Innovation in the Age of Digital Transformation In today's enterprise, digital transformation represents organizational change even more so than technology change, as customer preferences and behavior drive end-to-end transformation across lines of business as well as IT. To capitalize on the ubiquitous disruption driving this transformation, companies must be able to innovate at an increasingly rapid pace. Traditional approaches for driving innovation are now woefully inadequate for keeping up with the breadth of disruption and change facing today's increasingly digital enterprise. It's time to rethink how we innovate, leveraging the very turbulence that drives the business to change. In his Opening Keynote, Jason Bloomberg, leading expert on architecting agility for the enterprise and  president of Intellyx, provided a thought-provoking look at how modern digital... (more)

Monitoring with @AISolutions_Inc | @CloudExpo #CloudNative #AWS #Monitoring #Serverless #ContinuousDelivery

"We are an IT services solution provider and we sell software to support those solutions. Our focus and key areas are around security, enterprise monitoring, and continuous delivery optimization," noted John Balsavage, President of A&I; Solutions, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 20th Cloud Expo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. @DevOpsSummit at Cloud Expo, taking place November 12-13 in New York City, NY, is co-located with 22nd international CloudEXPO | first international DXWorldEXPO and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long dev... (more)

Even Stephen Fry fails to get cloud computing

Stephen Fry recently published an article on cloud computing. Like many others he got it completely wrong and was describing nothing more than what the Internet is. Cloud computing is not the second coming. Leave Comment Related Entries: Cloud Bootcamp announced, learn what all the fuss is about Amazon's EC2 now with Windows dot.com bubble2.0 Upcoming online webinar - Flying through the clouds From deep within the bowels of SUN Time for VMWare to change its pricing model Amazon S3 suffers an 8hr outage; Trust no one Speaking at CloudCamp London PodServe moves to a paid-for exclusive service Browser 2.0 for Web2.0; innovations required for the next generation ... (more)

Progress Software's David Bressler to Present at Cloud Computing Conference in NYC

David Bressler, SOA Evangelist for the Actional products for Progress Software, will be presenting at SYS-CON's 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. In this session, Bressler will discuss how cloud computing will change enterprise consumption of IT, but challenges around data management, no longer "owned" by the individual application, pose a threat. These include: how to keep data accurate and in the right hands; how to add new sources; how to provide contextual information; and how to successfully drive this all into a business-users hands. Bressler will outline the "new enterprise app" vision where data relationships and their impact to the business process matter, and define best practices to ensure "safe" Cloud Computing that drives tangible business IT improvements. Speaker Bio As SOA Evangeli... (more)

Does Cloud Computing Need a Shrink?

What if "The Cloud" visited a psychiatrist? Does Cloud and Cloud Computing need therapy? Are they suffering from split personality disorder? With so many people giving different definitions of what Cloud Computing is, no wonder The Cloud has an identity crisis. Be a fly on the wall and listen in to the Cloud's therapy session. Scene: Office of Dr. Virgil I. Zation, a noted Silicon Valley Psychiatrist. Dr. Zation is having a therapy session with a new patient named Cloud. Doctor: How can I help you, Mr. Cloud? Cloud: You can drop the "Mr." and just call me "The Cloud." Doctor: Ok, Cloud. What brings you to my office? Cloud: Doctor, I think I'm in an identity crisis. I just don't seem to know who I am anymore. On the one hand, I'm "The Cloud." I've got a handle on that identity, but now people are talking about "Cloud Computing," and it's really confusing me, and worst of ... (more)

SYS-CON's Cloud Expo Adds Two New Tracks

Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered, and entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate. So it is no surprise that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is going from strength to strength. The latest expansion of its wide-ranging technical program is the addition of two brand new tracks for its biggest-ever event, 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, being held November 2-4, 2009, in the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. "SOA in the Cloud" - The convergence of SOA and Cloud Computing is now so clear a trend industry-wide that a new "SOA in the Cloud" track will make its first - but definitely not its last! - appearance as a new ... (more)

Trend Micro Introduces Hosted Email Security 2.0

New hosted email security platform delivers daily protection to companies globally Marlow, UK - March 16, 2010 - Trend Micro is today introducing Trend Micro™ Hosted Email Security, a new platform which offers mission-critical service standards. Powered by Trend Micro's Smart Protection Network, businesses will now benefit from real-time protection against e-mail borne threats without having to invest in additional IT resources. "Email security is mission critical for our customers," said James Walker, SMB product marketing manager, Trend Micro, EMEA. "Trend Micro's new Hosted Email Security ensures customers receive 100 percent service uptime, effective spam blocking and zero email-based viruses. In addition, we're including our leading anti-malware technology stopping malicious URLs embedded in emails." Trend Micro scans, filters and correlates more than 20 billi... (more)

Why Integrate Your SaaS Also In The Cloud

The following is a bit technical. But if you're thinking of automating your marketing process through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider like Eloqua to plug it right into your CRM system, which might also be hosted by a SaaS provider like Saleforce.com, then you need to study the following a bit. The bottom line is that as businesses choose the SaaS model to run more of their operations in the cloud, these SaaS point solutions proliferate across the enterprise. In a large company one division might be running its marketing operation on Eloqua, another on Engage B2B and another on Market2Lead. They might be plugging right into various instances of Salesforce.com. Suddenly, if the corporation's CEO wanted to see a view of the whole enchilada integrated, the corporate marketing and sales ops team might find itself knocking on IT's door. But avoiding IT was one of ... (more)

Cloud Expo 2011 New York: The Impact of Cloud Computing on IT

Cloud Expo 2011 New York $800 Savings here! There are many considerations when deciding how your organization will leverage cloud computing. There are many service and deployment models (Private vs. Public cloud, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS). There is no one size fits all. How do you decide which cloud model is right for your organization? In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Bhargav Shah, Director at KPMG in its IT Advisory practice, will share knowledge and insights gleaned from helping many clients leverage cloud computing in their overall IT strategy. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Speaker Bio: Bhargav Shah is a Director at KPMG in its IT Advisory practice. He has been involved with IT strategy, DC operations, IT Services Management and Architecture since 1998. He also leads KPMG's cloud solution development and has helped many clien... (more)

Workbooks sales director recognised as global channel SMB influencer

24 April 2012: Ian Moyse, Workbooks sales director, has been recognised by SMB Nation on the Worldwide SMB 150 Channel Influencers List for 2012. Ian was nominated in the 'Experts' category for his relentless work promoting and educating channels on the benefits of cloud computing to both themselves and their clients. In the 'Community' voting section Ian was voted 3rd Worldwide out of over 400 nominees. On 17th April the final list was announced including a wide range of channel leaders from around the globe. A three-part process determined this year's list of SMB 150 influencers. The competition began with an open nominating process, followed by the SMB IT community voting on the 400+ nominees shortlisted at www.smb150.com. In addition to the community vote, a panel of industry experts also judged each nominee based on a variety of areas. Ian Moyse commented, "It i... (more)

Intel(R) Expressway Service Gateway and McAfee’s Cloud Security Platform

McAfee just announced their new Cloud Security Platform, which includes Intel(R) Expressway Service Gateway as a core component. The new cloud platform covers email, web, applications/apis, and access control. It’s great to see Intel and McAfee draw a large technology strategy that covers all of these different areas. More importantly, the announcement shows Intel’s commitment to security software. Moving from the Enterprise to the cloud, the strategy defines a number of modules.which include e-mail security, data loss prevention, web security, web services security, identity and access management, and mobile/remote user management. Expressway service gateway fits in under the web services security module and includes application protection and controls, performance acceleration, and authentication and authorization. In other words, ESG is securing and accelerating... (more)