SYS-CON Events announced today that the 8th International Cloud Expo will take place June 6-9, 2011, in New York City. The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world's leading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York, Silicon Valley and in Europe. Over 600 corporate sponsors and 10,000 industry professionals have participated in Cloud Computing Expo since its inception, more than all other Cloud-related events put together. Cloud Computing Expo 2011 East Call for Papers Deadline November 30, 2010 - SUBMIT YOUR SPEAKING PROPOSAL TODAY! The four-day event will offer a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing with more than 150 sponsors and exhibitors and over 5,000 estimated delegates from well over 48 different countries. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship &... (more)

Application Performance Management Done Right

What is Application Performance Management (APM)? Like a lot of good questions, it depends on your business needs.  What is the goal of an ideal APM?  Does it mean 99.999% availability?  Perhaps it is a favorable overall end user experience when using the application but, as compared to what? My point is that Application Performance Management / Monitoring means different things to different businesses and it can even depend on the application involved. What is the Goal of APM “Begin with the goal in mind.” I wish I could take credit for that quote.  What is the goal of the APM? Have you listed out the objectives you hope to obtain from your APM strategy?  This approach will help your team ensure satisfaction with the final solution chosen.  Here are some examples. Minimum of 99.999% availability with lower Mean Time To Know (MTTK) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) Less ... (more)

i-Technology Viewpoint: "SOA Sucks"

From time to time, I find myself lassoing a sacred cow in this Editorial space, dragging it over to the slaughterhouse of rhetoric, and ultimately barbecuing its falsehood over the stainless-steel, six-burner, propane-powered grill of real-world experience. To wit, the current industry obsession with SOA as a panacea for every information system ill from performance to security is, in my humble opinion, a phenomenal load of crap. Now, please don't misunderstand me. I am not saying that there isn't a myriad of benefits to be derived from exposing systems' functionality for access by other automated systems simply by passing XML across industry-standard networking protocols such as HTTP and TCP. Web services are great! If you have to interoperate with non-Microsoft systems, they may be your only option. If you are building a system today and you suspect that some other... (more)

Moderro to Announce "Turnkey Cloud Computer" This Week at 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Moderro Technologies www.moderro.com will debut its Xpack Internet Computer – an integrated (hardware, operating system and web management) solution for the Web 2.0 desktop SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, November 19-21, in San Jose, CA. The Xpack features a clean and friendly user interface and operating system that was written by Moderro specifically for interacting with Web 2.0 applications. This functionality, combined with simplicity, security, a small footprint, energy efficiency, and backward compatibility make the Moderro Xpack a perfect choice for Web 2.0 office. “Web applications are an afterthought with operating systems confining them to a single-window browser, virtually pushing them into the background,” said Dan Itkis Moderro Vice President. “We decided to develop our own operating system, which makes web applications easier to use while ... (more)

Comm100 Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Network

VANCOUVER, BC -- (Marketwire) -- 01/26/10 -- Comm100 Network Corporation, the provider of open source and free hosted customer support software, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Network with a competency in Mobility Solutions and Custom Development Solutions (Web Development), recognizing Comm100's expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. Comm100 provides open source and free hosted customer support software for small and midsized businesses. Comm100 focuses on developing and managing fully integrated customer support and communication solutions to enable businesses to communicate with their customers effectively through multiple integrated communication channels, including live chat, forum, knowledge base, email case management and ticket system. "We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certifi... (more)

Open Letter to the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad

Thursday, July 29, 2010 Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey   To the President of Syria, Mr. and Mrs. Bashar al-Assad Mr. and Mrs. President Bashar al-Assad: At the tender age of 17 months my severely ill daughter Sofia, an American citizen, was abducted by her mother on Monday, July 26, in Istanbul, Turkey, and taken to Syria. Fox News: ▸ video ▸ story I was informed yesterday by Sofia's mother that she will not be coming back to the United States nor will she allow Sofia to return home. Sofia has been diagnosed with a severe medical condition that requires immediate treatment in the United States. It was scheduled to start on July 27, 2010, in New Jersey, the day after her abduction and was supposed to last until she reaches the age of 3. Any delay in the urgently needed treatment will result in a life-long disability for Sofia and make her dependent for the whole of her a... (more)

Twelve New Programming Languages: Is Cloud Responsible?

Do we need programming languages? You may think that the answer is no. But, if you go by the recent trend you may need to change your mind. Consider for example the following questions: Why is Google working two (GO, DART) new programming languages? Why has IBM (X10), Cray (Chapel) and Red Hat (Ceylon) working on creating a new programming language of its own? Why did the attendees of a recent conference in London select 5 (HTML5, DART, Scala, Clojure, Node.js) new languages as the most important software development trends for 2012? What does Neil McAllister mean when he says that these 10 (DART, Ceylon, GO, F#, OPA, Fantom, Zimbu, X10, Haxe, Chapel) programming languages that could shake up IT? Why did Anders Hejlsberg of Microsoft, the creator of Turbo Pascal, Delphi and C# launch TypeScript? Are new programming languages getting created just to satisfy the creativ... (more)

Reconhecendo um Chief Networking Officer

CNO - Chief Networking Officer é um mega estrategista e gestor de redes de relacionamentos. Ele atua de forma integrada no mundo real assim e no ambiente virtual. Ele domina a arte de transformar contatos em relacionamentos duradouros que levam a negócios efetivos. Será você um CNO em potencial? Como o RH das empresas reconhecerá um futuro CNO rapidamente? Vejamos 10 pontos que podem auxiliar nessa identificação. 1. Liderança: CNO é um líder nato. Ele se destaca na multidão pelo seu estilo diferenciado. Por vezes mais soft, por vezes mais hard, quando a situação assim exigir, mas sempre tomando as decisões certas na hora precisa. 2. Comunicação: Tanto na comunicação escrita quanto verbal, CNO apresenta suas ideias de forma didática, clara, que fazem muito sentido e que conduzem os demais stakeholders para a ação. 3. Estrategista: todas as boas pessoas tem valor estrat... (more)

Exterity Accelerates Graphics Performance of AvediaPlayer Receivers

Atlanta, Georgia, 12th April 2012 - Exterity, the leading provider of IPTV communication solutions, today announces the launch of Version 3 of its AvediaPlayer Receiver range. The receivers provide businesses with an easy and effective solution to connect a TV or AV display to a Local Area Network (LAN) for live and on-demand access to TV and video streams. All three receivers in the range have been updated to offer an improved user interface (UI), advanced graphic capabilities and enhanced security and control features. Exterity will be demonstrating Version 3 for the first time at this year's NAB show in Las Vegas from April 14th - 19th on booth SL8107. Version 3 boosts viewer interaction with a new user friendly and intuitive UI. Organisations can fully customize the UI using the new CSS driven architecture: changing the color scheme, menu layouts and adding image... (more)

Microsoft under investigation for not fulfilling browser choice pledge

Microsoft You’d be forgiven for thinking this whole browser choice issue was resolved back in 2009, but no. European regulators are back on Redmond’s back, following suspicions that the megacorp may not be complying with the deal it struck all that time ago. Specifically, the allegations focus on versions of Windows 7 sold since February 2011 that came preloaded with patches, and which may not have displayed the all-important browser selection screen that offered up IE alternatives like Firefox and Chrome. The EU’s concerns have already been bluntly expressed by Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, who said that Microsoft “should expect sanctions” if the “infringement is confirmed” by the investigation. Read the full story at Engadget. ... (more)

AppLayer’s Recruitbox ‘app store’ gives IT service providers tools to offer bespoke cloud solutions to recruitment agencies

AppLayer's Cloud orchestration platform helps recruitment agencies retain intellectual property and guard against 'bring your own device' problems such as theft or loss London - 29th July 2013 -- Cloud technology company AppLayer today announced its Recruitbox 'app store' as the latest development for its hosted desktop/cloud offering for recruitment consulting firms. Designed with agency heads in mind, the store offers Recruitbox users a choice of hosted industry and business software applications, all available for a monthly fee. In this way, agencies can build their own bespoke, ultra-secure Cloud IT solutions, adding additional applications according to their needs. The range of hosted software available via the Recruitbox app store includes a range of software providers and specialist recruitment packages such as Bullhorn Reach, Filefinder, Voyager, Microdec and... (more)