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 Technologists will no doubt be working to refine the process of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for many millennia to come. Application ‘rudiments’ from physical code through to more ‘elemental’ features including performance, robustness and interoperability will be forever fine...Jun. 20, 2012 11:15 AM EDT Reads: 730 |
 “Cloud computing represents a paradigm shift for IT, transforming computing power into a utility,” observed James Weir, CTO and Co-Founder of UShareSoft, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “While cloud adoption remains in the early stages,” Weir conti...Jun. 20, 2012 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,685 |
 Two years ago, Rackspace joined a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists to create an open source cloud computing platform that can be used with both private and public cloud formats. Now the code for the program, OpenStack, is freely available and is bein...May. 25, 2012 03:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,137 |
 Eucalyptus Systems provides IT organizations and technology businesses with the most widely deployed cloud software platform for on-premise Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Eucalyptus is built as an open source cloud product and is uniquely suited for enterprise-class private cloud ...May. 24, 2012 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,481 |
 The explosion of big data and the need for faster data are spurring a search for data scientists as well as data architects.
It’s no secret that rocket .. err … data scientists are in short supply. The explosion of data and the corresponding explosion of tools, and the knock-on impact...May. 21, 2012 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,646 |
 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: 1,800 |
 Vertica - an advanced database that is very simple to install and administer, thanks to the its modern design and purpose built architecture.
Vertica is high-performing, advanced RDBMS that is very simple to install and administer, thanks to the its modern design and purpose built ar...Mar. 27, 2012 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,726 |
 In 2011, the cloud computing market continued to mature, driven by the development of enterprise-class cloud virtualization infrastructure and a strong focus on security, stability and scalability of cloud solutions. We also began to see growth in new categories of value-added cloud se...Jan. 3, 2012 05:00 AM EST Reads: 4,479 |
 WebSphere eXtreme Scale can be used in different ways. It can be used as a very powerful cache or as a form of an in-memory database processing space to manage application state or as a platform for building powerful Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP) applications.Sep. 13, 2011 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,793 |
 Is MapReduce the Holy Grail answer to the pressing problem of processing, analyzing and making sense of large and growing data volumes? Certainly it has potential in this arena, but there is a distressing gap between the amount of hype this technology – and its spinoffs – has received ...Sep. 7, 2011 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,720 |
 This is the second article covering the functionality provided by the new OpenNebula Zones (oZones) component available in the third major release of OpenNebula. In a previous article, we described its Virtual Data Center (VDC) functionality that is helping many IT organizations make t...Aug. 23, 2011 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,673 |
 One of Cloud’s little secrets is the lack of portability for applications delivered using the “Software as a Service” (SaaS) model. Many companies sign up for SaaS applications with the belief that it’ll be easy for them to migrate to another if they need to. But that runs against the ...Jun. 27, 2011 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 5,619 |
 Enterprises are looking for Cloud to move their Development and Testing activities which deviates the core goals of the enterprise towards setting up middle ware and configuring servers.
PaaS (Platform As A Service) grows into popularity mainly from the fact that Developers can c...Apr. 21, 2011 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,325 |
 Open source developers and communities operate in a similar fashion as venture capitalists and technologists in Silicon Valley. Open source communities share the same merits: participation, collaboration, communication, interaction, and innovation.
The World Is Flat author Thomas Frie...Apr. 6, 2011 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,236 |
 If you plan to appear for a TOGAF foundation level certification or part 1 exam, one of the difficulties you will face is a lack of free sample questions. Some questions are provided as a part of the study guide, but if you want to more practice then you will have tough time locating a...Apr. 1, 2011 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 5,513 |
 Enterprise architecture ought to be about the entire enterprise, because that’s what the name implies. If it’s really about IT, it ought to be called enterprise IT architecture.
It is my impression, from what I read and hear in many enterprise and business architecture blogs and forum...Mar. 20, 2011 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,005 |
 This year has seen some great progress for the OpenNebula project, with the release of the most advanced and flexible enterprise-ready cloud management tool, and the continued growth of an active and engaged open-source community. As 2010 draws to and end, we'd like to review what this...Jan. 4, 2011 09:30 AM EST Reads: 4,083 |
 The OpenNebula Project has published the top ten reasons for using OpenNebula to build a cloud infrastructure. These reasons reflect the design principles of OpenNebula as technology designed to address the requirements of business use cases from leading companies. This is the summari...Oct. 13, 2010 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,781 |
 The learning that has occurred in the Western markets have produced a body of knowledge in TOGAF that can accelerate for other companies the way they adopt and improve their ability to deliver on strategy, planning, and execution.
We've assembled a panel to examine the key market tren...Jul. 27, 2010 10:54 AM EDT Reads: 2,765 |
 With heightened pressure on today’s businesses from the current global economic woes, figuring out what to do next on many business and technology decision-making levels, and making sure they are the right moves, can make or break your business. Take a moment to consider the following ...Sep. 21, 2009 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,663 Replies: 1 |
 The past decade certainly been boom years for the IT industry. Not necessarily from an economic perspective, but rather in the growth of the number and variety of standards that have been proposed. One of the key properties of Web Services and the Service-oriented architectures built u...Sep. 3, 2009 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,958 |
 One of the things that’s frustrating about new technology and concepts is that terminology often confuses the discussion. We periodically still see discussions – and debates – around the definition of cloud computing, after all, so that shouldn’t be surprising at all. Intercloud is ano...Jul. 9, 2009 08:30 PM EDT Reads: 4,236 |
 Organizations continue to wrestle with the COTS vs. Open Source question and continually look for guidance on how to select one vs. the other. Many organizations make the frequent mistake of basing the decision on the capital investment cost or up front investment with no thought to a...Apr. 29, 2009 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,567 |
 It's no secret that open source has turned into a market force, which is giving enterprise software some tough competition. The same can be said for SaaS businesses, which are steadily eating into the market share of the established on-premise players. While it could easily be assumed ...Dec. 30, 2008 08:00 AM EST Reads: 7,986 |
 Enterprise software is under attack. Traditional infrastructure players like BEA are seeing their core products replaced with free open source projects, while traditional application vendors like Oracle/Siebel are being displaced by SaaS. But is this a slugfest with only one winner? Wi...Dec. 11, 2008 11:50 AM EST Reads: 9,015 Replies: 2 |
 Three-letter acronyms (TLAs) are hardly new in Information Technology: EAI, ESB, SOA, BPM, BAM, ETL, MDM; the list goes on and on. This article is about yet another three-letter acronym, EDA, which stands for Event-Driven Architecture. EDA is not a brand new technology, but rather a pr...Aug. 28, 2008 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 10,908 |
 Appliances. The very word is emblematic of stability and strength. Think of the appliances in your kitchen. Unless you're particularly unlucky, 99.9% of the time your refrigerator, stove and dishwasher just work. You don't have to give it a second thought. When we talk about software a...Jun. 6, 2008 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 5,803 |
 Governance is currently a key topic for many IT functions. Its definition varies, but its key themes are true for all companies: effectiveness, efficiency, and reliability. Business value and risk mitigation are also at its center and represent a significant part of enterprise governan...Jan. 31, 2008 08:00 AM EST Reads: 12,512 |
 Efforts to modernize enterprise infrastructure have never been more complex. While the need is certainly there on multiple fronts - competitive edge, cost savings and new business initiatives, to name just a few - new hurdles seem to pop up no matter where an IT administrator might loo...Jan. 17, 2008 12:00 PM EST Reads: 11,146 |
 When it comes to Content Management Solutions (CMS), 'one size' does not fit all. When considering open source CMS for a real-world client experience, it's necessary to focus on the project needs, evaluate various CMS solutions in the context of these project needs, and to explore expe...Jan. 3, 2008 09:15 AM EST Reads: 15,603 Replies: 1 |
 Within Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), many companies have enjoyed a blossoming of open source software. By harnessing the collective wisdom, experiences, expertise, and requirements, the model has ensured that needs have been rapidly met ...Jun. 12, 2007 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 12,750 |
 Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to manage their enterprise data centers as they become highly complex, expensive to build out, and difficult to reconfigure as needs change. In an effort to address these challenges, many IT professionals are turning to virtualization tec...Feb. 19, 2007 04:15 PM EST Reads: 28,009 |
 Since the beginning of the software industry, nearly every software company in the world has followed the same business model: its own employees develop the software, which is closely held intellectual property, the software is delivered to clients in binary form, and users run the lic...Jan. 5, 2007 09:15 AM EST Reads: 18,462 Replies: 2 |
 A quick Google search of 'enterprise Open Source' returns over 1.5 million results. There are Web sites devoted to the topic; there are dedicated conferences and trade shows, and even a fairly large number of books. There's even a magazine - the one now in your hands! - devoted entirel...Aug. 5, 2006 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 14,490 |
 Great ideas often come from the most commonplace occurrences. Take the story of Sir Issac Newton's 'discovery' of gravity. According to the legend, he was sitting under an apple tree minding his own business when - bonk! - an apple dropped onto his head, and suddenly all the complex ma...Jul. 14, 2006 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 16,739 Replies: 1 |
 The acronym ISV stands for Independent Software Vendor. Historically, independence was important to protect customers from the proprietary lock-in associated with third-party components such as hardware or system software. A greater choice of interoperable components gave customers gre...Jul. 12, 2006 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 17,892 Replies: 1 |
 Technology companies have been taking a beating lately because of their efforts in China. Google and Yahoo are torn between the evil of government censorship and the prospect of doing business with the world's fastest-growing economy. Microsoft, Adobe, and content providers like the Am...Jul. 7, 2006 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 12,020 |
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