Financial services tend to be the early adopters of most technology and have forward-thinking developers on staff. However, only 30% of financial services data centers have been virtualized. Meanwhile, those prolific developers are either already using public cloud resources or are trying to. What will be the business impact of avoiding the cloud conversation?
In his general session at Cloud Expo New York, Abiquo CEO Pete Malcolm discussed whether financial services organizations are risking se...Jul. 5, 2011 02:33 PM EDT Reads: 314
Many enterprises are struggling to develop a cloud computing strategy. Cloud computing seems like it ought to be a game-changing technology, but so often when the initial proof of concept is finished, it appears to have simply rearranged the deckchairs within a titanic IT department. The problem is we have been trained through decades of IT implementation to focus on certain metrics. Unfortunately, those are the wrong ones. Consequently, when it comes to cloud computing, most of us are playing "...
The advantages of using the cloud are apparent, but the approaches to the cloud are still in a heated industry debate. Renting cloud space from a vendor, private clouds, open clouds – just what is the best choice and where is the industry heading? While renting cloud space from a vendor seems easy, it’s difficult to move off these clouds, and it’s especially problematic when you’d like to test another provider’s cloud. Private clouds tie you into a verticalized stack, limiting flexibility and ch...
As cloud application adoption becomes pervasive throughout the enterprise, concerns around cloud data privacy, residency, and security continue to grow. A number of enterprises are slowing, and even reversing, their cloud application adoption until they can address the concerns stemming from regulatory compliance requirements, industry standards, or internal policies surrounding sensitive data management.
In his general session at Cloud Expo New York, Terry Woloszyn, Founder/CTO of PerspecSys ...
While the Cloud is a common future for a majority of IT shops, we believe there are two principle cloud development concepts to examine before you develop or proceed too far with your cloud strategies. Should you take an evolutionary path and transform your existing IT environment to a cloud of service computing… or do you jump to the “head of the cloud”, and revolutionize your approach with a comprehensive cloud solution… or both.
In his general session at Cloud Expo New York, Andi Mann, vice...
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 keynote at Cloud Expo 2011 New York, Abiquo CEO Pete Malcolm discussed 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? 
With substantial growth in cloud services, over 2.5 billion connected users, more than 1000 exabytes of Internet traffic and 15 billion devices accessing cloud services by 2015, transforming datacenters to support this growth can be complex. To address the challenges facing IT and realize significant benefits of cloud computing, it’s essential that cloud solutions are open, interoperable and built on standards.
In his general session at Cloud Expo New York, Jason Waxman, Intel Data Center Grou...
What has made this week different from any other week? This was the opening question posed by Jeremy Geelan, Cloud Expo Conference Chair, in this Wrap-Up Power Panel held at the 8th International Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City, June 6-9, 2011. Panelists included John Keagy, Founder & Executive Chairman at GoGrid; Scott Morrison, CTO and Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies; Andrew Hillier, Co-Founder and CTO at CiRBA; Tim Negris, VP of Marketing at 1010data; Stephen Sicola, ...
Is there still a distinction between public, private and hybrid cloud? In this fast-moving high-level CTO Power Panel held at the 8th International Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City, June 6-9, 2011, Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan discusses this and other topics such as cloud security and innovation in the cloud with Rich Wolski, CTO and Co-founder of Eucalyptus Systems; Vineet Tyagi, Head of Impetus Labs at Impetus Technologies; Bill Zack, Architect Evangelist with Micr...
In this fast-moving high-level CEO Power Panel held at the 8th International Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City, June 6-9, 2011, Cloud Expo Conference Chair, Jeremy Geelan is joined by Michael Crandell, CEO and a founder of RightScale; Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource; Cory Isaacson, CEO/CTO of CodeFutures Corporation; Brad Hokamp, President of Layered Technologies; Lawrence Guillory, CEO of Racemi; Andy Burton, CEO of Rise; and Paulo Rosado, Founder & CEO of OutSystems. Some of the main...
Attacks are ongoing, constantly. They are relentless. Many of them are mass attacks with no specific target in mind, others are more subtle, planned and designed to do serious damage to the victim. Regardless, these breaches all have one thing in common: the breach was preventable. At issue is the r...
Happy 4th of July! I hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend (if you happen to live in the U.S.)
Today we take a look at the first half of 2011 to see which Cloud players are gaining mind share. In addition to the “Top 110 Cloud Enablers Gaining Mind Share,” I have included “The Leaderboard,” 120 Up ...
OpSource, a privately held, SAS 70 Type II, PCI DSS Level 1 Cloud Service Provider headquartered in Santa Clara, CA with 150 employees worldwide has been acquired by Dimension Data, a $4.7 billion ICT services and solutions provider and wholly owned subsidiary of NTT.
Like others before them (Veriz...
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“…During the outfit’s recent attempt to outbid the likes of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony for a sliver of Nortel’s coveted wireless patent portfolio Google bid $1,902,160,540 (Brun’s constant), $2,614,972,128 (Meissel-Mertens constant) and $3...
Google Storage (Google Storage for Developers) has been on the market for a long time now. It functions very much like Amazon S3. It can be an excellent online backup storage.
This article discuss how to setup Google Storage as an online backup target, allowing you to access files both locally and ...
On Friday July 1, Infrastructure-as-a-Services for the US federal government became a reality with Authority to Operate (ATO) approval for the following vendors:
Web Hosting: CGI Federal, Computer Literacy World, Eyak Technology, Computer Technologies Consultant, Savvis, and Federal Systems.
Virtu...
With the noise of cloud computing rising by the day, there are basic operational issues one should not forget – cloud or no cloud. One such issue is the discipline of ILM (Information Life-cycle Management). How do you manage data over its lifetime of many years and decades? Do you keep all data cur...
Have you unpacked a children’s toy set, game, doll things or any kid’s play thing that has several pieces recently? My 5 year old got a big box with a baby doll, her bassinette, bottle, baby food, rattles, and the other accessories any new born and mommy may need to care for the infant. I’ve this ...
I’ve now started planning our second event, with the first initial idea being ‘Building A City in the Clouds‘ – A focus on the municipal level of government, headlined by a review of the Roadmap for the Digital City (65-page PDF) report by New York.
So the session will focus on the how and why of r...
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