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Opening Keynote | Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud – Myth or Reality?
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 Splunk, the real-time operational intelligence platform, and Cloudera, the Apache Hadoop player, have fashioned a strategic alliance to deliver Big Data analytics across the enterprise.
Splunk Enterprise can integrate with Cloudera’s Enterprise Hadoop distribution using Splunk’s Had...May. 19, 2013 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 484 |
 Apptio, which knows how to gauge the total cost of IT services, has gotten a mighty $45 million E round that it means to invest in its platform and its international expansion, immediately in Western Europe.
Counting the new money the company has now seen $136 million in funding sinc...May. 19, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,003 |
Cloud enables SMBs to access new, scalable resources – previously only available to enterprises – in flexible and cost-effective ways. McKinsey’s SMB Cloud Report projects the public cloud market to reach $40-$50 billion by 2015, with SMBs comprising 65% of public cloud spending ...May. 19, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 954 |
 The economics of business are radically changing due to the way in which software and services are being delivered thanks to cloud computing. In his session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [10-13 June, 2013], Mike Kavis will cover six reasons for the disruption.May. 19, 2013 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 4,058 |
 Our more interconnected planet is accelerating the adoption and convergence of next-generation architectures, in the form of cloud, mobile and instrumented physical assets. Organizations that can effectively balance optimization and innovation, will be in a position to leverage new sys...May. 19, 2013 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,794 |
 The massive computing and storage resources that are needed to support big data applications make cloud environments an ideal fit. In Nati Shalom's upcoming session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013], you'll learn how to build your big data "database on-demand"...May. 18, 2013 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,343 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that MetraTech Corp., the leading provider of agreements-based billing™, commerce and compensation solutions, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in Ne...May. 18, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,375 |
 It’s now possible to create isolated networks in the cloud using OpenStack Networking. Cloud Networks can help enhance network security, increase application agility and improve scalability and availability of your servers. May. 18, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,119 |
 “Trust is an ongoing journey and sits at the foundation of any vendor relationship – the companies that don’t consistently earn trust won’t be around long,” noted Henrik Rosendahl, Senior VP of Cloud Solutions at Quantum, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Ge...May. 18, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,415 |
 Cloud computing is more than a buzz-phrase it’s a transformative IT paradigm shift. The emphasis in the cloud is on elasticity, scalability, agility and open. Not just open standards but open APIs and open source. The delivery of software is also going through a paradigm shift. Open so...May. 18, 2013 03:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,401 |
 In an ideal developer/systems administrator’s world, most applications would deploy seamlessly to multiple platforms and scale elastically with minimal effort bringing the unprecedented agility of the cloud within immediate reach of developer teams and IT organizations.
OpenStack, a ...May. 18, 2013 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,316 |
 Organizations across the world are increasingly starting to see the benefits of moving more and more services to the cloud. The focus on the cost-saving potential of cloud is rapidly shifting to completely transforming the business with cloud. As organizations are investing enormous su...May. 18, 2013 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,477 |
 Storage and Archive offerings are now exploding on the market. From end-user mobile devices to company tactical level, the cloud has become a black hole for every kind of data. But what are the risks, and what are the real needs?
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, A...May. 18, 2013 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,350 |
 These days, it seems that every cloud provider claims that cloud is safer than your traditional datacenter. Is it though? In his General Session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York, McAfee expert Rishi Bhargava will help you explore and address the security challenges and consider...May. 18, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,761 |
 Companies around the world are collecting massive amounts of data everyday that’s sitting around and not being utilized. Take for example the fact that companies collect demographic and location-based data via mobile devices all the time, but have to figure out how to monetize that dat...May. 18, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,341 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that Zyrion Inc., the leading provider of Cloud and IT Monitoring software solutions, has been named “Entrance Carpet Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, Ne...May. 18, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,124 |
 At pennies per virtual machine-hour, the economics of cloud computing are both compelling and daunting to replicate. Whether you are building your own cloud infrastructure, building a public cloud or choosing a cloud service, there are key strategy and technology decisions that make th...May. 18, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 704 |
 The cloud-enabled data center sits at the center of IT transformation. It facilitates the interconnection and communities that come together, propelling growth for both buyers and sellers.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Gerry Fassig, CoreSite’s Vice President of...May. 18, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,205 |
 Need to scale your data tier? The foundation of every application is the database layer, and today application architects have more choices than ever. With these choices come new questions: Which database technology is best for your application? How can your application take advantage ...May. 18, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,525 |
 With the right tools, file storage today can be in the cloud or on-premise, with seamless and secure access and publishing regardless of location. Novel, high-speed transport technologies that alleviate the bottlenecks and limitations of traditional data movement protocols are now intr...May. 18, 2013 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,304 |
 New, "Super-Sized" 4-Day Cloud Computing Bootcamp is a brief introduction to cloud computing carefully created and devised to help you keep up with evolving trends like Big Data, PaaS, APIs, Mobile, Social and Data Analytics. Solutions built around these topics require a sound cloud co...May. 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 803 |
 Enterprise cloud adoption revolves around pushing the BYOD movement and focusing on data security.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Ross Brouse, COO and President of Solar VPS, will cover how cloud adoption is driven by consumerism, humanity’s need to socialize, o...May. 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,132 |
 Companies around the world are moving into on-premise private cloud environments. Many connect their private cloud to their public cloud service providers. In his session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13], Brian Patrick Donaghy will talk about examples of what worke...May. 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,870 |
 The world’s first vendor neutral marketplace for IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) cloud computing is being built. This marketplace fills the current gap in the value chain by offering standardized products and by addressing the needs of providers and consumers of cloud computing reso...May. 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,314 |
| Enterprises can't close their doors just because integration tools won't cope with the volume of information that their systems produce. As each day goes by, their information will become larger and more complicated, and enterprises must constantly struggle to manage the integration o... May. 18, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,458 |
 Learn about the complex regulations surrounding HIPAA compliance and other considerations for running sensitive data in the Cloud.
In their session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Ken Ziegler, CEO of Logicworks, and Frank Nydam, Director of Healthcare Solutions at VMware, will ...May. 18, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,947 |
 Planning scalable environments isn't terribly difficult, but it does require a change of perspective. During this session we'll broaden our views to think on an Internet Scale by dissecting a video publishing application built with The SoftLayer Platform, Message Queuing, Object Storag...May. 18, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,259 |
 Backup, Recovery, and Archiving (BURA) are critical elements for IT to address. BURA solutions need to address a broad spectrum of needs including data protection, regulatory compliance, and business continuity. Today's cloud based solutions can enable customers to procure and consume ...May. 18, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,562 |
 A recent study by analyst firm IDC reports that in 2012, 1.7 million cloud computing-related roles across the globe could not be filled due to the lack of training, certification and experience in the applicant pool. As the global demand for cloud and big data expertise increases, empl...May. 18, 2013 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,281 |
 Compelling consumer applications are created every day. Are you ready for the IT implications both internally and externally? As your datacenter needs more capacity, the cloud will be critical to success. What are the key considerations to help plan for the needed capacity over time? A...May. 17, 2013 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,533 |
 How your organization approaches capacity management will make or break your private cloud initiative. No longer a periodic sizing exercise, capacity management is now an essential element of daily infrastructure operations that impacts costs, performance risks, and the ability to resp...May. 17, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,270 |
 SYS-CON Events announced today that Intrinsic-ID, a provider of top-level security solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Intrinsic-ID’s software application Saturn...May. 17, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,431 |
 One of the top-selling IT authors of the past decade will be making a special appearance on June 11 at the 12th International Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City. Thomas Erl, author and co-author of eight books and series editor of the Prentice Hall Service Technology Seri...May. 17, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,523 |
 Industry-specific clouds are those PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS services that are tailored for a specific vertical, such as transportation, retail, finance, and healthcare. IDC sees a $65 billion market in these industry solutions for 2013, rising to $100 billion in 2016.
The value of indus...May. 17, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,029 |
 Analyzing Hadoop jobs and speeding them up is often a tedious and time consuming effort that requires experts. In his upcoming session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [10-13 June, 2013], Michael Kopp will be showing how proven APM techniques can be used to speed up Hadoop jobs...May. 17, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,649 |
 A computer exists that’s been able to solve complex problems set for it by Google and NASA 11,000 times faster than any traditional supercomputer. And those were the simple problems.
On harder problems, it was 33,000 times faster and on the really hard problems it was reportedly 50,...May. 17, 2013 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,020 |
 Activist shareholder Elliott Management, the hedge fund that pushed Novell
and BMC into selling out and has Compuware on its list, is muscling in on
NetApp.
According to Bloomberg it has taken a “significant” position still under 5%
in the data storage h...May. 17, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 886 |
 Google’s Compute Engine, its interpretation of Amazon Web Services’ EC2, is here, 11 months after it was announced and a little late to the party with Amazon.
It’s now available for anybody who’s interested, not just the chosen few.
To differentiate itself from AWS, Google’s widg...May. 17, 2013 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 704 |
 SAP, the third-largest software company in the world after Microsoft and
Oracle, says it’s moving all data into main memory and all systems to the
cloud.
The company’s newly announced HANA Cloud Platform is going to be
the foundation of its whole cloud po...May. 17, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 925 |
 With over 3 million applications and over 300,000 unique developers now using Cloud Platform in a given month, according to Google Sr. VP Urs Hölzle, it is time to open that infrastructure "and make it available to any business or developer anywhere."
Blogging in the Google Clou...May. 17, 2013 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 862 |
