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Smoothly Gliding from Public to On-Premise Cloud Services By Raju Chellaton, SVP and Global Head – Cross Business Units, Happiest Minds Technologies A brilliant business often starts with an entrepreneur dreaming up a fantastic business idea. Most entrepreneurs at the beginning of their journeys are often strapped for cash, and according to a recent study, 95% of seed-stage founders thought it would either remain the same or get harder to raise money. Even access to Angel funds at the very start (idea stage) is generally uncommon. Startups want to sprout their ideas fast, and the last thing they want is to spend their time and energy is to find the ground, dig the soil, remove the weeds before sowing the seed, and water it till the idea breathes life. What I mean here is that it is absolutely unnecessary for the entrepreneurs (who want to surprise the customer in are... (more)

iPaaS – Integration Platform as a Service | @CloudExpo #Cloud

Gartner describes iPaaS as: “a suite of cloud services enabling development, execution and governance of integration flows connecting any combination of on premises and cloud-based processes, services, applications and data within individual or across multiple organizations.” Their Magic Quadrant, which can be downloaded courtesy of Mulesoft, defines Service Description: What qualifies as a true Cloud service, iPaaS Functionality. Use Cases and Buying Centers: iPaaS primarily addresses a need for Cloud Service Integration integrating on-premises applications and data, with SaaS ... (more)

Hybrid Cloud – Taming the Digital Dragon | @CloudExpo #Cloud

In the Gartner white paper Taming the Digital Dragon, they define the Hybrid Cloud model as an enabling blueprint for digital transformation and leadership. They give it such an elaborate name because their definition goes far beyond the normal industry use of the term, a mix of on-premise and public Cloud computing, whereas Gartner instead defines a Hybrid Cloud business model. Their central thesis is that the Hybrid Cloud model is key to the CIO strategy to ‘renovate the IT core’, modernizing the legacy estate to enable new digital strategies and thus provide the tool set for m... (more)

Enterprise PaaS – Agile Architecture for Continuous Innovation | @CloudExpo #Cloud

Enterprise PaaS - Agile Architecture for Continuous Innovation By Neil McEvoy Enterprise vs Cloud PaaS The use of containers can be seen within a general context of implementing an ‘Enterprise PaaS’. Container technologies are now a component part of many PaaS suites. Enterprise PaaS refers to the internal application of the Platform as a Service model, with the goal of boosting software productivity through standardized developer tools and common components. PaaS can be utilized via public or private Cloud deployment models. Public Cloud services include Microsoft Azure and Goog... (more)

Cloud Security Strategic Action Items for 2016 By @MariaHorton | @CloudExpo #Cloud

Cloud Security Strategic Action Items for 2016 By Maria Horton, CEO of EmeSec The recent uptick in cyber attacks across all sectors of the economy, have reinforced for CIOs the need to be able to address corporate boards and customers on their strategies for protection and resilience for the coming 2016 year. Cloud, Big Data, and the liability issues in the news, have exposed the increased both the virtual, legal and physical risk bases and attack surfaces related to cloud and cyber. More than ever, formulating strategic and tactical defenses against adapting and evolving threats... (more)