Tesora to Deliver Oracle Database Connectivity in OpenStack Trove Enterprises can now provision Oracle Database in OpenStack via the latest version of the Tesora private cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) platform, the company's enhanced implementation of OpenStack Trove. Tesora has developed the first Trove guest agent for Oracle Database 12c. Enterprises can now use OpenStack Trove to create, configure, and start Oracle pluggable databases within a container database environment.  The Oracle container database can be pre-provisioned on dedicated hardware to deliver an ideal user experience and efficient use of resources. The implementation includes a Trove guest agent for Oracle Database, which acts as a proxy between OpenStack and the Oracle server to administer databases. Tesora's Remote Agent Architecture simplifies agent communication with Oracle Database. "... (more)

Unisys Named “Platinum Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

SYS-CON Events announced today that Unisys, the leader in high-value technology and business solutions to global enterprises, was named "Platinum Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. The event is expected to attract over 1,500 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe. Unisys helps you secure your business operations so you can better focus on opportunities. They create visibility throughout all layers of your enterprise: exposing cause-and-effect relationships between strategy, business processes, applications and infrastructure. 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo At the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & E... (more)

Oracle Named “Platinum Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

SYS-CON Events announced today that Oracle, the world's leading supplier of software for information management and the world's second largest independent software company, was named "Platinum Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara, California. The event is expected to attract over 1,200 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe. 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo At the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, November 2-4, 2009, being held in the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, more than 1,500 delegates will find out how cloud computing is transforming the way that enterprises everywhere build and deploy applications. Now held three times... (more)

VMware, Cisco and EMC to provide visionary overview for 'private cloud' at Cloud Computing World Forum

VMware, Cisco and EMC will provide an overview and discussion of their “private cloud” vision, at the Cloud Computing World Forum – www.cloudwf.com – taking place on the 22nd October at 76 Portland Place, London. In what promises to be a truly insightful presentation, the leading trio will discuss their joint vision for the cloud, outlining which immediate actions and sequential steps need to be taken by IT professionals, in order to ensure that their infrastructure are truly ready and enabled for the Journey to The Cloud. Mark Johnstone, MD for Point Zero Media who are organizing the conference said, “This one day conference promises to give a full insight into the cloud, providing vision and strategy to the audience together with time for questions and discussion from the conference floor and in the exhibition area. The response to the agenda has been great and ... (more)

liveBooks secures $5 million in funding from strategic and private investors

Press Release liveBooks secures $5 million in funding from strategic and private investors Company introduces subscription-based pricing and predesigned websites delivered through SaaS. Aligns strategic partners to expand into the graphic design, interior design and other new markets San Francisco – Nov 2, 2009 - liveBooks, Inc., (www.livebooks.com) the leading provider of award-winning websites that allow creative professionals to promote and manage their businesses online, today announced that it has secured $5 million in funding from strategic and private investors to allow the company to expand into new markets and create more flexible and affordable payment and design options for its customers. liveBooks has a history of creating beautifully designed and easy-to-manage Web sites for the world’s top photographers, such as Chris Rainier, National Geographic Photog... (more)

Video: Cloud and GPUs

Just was getting some thoughts out about using GPGPUs (nVidia’s Tesla and Fermi products, ATI’s FireStream) for handling some of the menial cloud-based operations (metadata calc, metadata location servicing, offload, etc.) that we have as part of any type of cloud file system. So, what are your thoughts?  The capacity to further collapse x86 commodity platforms by utilizing the extreme amount of processing capability present within these GPGPUs and coupling optimized OpenCL or CUDA routines into the standard CFS processing stack. Just something to think about. Related articles by Zemanta AMD revs up Stream SDK (theregister.co.uk) NVIDIA announces Fermi products for 2010 ship (insidehpc.com) Micro-burst: Master Node Topology (flickerdown.com) ... (more)

Vordel's CEO Vic Morris on Cloud Computing

Opening Keynote at Cloud Expo Vordel's CEO, Vic Morris, recently was interviewed by Jessica Ann Mola at ebizQ for a podcast. The questions which Vic addresses are: * Why is cloud computing such a compelling model and which verticals are adopting cloud computing most? * What are the major challenges hindering the adoption of cloud computing by large enterprises? * How can companies overcome their concerns to ensure they benefit from cloud computing? * What is the role of SOA in cloud? * Is there a space for specialist vendors in a market dominated by giants such as Amazon, Google, Rackspace, Microsoft, etc.? Check out the podcast here ... (more)

Cloud Expo 2011 New York: Application Development in the Cloud

Cloud Expo 2011 New York $800 Savings here! At Ajax.org they understand that the browser is the future; therefore they have always seen the Open Web as a robust platform for application development. Meanwhile JavaScript is making its grand comeback. Combine these two ideas and you get Cloud9 IDE. Cloud9 IDE hopes to be the IDE for JavaScript developers built by JavaScript developers. JavaScript applications run online for a purpose, so why shouldn't you develop your application online too? In their session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Lieke Arends, Business Development Manager at Ajax.org, and Rik Arends, Co-Founder and CTO of Ajax.org, will discuss the advantages of developing in the cloud (many of which most developers probably don't know). Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Speaker Bios: Lieke Arends is Business Development Manager ... (more)

HGST Demonstrates Industry’s First 12Gb/s SAS SSD

Doubling Today's Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Speed, 12Gb/s SAS SSDs and HDDs will be the Drives of Choice for Future Generations of High-Performance Enterprise Servers and Storage Solutions; HGST is Participating in the SCSI Trade Association Technology Showcase on May 9, 2012 LONDON, May 1, 2012 - HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and now a Western Digital company, NYSE: WDC) today announced the storage industry's first technology demonstration of a 12 gigabit per second (12Gb/s) SAS solid state drive (SSD), representing the next performance step in the evolution of SAS, the preferred interface technology for enterprise servers and storage solutions. HGST is participating in the 12Gb/s SAS demonstration at the SCSI Trade Association Technology Showcase on May 9, 2012, at the Hyatt Hotel in Santa Clara, Calif. SAS SSDs and hard disk drives (HDDs), w... (more)

Tiggzi At – An Evening with MongoDB

Next Wednesday, July 25, I will be in San Diego at An Evening with MongoDB, sponsored by 10gen. I’ll be showing the recently added Tiggzi Database (MongoDB) to the Tiggzi mobile app platform. You will see how fast it is to build mobile apps now that you got a mobile app builder and database — both in the cloud. Hope to see you there. ... (more)

The Challenges of Cloud: Infrastructure Diaspora

#webperf #cloud With performance rising as a concern for cloud computing adoption, the disparity between services in the data center and the cloud needs to be addressed. One of the negative's of cloud computing is it's one-size-fits-all approach to infrastructure. A single load balancing system (and subsequently configuration) is considered acceptable for all applications. After all, it's just about distributing requests, isn't it? Except it isn't, and neither are myriad other infrastructure services that provide not only customized services for applications but additional benefits not currently offered by what are commoditized versions of functionality. Even assuming an organization is using a fairly non-customized Load balancer, there is a disparity between the algorithms supported by the industry and those supported today by cloud computing providers. If you don't... (more)