As the cloud market explodes, a distinct chasm has become apparent between the operation of infrastructure and applications. Sharing, isolation and load balancing issues in the network, combined with high density virtualization in compute and storage resources, can adversely impact the performance of applications running across the network, frustrating application developers and end users alike. Enter application defined networking (ADN), which offers great business value for cloud users. A complement to software defined networking (SDN), ADN enables applications to directly control and adapt their networking for optimal performance across both public and private clouds, without compromising on portability or security. With ADN solutions, developers and administrators can automatically instrument, analyze and reconfigure the virtual network of resources to ensure t... (more)

In 2014 Big Data Investments Will Account for Nearly $30 Billion - Eventually Accounting for $76 Billion by 2020 End

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)

Google GDrive: Supposedly Where the Rubber Meets the Road

The chattering classes - both the blogosphere and the established press - are atwitter over the rumor - this particular one revived a few days ago by TG Daily - that Google is finally going to unveil its unconfirmed S3-like online storage scheme, otherwise known as GDrive and more lately as Web Drive - well, if not soon then sometime this year - and blow Windows PCs out of the water by reducing them to devices that simply access the cloud. Google of course is expected to reinforce the move with its own updated Office-replacing Google Apps and other Web Services, giving GDrive a cachet (and an interface) that EMC's Mozy, Microsoft's SkyDrive and Amazon's S3 online storage lack. Resistance is only expected from those Luddites unwilling to trade one master for another and let Google search the contents of what were their hard drives so it can insert ads or who would su... (more)

Setting up an ECommerce Site for Cheap

Here are some thing to think about when you set up an eCommerce site cheaply, and how to consider doing it:   1. Get a shopping site provider like Shopify.com. I will send you some of their competitors tomorrow so you can compare. 2. Sign up for your gmail account. 3. Once you get a site, you will need to sign up for: a. Google Webmaster Central (For making sure your site is crawled by Google) b. Google Analytics (for watching your site) c. Google AdWords (For advertising) d. Blogger account (for the blog) e. Twitter/Facebook accounts for fan and discount pages. f.  Set up a Yahoo Site Explorer site g. Who will do you email marketing? (I recommend MailChimp for simplicity) 4. You will also have to consider the following: a. What are you important keywords? b. Who will write content for your blog? c. How much can you spend on ads? Where and who do you want to target? ... (more)

An American in Manila: Watching Pacquiao-Cotto from the Philippines

Manny Pacquiao, the Pambansang Kamao ("National Fist") of the Philippines, beat the living tar out of the very tough amigo Miguel Cotto on Sunday afternoon, November 15, 2009, keeping a skein of big victories intact and once again upholding the pride of an entire nation of more than 90 million people. The fight was held on a Saturday night in Las Vegas. With the 16-hour time difference, it was already Sunday in the Philippines. I watched it on the slightly-delayed broadcast over the GMA TV network, one of the two ratings gorillas here. I was going to go to Araneta Coliseum, the historic venue in Quezon City (on the eastern fringe of Manila) where "The Thrilla" between Ali and Joe Frazier was fought in 1973 during the Marcos regime. The old place is still there, a hubbub of activity many days of the year. The best seats were about $10 US. I was warned off. Too many ... (more)

B2B Marketing Tip: Use RSS to Stay on Top of Blogs and News

Use RSS and Google Reader to Quickly Peruse B2B Marketing BlogsThank goodness for my Google Reader, I don’t know how I’d keep up with all of the terrific B2B marketing resources being shared without it. I know many people subscribe to blogs via email, but I get so much in my inbox that even organizing it with folders and setting up rules for specific emails doesn’t help me quickly peruse what’s out there. I subscribe to my favorite B2B marketing blogs and news sites via RSS through Google Reader and I can quickly and conveniently see what’s new and interesting to me so I can just read what I want and leave the rest for another time. For example, I was perusing blogs via my iPhone while getting my car washed the other day. During my lunch break (when I let myself have one) I’ll take a mental break from work but still be productive b... (more)

Marriage On The Rocks? Better Stay Off Facebook (PC World)

Marriage On The Rocks? Better Stay Off Facebook (PC World) internet marketing Articles from Moe Tamani, the SEO Services Consultant. PC World – Here’s the perfect Valentine’s Day story: If you’re separated from or in the process of divorcing your spouse, steer clear of Facebook. According to a recent survey of U.S. divorce attorneys, Facebook is the “unrivaled leader” for online evidence of matrimonial naughtiness. Most Commented Posts6 Reasons You Need SEO Services8 Tips for Great SEO Friendly ContentPromoted to Chief SEO Expert5 Reasons to Avoid Twitter, and Why You Shouldnt Join4 Reasons You Need Marketing Help12 Must-Have SEO Tools With Firefox Extensions8 Keys to Successful SEO8 Keys to a Designing Great Website6 Ways to Screen SEO Professionals6 Reasons to Avoid the Social Media News Release ... (more)

Can Your Brand Be Too Honest?

Social media spirals us towards a plethora of updates and tweets ranging from hating certain brands to blow by blow accounts of your daily hygiene.  It really is TMI (too much information)! At last week’s #brandchat, I posed the question – can your brand be too honest? This hot topic brought about some great answers from the BRANDidos (term of endearment used for people who chat on #brandchat)  Here are some of the insights: DavidSandusky: Q1 Be you. Be relevant. What is private likely not relevant to share. #brandchat CASUDI: A1: Honest as you want remembered forever by Google? Is that a valid criterion for brand transparency? #brandchat karenswim: Re Q1: In our salacious tell all culture, transparency is sometimes misguided #brandchat correlationist: #brandchat A1 - While transparency is key, being open with the wrong audience could be counter-productive. Know wh... (more)

Iran Limits Internet Access

Iran Iran has reportedly further restricted Internet and email access within the country. Millions of Iranian users are reporting low speeds, outages and blocked websites.  Iran has also placed restrictions on services using secured connections like Gmail and Facebook. Read the full article at Haaretz.com ... (more)

Exceptional Growth Rate for Kenton Bolsters its Global Position

Network Access Specialist Celebrates Record Financial Year The Kenton Group continues to affirm itself as one of the world's fastest growing network access specialists, with its latest financial results showing a growth rate in excess of 40 per cent, for the past year alone. Kenton provides network access equipment and connectivity solutions for carriers, service providers, enterprises, utility companies and government bodies throughout the world. The increased financial growth rate is attributed to the company's ethos to consistently deliver quality customer service to its expanding client portfolio, which includes BT, Talk Talk, Virgin Media and KCOM. Last year, Kenton announced the launch of its Broadband Enabling Technology (BET) - the UK's, and possibly the world's, longest reaching broadband technology which doubles signal strength. BET works by amplifying the ... (more)

Facebook Users in Concert

About three months ago I blogged about an airline company that offered a seat selection Web page where the passengers could identify themselves as Facebook users. Today, I was looking for a concert tickets, and Facebook is already there too offering “See who’s sitting where option”. I was assuming that people want some privacy while attending the show. I was wrong. ... (more)