybrid model federates internal and external resources so customers can choose the most appropriate match for workload requirements. The approach is already transforming enter...
Two weeks ago I spent a few days at RailsConf in Baltimore re-connecting with my developer roots, and it gave me a fresh perspective on what developers really think about cloud. Background Although I’ve spent much of my time focused on the application layer in the past decade, it has been at t...
Although Cloud Computing represents a shift from fixed cost, on-premise software model to a utility, online pricing alternative, it’s also the nature of software engineering itself and how that is delivered that is changing, and it’s this combination that offers the biggest value to IT consumers.
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