Roger Strukhoff

NuoDB is all about getting customrs to the cloud. It describes itself as offering "a distributed database offering a rich SQL implementation (that is) designed for the modern datacenter, and as a scale-out cloud database." We talked to company CTO Seth Proctor (pictured below), who is also on the faculty of @CloudExpo, about the challenges the company faces in its quest. Here is what he had to say: Cloud Computing Journal: What have you found to be the biggest challenges in migrating customers to the cloud? How much of the challenge is technical and how much is psychological? Seth Proctor: I'd say it's a mix. There is definitely a psychological hurdle when you're talking about giving up control over the infrastructure in a move to public cloud. Even if the "migration to cloud" really means moving to a service model on-premise there's still detail that's harder to keep... (more)

Cloud Storage Goes Local for SANs & NAS | @CloudExpo

New local cloud services for co-location customers in 17 markets has been announced by 365 Data Centers. The new service supports customers' NAS and SAN storage architectures, and is aimed at everything from clustered databases and Big Data analytics to archiving and disaster recovery. We asked company executive Keao Caindec a few questions, and this is what he told us: Cloud Computing Journal: Who are the target customers for the new service? Keao Caindec: We are targeting businesses that are using the storage for databases, clustering, file storage with large volumes, local back... (more)

Interview: @AndiMann on DevOps and CAMS | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]

Andi Mann (pictured below) is Vice President, Office of the CTO with CA Technologies. He also serves as Conference Chair of our @DeveOpsSummit, to be held November 4-6 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley. Here are some of Andi's thoughts as we enter the final weeks of preparation for the @DevOpsSummit. DevOps Journal: Cloud, Big Data, and the IoT all carry disruption within enterprise IT. The same goes with DevOps. Which of these is the major disruptor, in your opinion? Andi Mann: It may well be cloud, because it fundamentally enables all the rest. Cloud scale... (more)

Interview: @Apcera Aims to Restore Order to the Cloud | @CloudExpo

Cloud computing is one of the great disruptions in the history of IT, fundamentally because of its promise to deliver software, platforms, and infrastructure from afar. The SaaS/PaaS/IaaS continuum has brought a revolution to enterprise IT, and accelerated another revolution, the movement toward DevOps. Disruption and revolution are very exciting things to talk and write about. But the topics bring chills down the spines of most IT executives and managers. Disruption and revolution can mean chaos to the people who are responsible for setting and maintaining policies and governan... (more)

BlueData CEO: "We're Democratizing Big Data" | @BigDataExpo [#BigData]

BlueData aims to "democratize Big Data" with its launch of EPIC Enterprise, which it calls "the industry's first Big Data software to enable enterprises to create a self-service cloud experience on premise," according to company CEO Kumar Sreekanti This self-service private cloud allows enterprises to create 100-node Hadoop and Spark clusters in less than 10 minutes. The company is also offering a Community Edition via free download. We had a few questions for Kumar Sreekanti (pictured below) about all this, and here's what he had to say: Cloud Computing Journal: It looks like y... (more)