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By Wouter Belmans, Senior Manager, and Uwe Lambrette, Director, Cisco
Internet Business Solutions Group
As cloud computing matures and hype becomes reality, uptake among small and
medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises is increasing. And
although the cloud is still in its infancy, the Cisco Internet Business
Solutions Group (IBSG) believes it is an appropriate time to ask: “How is
the cloud value chain taking shape, and where are the battlefields I need to
be concerned about?”
Cisco IBSG has found that major disruptions are taking place on six
battlefields across the value chain:
1. SaaS Will Further Disrupt the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Landscape
Barriers to new entrants continue to decrease due to IaaS, PaaS, and cloud
brokers. ISV incumbents are slowed down by cannibalization. The SaaS paradigm
is already disruptive in approximately 25 perce... (more)
Admittedly, I’ve spent a great deal of time extolling the virtues of cloud
storage and the reasons why a cloud storage gateway is the easiest way to add
cloud storage into existing on-premise storage environments. But if you
thought cloud storage gateways were only for on-premise environments, perhaps
you may not realize that there are reasons to use gateways in the cloud as
well.
The benefits of using cloud storage gateways to add cloud storage on-premise
are numerous, including:
Plug-and-play access to cloud storage for existing applications. With
supported connectivity such... (more)
Cleversafe provides dispersed storage solutions that give infinite scale
and cost-effective data storage/protection/access. Apache Hadoop and the CDH4
distribution provides all the required software for implementing MapReduce
and the other chores associated with analysis over massive quantities of
data. What if these two capabilities could be combined in a smart, well
engineered way? The potential impact on analysis of Big Data capabilities
would be huge if this were to happen.
Cleversafe engineers have been working on this very thing and today are
announcing a dispersed storage... (more)
Last week I was honored to be invited to the infamous Velocity 2012
conference in Santa Clara California, hosted by O’Reilly.
Monitis was one of the silver sponsors. It was a great opportunity for me to
meet the wonderful team I’ve been working with for the last year.
Velocity is all about web and cloud computing. A truly great place to learn
about new technologies and keep up with bleeding edge developments.
Getting to the Monitis booth I must admit I was slightly disappointed to find
out there was no demonstration of any Custom Monitors capabilities.
Custom Monitors when tailored as... (more)
Crowdfunding has become a very popular topic here in Canada, and for good
reason, it’s really the key to unlocking their future, in a pretty seismic
way.
By this I mean the nation has a notorious ‘Innovation Gap’ and lament a
lack of Venture Capital as the reason, but really what is missing is a
general culture of innovation and better processes for early stage
commercialization. Most important it needs a tech sector policy because there
isn’t one.
In absence of these things Crowdfunding offers a “system of the people”
approach, like Napster or EBay, and so it’s not dependent o... (more)
Cloud Expo Breaking News By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that UShareSoft, provider of a cloud software factory and app store platform, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5–8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
UShareSoft helps cloud providers, enterprises and ISVs simplify software delivery to the cloud. UShareSoft's UForge is a cloud software factory and enterprise app store platform that enables organizations to automatically build and... Jul. 11, 2012 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 548 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Coalfire, a leading independent information technology Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) firm, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5–8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Coalfire is a leading, independent information technology Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) firm that provides IT audit, risk assessment and compliance management solutions. Founded in 2001, Coal... Jul. 11, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 630 | By Pat Romanski  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 of Big Data technology? Can you run your relational database at Big Data scale? What does it take to implement a comprehensive data infrastructure, including your core database, incorporating SQL, No SQL and Big Da... Jul. 11, 2012 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 743 | By Pat Romanski  The move to cloud-based applications has undeniably delivered tremendous benefits. However, the associated distribution creates various challenges from the quality perspective:
End-to-end tests need to pass through multiple dependent systems, which are commonly unavailable, evolving, or difficult-to-access for testing.
Accessing such system often involves transaction and bandwidth fees.
Teams need to test and tune the system under test against a realistic and broad range of performance and b... Jul. 11, 2012 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 534 | By Liz McMillan  “Big Data eliminates the data silos that formerly existed, improving the depth and quality of analysis that can take place,” observed Scott Kinka, Chief Technology Officer at Evolve IP, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “Without these barriers, Kinka continued, “we gain access to information that was never before available. We can see where there are underserved markets, opportunities, problems that need to be addressed.”
Agree or disagree? – "While the IT sa... Jul. 11, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,360 | By Elizabeth White  “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 continued, “this shift means that the overall market will grow massively in the coming years.”
Cloud Computing Journal: Agree or disagree? – "While the IT savings aspect is compelling, the strongest benefit of cloud co... Jul. 11, 2012 05:45 AM EDT Reads: 4,652 | By Pat Romanski  “Big data represents a sea change of capabilities in IT” notes Matt McLarty, Vice President, Client Solutions at Layer 7, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. McLarty continued: “In conjunction with mobile and cloud, I think Big Data will provide a technological makeover to the typical enterprise infrastructure, drawing a hard API border in front of core business services while blurring the line between logic and data services.”
Cloud Computing Journal: Agree or... Jul. 11, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,764 Replies: 1 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that The Wall Street Technology Association has been named “Association Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5–8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA) provides financial industry technology professionals, vendors, service providers, and consultants with forums to learn from and connect with each other. The WSTA facilitates seminars and networki... Jul. 10, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 620 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Tabor Communications has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5–8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Tabor Communications, Inc. is a leading international media, advertising, and communications company that provides solutions, news and information to the High Performance Computing (HPC), cloud, data-intensive and digital manufacturing communities. Publisher of HPC... Jul. 10, 2012 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 631 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that PEER 1 Hosting, a leading provider of IT infrastructure, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5–8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
PEER 1 Hosting is one of the world's leading IT hosting providers. The company is built on two obsessions: Ping & People. Ping represents its commitment to best-in-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10Gbps FastFiber Network™ connected... Jul. 10, 2012 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 746 |
Best Recent Articles on Cloud Computing & Big Data Topics  By Jeremy Geelan The Arlington, Virginia-based National Science Foundation has just released its "Report on Support for Cloud Computing" - in response to the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, Section 524.
It is an absolute must-read for all concerned with current and future research projects in Cloud Computing. Reads: 3,957  By Jeremy Geelan "The volume of data we're generating now from machines pales in comparison to the volume of data we'll soon generate from our own bodies," says data security expert Dave Asprey. Writing in a Trend Micro blog, Asprey - who is one of the leaders in the emerging Quantified Self movement - explains his vision of a world in which personal biometrical data is shared via the cloud. Reads: 5,874  By Wolfram Jost Cloud computing has caught the attention of business leaders around the world in every
industry because of its enormous transformative potential. Visionary companies know that
the value of the cloud is far greater than the current focus solely on technology and operating
costs: when combined with a collaborative approach to designing processes, cloud computing
will change how we do business.
Reads: 9,184  By Elizabeth White Want to make sense of the hottest new concept in Enterprise IT?
Want to understand in just hours what experts have spent many hundreds of days deciphering?
Cloud computing is a technology that has rapidly evolving peppered with a lot of hype along the way. Customers find it hard to navigate through this and make sense of what aspects of this technology will give them real business benefit.
Cloud Computing Bootcamp, led by our 2012 Bootcamp Instructor Larry Carvalho, is a great way to get a practical understanding of this technology. We offer multiple days of actionable insight into what vendor offerings are currently available and help you comprehend their strategy.
The ever-popular Bootcamp, which is now held regularly around the world, is being held in conjunction with the 10th Cloud Expo, June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center, New York, NY. Reads: 6,099  By Larry Bettino Did you know that ninety percent of the data in the world has been created in the last two years? Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion (or 2.518) bytes of data, according to IBM.
As corporations across all industries globally are struggling with how to retain, aggregate and analyze this mounting volume of what the industry refers to as Big Data, it also provides a unique opportunity for innovative startups that recognize the business prospects Big Data presents. Big Data is not just unlocking new information but new sources of economic and business value.
Interactivity is driving Big Data, with people and machines both consuming and creating it. Digital companies focused on becoming good at aggregating and analyzing the data created by the end users of their product, who then provide their customers with solid insights taken from that data are at a distinct competitive advantage over others in the marketplace. Reads: 3,918  By Elizabeth White SYS-CON Events announced today that SHI, a $4 billion+ global provider of information technology products and services, has been named Platinum Plus Sponsor of SYS-CON's 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11–14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Founded in 1989, SHI International Corp. is a global provider of technology products and services. Driven by the industry's most experienced and stable sales force and backed by software volume licensing experts, hardware procurement specialists, and certified IT service professionals, SHI delivers custom IT solutions to Corporate, Enterprise, Public Sector, and Academic customers. With over 1,800 + employees worldwide, SHI is the largest Minority/Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the U.S. and is ranked 19th among Everything Channel's VAR 500 list of North American IT solution providers. Reads: 3,054  By Elizabeth White SYS-CON Events announced today that Rackspace Hosting, the service leader in cloud computing, has been named "Platinum Plus Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, and the 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5-8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
SYS-CON Events announced today that Rackspace Hosting, the service leader in cloud computing, has been named "Platinum Plus Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, and the 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5-8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA  By Elizabeth White 9th International Cloud Expo, held on November 7 - 10, 2011, in Santa Clara, CA, attracted more than 120 sponsors and exhibitors with over 7,500 registered delegates and four content-packed days with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of cloud computing led by exceptional speakers from every sector of the cloud computing ecosystem.
The Cloud Expo series is the fastest-growing Enterprise IT event in the past 10 years, devoted to every aspect of delivering massively scalable enterprise IT as a service.
We invite you to enjoy here our photo album of the show. Reads: 6,832  By Carmen Gonzalez Ulitzer.com announced "the World's 30 most influential Cloud bloggers," who collectively generated more than 24 million Ulitzer page views. Ulitzer's annual "most influential Cloud bloggers" list was announced at Cloud Expo, which drew more delegates than all other Cloud-related events put together worldwide. "The world's 50 most influential Cloud bloggers 2010" list will be announced at the Cloud Expo 2010 East, which will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center, in New York City, with more than 5,000 expected to attend. Reads: 34,225  By Kevin Hartig Cloud computing is becoming one of the next industry buzz words. It joins the ranks of terms including: grid computing, utility computing, virtualization, clustering, etc.
Cloud computing overlaps some of the concepts of distributed, grid and utility computing, however it does have its own meaning if contextually used correctly. The conceptual overlap is partly due to technology changes, usages and implementations over the years.
Trends in usage of the terms from Google searches shows Cloud Computing is a relatively new term introduced in the past year. There has also been a decline in general interest of Grid, Utility and Distributed computing.
Likely they will be around in usage for quit a while to come. But Cloud computing has become the new buzz word driven largely by marketing and service offerings from big corporate players like Google, IBM and Amazon. Reads: 186,068  By Elizabeth White SYS-CON Events announced today that Cloud Expo 2012 New York, the 10th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, will take place June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Center 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 400 corporate sponsors and 20,000 industry professionals have participated in Cloud Expo since its inception, more than all other Cloud-related events put together.
"10th Cloud Expo is trending to be both the biggest ever and the best-attended event in the international Cloud Expo series to date, so it is only natural that we should be holding it in the biggest and best conference venue anywhere on the East Coast, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center," stated Carmen Gonzalez, CEO of Cloud Expo. "If you are not at Cloud Expo New York, June 11-14, at the Javits Center, then you risk not getting the relevant parts of your IT infrastructure into the Cloud in time." Reads: 11,486  By Pat Romanski Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Hbase, Lucene, Solr? The only thing growing faster than enterprise data these days is the landscape of big data tools. These tools, which are designed to help organizations turn big data into opportunities, are gaining deeper insight into massive volumes of information. A recent Gartner report predicts that enterprise data will increase by 650% over the next five years, which means that the time is now for IT decision makers to determine which big data tools are the best - and most cost-effective - for their organization. Reads: 6,464 By Roger Strukhoff Cloud Expo, Cloud Expo East, Cloud Expo West, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Cloud Expo Europe, Cloud Expo Tokyo, Cloud Expo Prague, Cloud Expo Hong Kong, Cloud Expo Sao Paolo are trademarks and /or registered trademarks (USPTO serial number 85009040) of Cloud Expo, Inc. Reads: 12,380 |
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