DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

DevOps Automation For #API By @AkanaInc | @DevOpsSummit #IoT #DevOps #Microservices

Akana Introduces DevOps Automation Across API Development and API Management Akana, a leading provider of API Management, API Security and Cloud Integration solutions, announced that it is introducing DevOps automation to the API lifecycle. New capabilities in Akana's API Management platform significantly reduce the time required to update API definitions and versions. DevOps teams will be able to work faster in designing and developing APIs, as well as managing them at runtime and publishing them to a portal. The move brings Akana's robust, proven API management technology to the emerging DevOps discipline, helping speed up provisioning of APIs to developers and partners while improving alignment of IT processes and business initiatives. DevOps merges software development and IT operations in a unified workflow, with continuous updating of applications in producti... (more)

Call for Papers at @DevOpsSummit Open | #DevOps #APM #Containers #Microservices

@DevOpsSummit taking place June 7-9, 2016 at Javits Center, New York City, and Nov 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with the 18th International @CloudExpo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. DevOps at Cloud Expo New York Call for Papers is now open. DevOps at @CloudExpo / @ThingsExpo 2016 New York (June 7-9, 2016, Javits Center, Manhattan) DevOps at @CloudExpo / @ThingsExpo 2016 Silicon Valley (November 1-3, 2016, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA) The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet b... (more)

Measuring DevOps | @DevOpsSummit #APM #DevOps #Microservices

Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) Podcast: Episode 33 – Measuring DevOps How is your DevOps transformation coming along? How do you measure Agility? Reliability? Efficiency? Quality? Success?! How do you optimize your processes? This morning on #c9d9 we talked about some of the metrics that matter for the different stakeholders throughout the software delivery pipeline. Our panelists shared their best practices for some of the metrics that you should be monitoring to track your DevOps efforts, and - equally important- some of the metrics you should abandon. How do you align your organization around "the one metric that matters" (quoting Jez Humble), and not silo your teams (Dev, Test, Ops, Release Managers, etc.), while tracking the key performance indicators for each functional area in your delivery process? What do test coverage, LOC, defect rate or Time-to-Value have... (more)

ITIL vs. DevOps | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps #ITIL #FedRAMP #Microsevices

Earlier this week, we hosted our Continuous Discussion video podcast, this time discussing ITIL and DevOps. The episode featured expert panelists Jan-Joost Bouwman (ING), Kaimar Karu (AXELOS), Jeff Sussna (DevOps writer and speaker) and Simon Morris (ServiceNow). During our discussion, we uncovered the similarities and differences between ITIL and DevOps, and discussed tips for how to align the two methodologies in an organization. Read on for the top highlights, best practices and key takeaways from this week's expert discussion. Want more #c9d9? Join us every other Tuesday at 10 a.m. PST for free, live episodes of Continuous Discussions video podcast. In the meantime, you can watch every single Continuous Discussion here or on our Youtube playlist. Also, be sure to join us on Tuesday, March 22nd for a special episode of #c9d9 at 5 p.m. PST, live from Mobile Deliv... (more)

Enterprise #DevOps Journey of @Amdocs | @DevOpsSummit #AI #Microservices

Enterprise DevOps Journey, The Things No One Told Me... When you focus on a journey from up-close, you look at your own technical and cultural history and how you changed it for the benefit of the customer. This was our starting point: too many integration issues, 13 SWP days and very long cycles. It was evident that in this fast-paced industry we could no longer afford this reality. We needed something that would take us beyond reducing the development lifecycles, CI and Agile methodologies. We made a fundamental difference, even changed our culture. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 20th Cloud Expo, Amir Fried, Software Architect at Amdocs, will take you through Amdocs past, present and future, sharing valuable insights. Speaker Bio Amir Fried is a Software Architect at Amdocs, a company with more than 25,000 employees serving customers in over 90 countries. He is... (more)

Amit Yoran Resigns as Director of the National Cyber Security Division

Saying that he's accomplished his goals for the job, Amit Yoran has quit from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Director of the National Cyber Security Division after just a year. His resignation became effective yesterday. "We've hired some fantastic expertise," Yoran said. We've achieved our primary objectives." But commentators are naturally reading more into his abrupt departure than that.  While putting a brave face on it - a department spokeswoman, Tasia Scolinos, praised Yoran and gave the assurance that "Cybersecurity will continue to be a priority of the Department of Homeland Security" - the DHS must be very concerned at its inability to retain a high-flyer like Yoran, who sold to Symantec in 2002 the company he cofounded in 1998, a firm specializing in monitoring government and corporate computers around the world with an elaborate sensor netwo... (more)

Composite Software to Exhibit at SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference & Expo

Composite Software provides a virtual approach to data integration. Hundreds of enterprises including five of the top six U.S. investment banks as well several Government agencies, such as the Office of Secretary of Defense and Intelligence, and software vendors including Cognos, Informatica and BMC, rely on the Composite Information Server to virtualize, abstract and federate data from multiple, disparate sources and deliver this real-time information to their applications. Composite Software’s technology fulfills real-time information requirements, enabling enterprises to respond faster to business requests, reduce their data integration costs, and keep pace with ever-changing business needs. Founded in 2002, Composite Software is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit http://www.compositesw.c... (more)

IBM Puts Systems Chief on Leave of Absence

Robert Moffat (pictured below) ain’t running IBM’s systems business, its chips or its supply chain and he ain’t serving as an officer of the company following his arrest Friday on criminal charges that he disclosed confidential inside information on AMD, Sun and IBM itself to a hedge fund ring that was trading on the secrets. He has been temporarily placed on a leave of absence while he sorts his life out. IBM has moved Rodney Adkins, senior VP in change of development and manufacturing into Moffat’s job as acting head of its Systems and Technology Group. Adkins will report to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano. Adkins, who become IBM’s highest ranking black executive ever, will also keep his current job. The handwriting was on wall that IBM would take this course of action when it disappeared Moffat’s bio from its web site over the weekend. Moffat has been described as a conf... (more)

Mobile Expert Video Series: Latecia Mills

I must confessed to rarely having a female mobility expert included in my Mobile Expert Video Series, so today I am particularly happy to publish a video interview that I conducted a couple of weeks ago with a 20-year veteran of enterprise mobility Latecia Mills, VP of Global Services and Support with DSI. DSI has been in business for over 30 years, and they have been implementing mobile solutions for over 20 years.  It is not every day that I get to interview someone with that much real-world experience.  DSI grew out of the heavy duty warehouse management and manufacturing industries, and this year they made it onto Gartner's Magic Quadrant for MADPs (mobile application development platforms). ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Head Analyst for SMAC (Social, MOBILE, Analytics and Cloud), Cognizant Read The Future of Work Vi... (more)

On Asking Bad Questions (Or, What Small Business CRM is Best?)

We hear it all the time. What CRM is the best? Google it and you’ll get a litany of responses, almost all in contradiction of one another. Some say Salesforce. Some say Zoho. Some say Capsule, some say Brightpearl. You get the idea. Thing is, they’re all wrong. See, there is no “best” CRM. It doesn’t exist. Instead, there’s dozens of “good” CRMs with individual strengths and weaknesses. Asking which one is best is like asking for a town’s “best” restaurant – it’s a contextual matter. What kind of meal are you looking for? At what price? Who’s eating with you? Is atmosphere important, or just the food? What are you looking for? Finding a suitable CRM is a similar process. You’re not looking for “the best” CRM – if you’re asking that, you’ll just find opinions (and the Internet has many…). Instead, you’re looking for the CRM that’s most suitable for your business.... (more)