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SYS-CON Events announced today that Cedexis will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Cedexis is the leader in data-driven enterprise global traffic management. Whether optimizing traffic through datacenters, clouds, CDNs, or any combination, Cedexis solutions drive quality and cost-effectiveness. For more information, please visit https://www.cedexis.com. CloudExpo | DXWorldEXPO have announced the conference tracks for Cloud Expo 2018, introducing DXWorldEXPO. DXWordEXPO, colocated with Cloud Expo will be held June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, and November 6-8, 2018, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with the introduction of DXWorld Expo within the program. Suc... (more)

@ThingsExpo Launches Monthly "Internet of Things" Newsletter

The premiere issue of the Internet of @ThingsExpo Newsletter contains highlights of the hottest sessions and speakers from Internet of @ThingsExpo, Call for Papers information, and sponsorship opportunities. ▸ Click Here to Download Newsletter Chris Matthieu Named Internet of @ThingsExpo Tech Chair Internet of @ThingsExpo has announced today that Chris Matthieu has been named tech chair of Internet of @ThingsExpo 2014 Silicon Valley. The 2nd Global Internet of @ThingsExpo will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Chris Matthieu has two decades of telecom and web experience. He launched his Teleku cloud communications-as-a-service platform at eComm in 2010, which was acquired by Voxeo. Next he built an open source Node.JS PaaS called Nodester, which was acquired by AppFog. His new startup is Twelephone (http://twele... (more)

SCO vs Red Hat: Clarification Re Requirements for a Declaratory Judgment

Maureen O'Gara reported on the Red Hat order, but she shows some confusion about the wording of the order. O'Gara is a good reporter, and it's easy to misunderstand legalese, but it seems worthwhile to clarify so no one gets confused. First, here is what she wrote about the judge: "She agrees with Red Hat that it has a 'reasonable apprehension' of eventually being sued by SCO since 'There is no question that Red Hat is a Linux software developer who is engaging in the allegedly infringing activities' that SCO is claiming and since, as Robinson reckons, SCO has basically said it would sue Red Hat. "The line 'There will a day of reckoning for Red Hat' that fell from the lips of SCO CEO Darl McBride didn't pass her notice no matter how SCO has subsequently attempted to construe the remark. "Because Red Hat's situation meets the two criteria - the threat of a suit and p... (more)

Concurrent and Novell to Offer Real-Time Computing Solution Powered by SUSE Linux

Concurrent , a provider of integrated computer solutions for mission-critical applications, has announced a partnership with Novell to jointly sell and support Concurrent Real-Time Extensions Powered by SUSE Linux, a specialized Linux offering based on Novell's SUSE Linux operating system, designed specifically for real-time computing needs. Concurrent Real-Time Extensions  enable businesses to reap the benefits of Linux and open source for complex real-time applications. Initial targets for the solution include trading floor and market data servers in financial services as well as enterprise data centers with time-critical requirements in industries such as telecommunications and government. Concurrent Real-Time Extensions are backed by professional services and technical support from both Concurrent and Novell. It will provide quality-of-service for applications t... (more)

Cloud Computing gets popular as PC users go to Clouds!

During the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, cloud computing was a popular topic among companies and attendees. GoGrid, who has a booth at LinuxWorld, is at the show to discuss its services and why users should select its services over Amazon and others. GoGrid admits Amazon is its biggest competitor, but says the main difference is that it's the first one available that has a Web-based GUI and supports both Microsoft Windows and Linux. Cloud computing, as it matures, offers both home users and corporations the ability to store data in the cloud while at the same time having multiple options when selecting a certain service to choose from. The companies promoting cloud computing admit there are some minor problems facing the technology, but look forward to helping more people adopt the technology. Source ... (more)

Tasktop 1.3 Released: Linux and focused browsing for Firefox

Support for Linux-based developers and project managers not using Eclipse, per-task session restore for web developers using Firefox, printing and more. ... (more)

Apple Canada hosting next Toronto mixer

It is mixer time again, and this should be an interesting and well-attended event, considering the sponsor/hosts this time around. There were three biz dev guys from Apple at the one in April and this time they're taking on the all important "paying for munchies and buying some drinks" duties. Dmitry Sokolov at Ingram, who graciously organizes the events and sweet-talks vendors into sponsorships, says the Apple Canada guys will be out in force and will bring along some toys. Not a lot of the DS world runs on the Mac OS, but the Mac Mini would probably smoke many or all of its rivals if it was running XP. The price and form factor are good, and the people I know who have installed Windows or Linux on it (it takes some knowledge) say the quality of video playback is outstanding. Following the usual second Tuesday on the month thing, the next one is Tuesday, May 12th,... (more)

WebRTC Summit Silicon Valley Call for Papers Now Open

The 3rd WebRTC Summit, to be held Nov. 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, announces that its Call for Papers is now open. Topics include all aspects of improving IT delivery by eliminating waste through automated business models leveraging cloud technologies. WebRTC Summit is co-located with 15th International Cloud Expo, 6th International Big Data Expo, 3rd International DevOps Summit and 2nd Internet of @ThingsExpo. WebRTC (Web-based Real-Time Communication) is an open source project supported by Google, Mozilla and Opera that aims to enable browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat, and P2P file sharing without plugins. Its mission is "To enable rich, high quality, RTC applications to be developed in the browser via simple JavaScript APIs and HTML5." Help plant your flag in the fast-expanding business opportuni... (more)

Eyelit’s Manufacturing Execution Software (MES) Suite Selected by M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. and Migration From Legacy MES Completed in Only Eight Weeks

Eyelit Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace and defense, discrete electronics, semiconductor, and photovoltaic (solar) industries, announced today that M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. selected Eyelit’s MES software suite and replaced its legacy software suite at two wafer labs located in Lowell, Massachusetts and Torrance, California. M/A-COM Tech selected Eyelit’s solution to modernize its manufacturing software infrastructure and significantly lower the total cost of ownership and resource dependencies of its older system. The move to Eyelit MES enables M/A-COM Tech to standardize to one manufacturing software provider, simplifying its software architecture while gaining capability and flexibility. It also provides a platform to easily add equipment automation and integra... (more)

Alternet Systems, Inc. $75 Million Mobile Commerce Plan Including Asia and Africa Partnerships With 320 Million Subscribers to Be Featured in Webcast Tuesday

DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 02/19/10 -- Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: ALYI) is scheduled to be featured in a NewMarket Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NWMT) Greenfield Partners Program on-demand Webcast Tuesday, February 23rd. The Webcast agenda includes a presentation on Alternet's recently announced five-year plan to reach $75 million in annual revenue and recently announced joint venture, Utiba Americas, with mobile commerce provider Utiba Pte. Ltd. Utiba is a leading global supplier of mobile financial transaction platforms for mobile operators and financial institutions, and Utiba's products are successfully deployed across four different continents and over 320 million subscribers. The Greenfield presentation on Alternet's five year plan will also feature Alternet's partnerships and partner opportunities with other Greenfield Partners including NewMarket's C... (more)

Cornell University Researchers Grant Top Grade to Red Hat Storage

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the Cornell University Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies is using Red Hat Storage, formally Gluster, technology to manage data-intensive research projects. With Red Hat Storage Software Appliance, the department is experiencing cost-effective, highly available and scalable storage, and using it for such projects as DNA sequencing. It has delivered flexibility and reliability that has allowed the Institute to achieve the growth needed to continue its research programs, while increasing researcher productivity due to the high availability of the data. “The Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies brings together a diverse group of university scientists conducting research in biology and the physical, engineering and computati... (more)

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With the proliferation of both SQL and NoSQL databases, organizations can now target specific fit-for-purpose database tools for their different application needs regarding scalability, ease of use, ACID support, etc. Platform as a Service offerings make this even easier now, enabling developers to roll out their own database infrastructure in minutes with minimal management overhead. However, this same amount of flexibility also comes with the challenges of picking the right tool, on the right provider and with the proper expectations. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Christo Kutrovsky, a Principal Consultant at Pythian, compared the NoSQL and SQL offerings from AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, their similarities, differences and use cases for each one based on client projects.
The challenges of aggregating data from consumer-oriented devices, such as wearable technologies and smart thermostats, are fairly well-understood. However, there are a new set of challenges for IoT devices that generate megabytes or gigabytes of data per second. Certainly, the infrastructure will have to change, as those volumes of data will likely overwhelm the available bandwidth for aggregating the data into a central repository. Ochandarena discusses a whole new way to think about your next-gen applications and how to address the challenges of building applications that harness all data types and sources.
All zSystem customers have a significant new business opportunity to extend their reach to new customers and markets with new applications and services, and to improve the experience of existing customers. This can be achieved by exposing existing z assets (which have been developed over time) as APIs for accessing Systems of Record, while leveraging mobile and cloud capabilities with new Systems of Engagement applications. In this session, we will explore business drivers with new Node.js apps for delivering enhanced customer experience (with mobile and cloud adoption), how to accelerate development and management of SoE app APIs with API management.
Today, we have more data to manage than ever. We also have better algorithms that help us access our data faster. Cloud is the driving force behind many of the data warehouse advancements we have enjoyed in recent years. But what are the best practices for storing data in the cloud for machine learning and data science applications?
Digital Transformation and Disruption, Amazon Style - What You Can Learn. Chris Kocher is a co-founder of Grey Heron, a management and strategic marketing consulting firm. He has 25+ years in both strategic and hands-on operating experience helping executives and investors build revenues and shareholder value. He has consulted with over 130 companies on innovating with new business models, product strategies and monetization. Chris has held management positions at HP and Symantec in addition to advisory roles at startups. He has worked extensively on monetization, SAAS, IoT, ecosystems, partnerships and accelerating growth in new business initiatives.