Elizabeth White

Build the Pillars of Modern Enterprise Using Open Source The recent trends like cloud computing, social, mobile and Internet of Things are forcing enterprises to modernize in order to compete in the competitive globalized markets. However, enterprises are approaching newer technologies with a more silo-ed way, gaining only sub optimal benefits. The Modern Enterprise model is presented as a newer way to think of enterprise IT, which takes a more holistic approach to embracing modern technologies. This model makes use of Composable Enterprise framework put forward by Jonathan Murray of WMG. In his session at DevOps Summit, Krishnan Subramanian, Director, OpenShift Strategy, Red Hat, will use an extended composable enterprise framework to talk about how a Modern Enterprise Platform can be built and put forward strong arguments about why open source is critical in buil... (more)

Announcing CEO Power Panel @CloudExpo [#Cloud #BigData #IoT]

Things are being built upon cloud foundations to transform organizations. This CEO Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo, moderated by Roger Strukhoff, Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo conference chair, will address the big issues involving these technologies and, more important, the results they will achieve. How important are public, private, and hybrid cloud to the enterprise? How does one define Big Data? And how is the IoT tying all this together? Panelist Bios: Rodney Rogers has been a well-recognized thought leader and successful entrepreneur in the Information Technology Services indus... (more)

Cloud Expo 2015 'Call For Papers' Now Open

Cloud Expo's giant Silicon View billboard which is viewed by more than 1.3 million motorists per week The 16th International Cloud Expo announces that its Call for Papers is now open. 16th International Cloud Expo, to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City brings together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC to one location. ▸ Cloud Expo New York 2014 Photo Album With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this ... (more)

ClusterHQ Introduces Flocker 0.1 For Docker

ClusterHQ, The Data People for Docker, on Wednesday announced Flocker 0.1, a solution for running databases, key-value stores and queues inside Docker containers. An open-source volume manager, Flocker is a container management tool designed to solve the unique set of operational challenges that come from running data-backed services inside containers. Flocker version 0.1 allows developers to define their application as a set of connected Docker containers, deploy and then easily migrate them between hosts, even when in different data centers. "Managing containers with persisten... (more)

Announcing @CloudExpo Power Panel Moderated by @GigaomResearch [#Cloud]

The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo, moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, panelists will discuss how enterprises should deve... (more)