As predicted in 2012, hybrid cloud has now entered the hype cycle, with
highly respected analysts and vendors making bold predictions that last year
might have been considered provocative. As enterprise IT shifts from
hardware-centric to software-centric infrastructure, billions if not
trillions of enterprise tech investments will likely shift from specialized
hardware (and the resulting […]
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As the public cloud evolves to address more enterprise IT operating
requirements it will have to evolve into being a strategic part of a hybrid
cloud operating model. Enterprises will demand agility and control for the
vast majority of their critical apps, and that is where the cloud opportunity
is greatest. The ability to leverage […]
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Greg Ness's Blog
Cloud computing has replaced virtualization as the new hot topic of 2008. Yet
underneath the headlines a very basic shift is taking place in the network
that promises even more conversations in the very near future. Let’s call
this shift the rise of Infrastructure 2.0 or the result of escalating
pressures on an already tired network infrastructure.
Over the last three decades we’ve watched a meteoric rise in processing
power and intelligence in network endpoints and systems drive an incredible
series of network innovations; and those innovations have led to the cr... (more)
I wrote a blog for Cloud Ecosystem last month that talks about the disruption
potential of hybrid clouds for disaster recovery. You can read it here:
Hybrid Cloud will Transform Disaster Recovery. Within a few days
CloudVelocity CTO Anand Iyengar weighed in shortly after with: The Hybrid
Cloud is Ideal for Disaster Recovery. A highlight [...]
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After completing Hybrid Cloud will Transform Disaster Recovery the broader
implications of the seamless integration of IaaS with the data center became
obvious: the hardware-bound silos of IT will be significantly eroded by the
increasing agility, protection AND control delivered by the hybrid cloud.
There will still be enterprise hardware spend and the required “specialized
expertise” tied to vendor training and certifications, yet that spend and
expert population will shrink over the next five years, replaced over time by
an influx of IT architects, strategists and generalists w... (more)
Greg Ness is a Silicon Valley marketing veteran with background in networking, security, virtualization and cloud computing. He is VP Marketing at CloudVelocity. Formerly at Vantage Data Centers, Infoblox, Blue Lane Technologies, Juniper Networks, Redline Networks, McAfee, IntruVerofficer at Networks and ShoreTel. He is one of the world's top cloud bloggers.
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