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 A Chief Technology Officer for a Midwest banking holding company made a very interesting observation. In commenting about the needed increase in fraud fighting resources, he warned about the perils of overemphasizing technology while ignoring training staff in using manual fraud-detect...May. 9, 2012 02:03 PM EDT Reads: 278 |
 I talk to a lot of CIOs. I met with one recently who oversees the IT operation of a $6 Billion yearly entertainment-related company with about 7,000 employees. This top-notch exec was all about transforming a huge investment in existing IT infrastructure into a new dynamic, extensible...May. 9, 2012 01:32 PM EDT Reads: 327 |
 Cloud computing has clearly sparked the imagination of business leaders, who see it as a powerful new way to be innovative and gain first-mover advantages.
It now falls to CIOs to not only rapidly adapt to cloud computing, but to find the ways to protect their employees and customers ...May. 9, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 643 |
 With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now five weeks away, what better time to introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...
We have technical and strategy ses...May. 9, 2012 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,595 |
 The growing use of Infrastructure as a Service to run custom applications, SaaS, and PaaS offerings is increasing the demand of management solutions to leverage the automation offered by IaaS. One of the biggest advantages of IaaS is the ability to automate tasks which were not possib...May. 9, 2012 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 668 |
 In today’s business world, data is the lifeblood of most organizations. As such, it has become a prime target for both external and internal threats. Data breaches made plenty of headlines in 2011 and don’t show any signs of slowing down. In fact, a recent report from Privacy Rights Cl...May. 9, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,135 |
 After OpenStack was announced at OSCON in the summer of 2010, the degree of momentum behind this new open source platform has been nothing short of spectacular. Startups and enterprises alike have placed their strategic bets to monetize the OpenStack wave in various ways. As an ecosyst...May. 9, 2012 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,130 |
 With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now five weeks away, what better time to introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...
We have technical and strategy ses...May. 9, 2012 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,423 |
 I have been in technology marketing since my career began, and there is one word that I have come to loathe because of its misuse by marketing and business leaders in technology – enterprise, (or enterprise-class). I’m guilty of using it – it’s my job to ensure prospects know that we o...May. 8, 2012 03:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,227 |
 There is great excitement about the cloud; however, it is important to conduct a full assessment as part of the Cloud Transition. It is very important to decide which applications will be moving to the cloud based on factors such as alignment with business requirements, cost savings, l...May. 8, 2012 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,005 |
 Cox Enterprises, through the Ariba Network, manages multiple ERP systems for an improved eProcurement strategy.
We'll learn how Cox, through the Ariba Network, manages multiple ERP systems for an improved eProcurement strategy, and has moved toward more efficient indirect spend effort...May. 7, 2012 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 499 |
 With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now under six weeks away, what better time to introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...
We have technical and strateg...May. 6, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 7,520 |
 The business must specify its requirements in a fundamentally different way. Instead of thinking about what it wants the software to do, the business should specify how agile it expects the software to be. In other words, don’t ask for software that does A, B, C or whatever. Instead, t...May. 5, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 881 |
 The age of Big Data is here. Organizations are no longer challenged to find enough data to answer the pertinent questions required for success in today’s dynamic business environment. Rather, companies are struggling to keep pace with the enormous volumes of data invading their organiz...May. 5, 2012 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,168 |
 A transition from a traditional infrastructure-focused deployment model into a cloud-friendly, cloud-ready, cloud-enabled and service-centric delivery vehicle in enterprise IT is imminent, if not already happening. IT is no longer about servers, networks, and storage; instead IT is abo...May. 3, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,519 |
 MySQL is probably the most popular open source database. While there is a wealth of discussion online for MySQL database encryption,doing it right in a cloud computing environment is tricky. The discussion here is quite long, and contains a lot of interesting details. So if you want a ...May. 2, 2012 05:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,212 |
 If you work in information technology and you passed through the city of London over the last week it would have been hard not to notice the InfoSec IT security conference being held at the Earl’s Court exhibition center.
Logically, of course, certain themes and trends came out of th...May. 1, 2012 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,001 |
 Every cloud computing platform that is being sold today will be obsolete prematurely unless they can retrofit them with a single-source timing device. If cloud computing is going to be as pervasive tomorrow as some sales executives have hyped them, the need for a more sophisticated pla...Apr. 30, 2012 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,104 |
 IT managers at enterprises of all sizes are exploring cloud computing and virtualization as a way to address conflicting demands within their organizations. These mounting pressures include a lack of internal resources, mandates from the CFO to lower costs, and the struggle to complete...Apr. 30, 2012 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,218 |
 With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) now just seven weeks away, what better time to introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...Apr. 26, 2012 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,162 |
 With cloud comes the notion of liberation. Cloud is the natural evolution of the data center. It’s easy to deploy, infinitely scalable, and highly redundant. It is the shiny new component inside the storage controller and is making it possible for an old dog to learn some very impressi...Apr. 25, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 823 |
 With all the hype around “the cloud,” it’s difficult not to be skeptical about its value. While cloud computing seems complex, it is possible to understand the building blocks that help make the cloud more tangible for businesses of all sizes. In fact, understanding the innovation the ...Apr. 23, 2012 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,880 |
 It’s time to rehabilitate hybrid – and no, that doesn’t mean that you have to check the Prius into a 12-step program. We’re talking about that big buzzword “hybrid” and what you can do today to turn that trend into a true business environment that runs as efficiently and with as little...Apr. 21, 2012 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 998 |
 The industry has long worried that cloud computing cannot deliver the performance required for critical enterprise applications. For example, the very notion of multiple compute instances or multiple applications sharing the same infrastructure has meant that service providers cannot g...Apr. 20, 2012 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,276 |
 There are fundamental differences between data centers and the Internet of Things, which means that fundamental Cloud architecture principles must also transform to support this new reality. This transformation promises to be truly disruptive — a true paradigm shift as we figure out wh...Apr. 20, 2012 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,120 |
 The cloud discussions have been changing rapidly over the last months, focusing away from infrastructure to applications, services and industry requirements.
I’ve spent the last several weeks addressing some of the business aspects of cloud and why/how companies move to the cloud. It’...Apr. 16, 2012 02:38 PM EDT Reads: 767 |
 Many organizations are starting to look at cloud computing as a universal solution, but there are many applications that cannot be considered unless the framework of cloud computing includes Timing as a Service (TaaS) as part of its fabric. Mission-critical applications require securit...Apr. 13, 2012 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,398 |
 There are a number of the Cloud Application Platforms out there. And, that makes the life of CIO difficult in choosing the right PaaS for his enterprise. This post takes a logical approach to this challenge by examining the key enterprise needs and motivations.Apr. 11, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 874 |
 Okay, so an admission before I go one step further – the supermodel in this headline is something of a misnomer or misapplication of the term designed (I shamefacedly admit) to draw the reader in.
Forget supermodels if you will and jump straight to megatrends for analyst house Gartner...Apr. 8, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,486 |
 Cloud computing has found its way into many organizations as business leaders and IT departments look to capitalize on the many benefits that cloud offers. As your company considers moving all or part of its IT operation to the cloud, a key decision is whether to rely on public cloud, ...Apr. 5, 2012 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,363 |
 Cloud computing has sparked the imagination of business leaders, who see it as a powerful new way to be innovative and gain first-mover advantages -- with or without traditional IT's consent.
This now means that the center of gravity for IT services is shifting toward the enterprise’s...Apr. 5, 2012 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,070 |
 Only ten weeks to go! Time for an alphabetical summary of the many leading-edge themes & topics to be discussed at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) - being held June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City and co-located with Big Data Expo 2012 New York ...Apr. 5, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,315 |
 Does your IT or devops team run a lot of do-it-yourself projects? DIY is tempting, isn’t it? You have smart engineers, easy access to storage and computing power, and a mandate this year to start moving some of (or more of) your applications to the cloud. Why not do it yourself?
I’m n...Apr. 1, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,465 |
 Today's buyer is information overloaded, bandwidth constrained and fiercely independent. A recent survey by the Corporate Executive Board reported that 57% of the new B2B sales cycle is DONE before the buyer's first formal contact to the selected vendor. Understanding that simple fact...Mar. 31, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,214 |
 To gauge the potential business benefits -- and threats -- from cloud, we also need to examine the confluence of these developments and how together they change businesses and business ecosystems.
It's impossible to factor the implications of cloud computing without examining the cont...Mar. 31, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,069 |
 I'll tell you one thing, since joining Virtustream a few weeks ago I've heard a certain phrase thrown around a lot, one the I admit I have long avoided when discussing cloud computing. The term is "Enterprise Cloud" and it's at the heart of our...Mar. 31, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 742 |
 Most companies that have embarked on a private cloud journey find themselves in one of two unfortunate positions: they’ve already spent much more than they had planned or they’re struggling with how to make sure costs don’t get out of hand. These are typically companies with sophistica...Mar. 29, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,409 |
 Much of the confusion over Cloud Computing comes from software and hardware vendors. After all, they’ve all had to scramble for a new Cloud value proposition once they realized that Cloud Computing would eventually doom the old way of selling their gear. For most such vendors, their Cl...Mar. 24, 2012 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,520 |
 Cloud computing. The term derived from network diagrams that used a cloud to demonstrate the concept -- a dispersed computing network where your infrastructure was hosted offsite and delivered when you needed. Easy enough to understand.
Cloud computing was supposed to be so much more ...Mar. 24, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,779 |
 The term cloud computing was first coined in 2007. Enterprise Cloud Computing seems to have emerged as a term in 2009. It’s now 2012 and many are trying to ride the wave of Enterprise cloud computing or private cloud into the future. In a short four years, we’ve seen this phenomena of ...Mar. 21, 2012 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,293 |
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