Lets assume that your entire organization had access to the following building blocks: Data: All sources of data from the enterprise (at rest and in motion) Analytics: Queries, Algorithms, Machine Learning Models Application Business Logic: Domain specific use-cases / business problems Actionable Insights: Knowledge of how to apply analytics against data through the use of application business logic to produce a positive impact to the business Infrastructure Configuration: High scalable, distributed, enterprise-class infrastructure capable of combining data, analytics, with app logic to produce actionable insights Imagine if your entire organization was empowered to produce data-driven applications tailored specifically for your vertical use-cases? Data-Driven Vertical Apps You are a regional bank who is under heavier regulation, focused on risk management, and ex... (more)

Layer 7 Technologies to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New York

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! SYS-CON Events announced today that Layer 7 Technologies, a provider of API Management and mobilization tools for the new open enterprise, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10-13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Layer 7 is a leading provider of security and management products for API-driven integrations spanning the extended hybrid enterprise. Layer 7 products simplify: The management of open API for develope... (more)

What Are IaaS, PaaS and SaaS?

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, like many other acronyms in the IT industry, leave us lost in translation. With the initial confusion aside, they simply explain the three main developments in cloud computing. As a pooled collection of resources and services that are hosted on the Internet, the Cloud, often referred to as a stack, is categorized into three main service models: Infrastructure, Platform and Software as a Service translate to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, respectively. These services function thanks to virtualization, with the availability of high-speed networks and capabilities of mod... (more)

Cloud Expo New York | Danger Ahead: Why File Sync Is NOT Endpoint Backup

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Some cloud-based file sync vendors tout their solutions as viable alternatives for the online backup of business information stored on laptops and desktops. But existing sync products lack a variety of critical backup capabilities, including those required to secure enterprise data. Understanding the differences between cloud-based sync and cloud-based endpoint backup is critical to properly protecting sensitive business information. In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Andrew Renz, Principal Enterprise Engineer at Code 42,... (more)

Pertino Wants to Kiss Conventional WANs Good-Bye

As long as venture money holds up, the one thing we won't run out of any time soon are cloud start-ups each claiming to have a smarter mousetrap than the other guys and some of them are sometimes right. The latest name on these rolls belongs to an outfit called Pertino Networks that expects to be a "ball-buster," a technical term meaning disruptive to older technology like remote desktops and WANs - which it figures are too complex, expensive and limiting - as well as other modern cloud start-ups like the new cloud storage, file sharing and virtual office folk. It could theoretic... (more)