By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that MobiDev, a client-oriented software development company, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MobiDev is a software compa... Jun. 15, 2017 02:30 AM EDT Reads: 887 |
By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that GrapeUp, the leading provider of rapid product development at the speed of business, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.... Jun. 15, 2017 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 843 |
By Yeshim Deniz  SYS-CON Events announced today that Enzu will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st Int\ernational Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Enzu’s mission is to be the leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions wor... Jun. 14, 2017 08:15 PM EDT Reads: 785 |
By Kevin Jackson  GovCloud Network is proud to have served as the Program Manager for the NATO Allied Command Transformation, "Art of the Possible" Interoperability Demonstration on December 16, 2016. supporting the The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), this effort featured an impo... Apr. 26, 2017 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,403 |
By Carmen Gonzalez  In his keynote at 19th Cloud Expo, Sheng Liang, co-founder and CEO of Rancher Labs, discussed the technological advances and new business opportunities created by the rapid adoption of containers. With the success of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and various open source technologies used t... Mar. 10, 2017 11:45 AM EST Reads: 5,223 |
By Elizabeth White  Bert Loomis was a visionary. This general session will highlight how Bert Loomis and people like him inspire us to build great things with small inventions. In their general session at 19th Cloud Expo, Harold Hannon, Architect at IBM Bluemix, and Michael O'Neill, Strategic Business De... Mar. 6, 2017 09:15 PM EST Reads: 11,612 |
By Kevin Jackson  With all the excellent training available on television today, we are all now well prepared to deal with the coming Zombie Apocalypse. Our failure as a society lies, however, in our misunderstanding of the nature of the cybersecurity challenge. This failure threatens us all and our su... Feb. 16, 2017 02:00 PM EST Reads: 3,805 |
By Elizabeth White  While many government agencies have embraced the idea of employing cloud computing as a tool for increasing the efficiency and flexibility of IT, many still struggle with large scale adoption. The challenge is mainly attributed to the federated structure of these agencies as well as th... Jan. 31, 2017 04:00 AM EST Reads: 6,437 |
By Kevin Jackson  As the industry matures, cloud computing will increasingly rely on interoperability in order to grow and deliver more value to industry. Assuming this is a fact, what does it mean when eighteen major OpenStack vendors come together to work through the challenges involved with achieving... Jan. 30, 2017 04:00 PM EST Reads: 3,526 |
By Pat Romanski  IoT generates lots of temporal data. But how do you unlock its value? You need to discover patterns that are repeatable in vast quantities of data, understand their meaning, and implement scalable monitoring across multiple data streams in order to monetize the discoveries and insights... Jan. 29, 2017 02:00 AM EST Reads: 8,152 |
By Carmen Gonzalez  @DevOpsSummit at Cloud taking place June 6-8, 2017, at Javits Center, New York City, is co-located with the 20th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. The widespread success of clo... Jan. 28, 2017 08:15 AM EST Reads: 8,458 |
By Carmen Gonzalez  With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExp... Jan. 26, 2017 09:30 AM EST Reads: 9,610 |
By Kevin Jackson  Today data has replaced money as the global currency for trade.
“McKinsey estimates that about 75 percent of the value added by data flows on the Internet accrues to “traditional” industries, especially via increases in global growth, productivity, and employment. Furthermore, the Uni... Jan. 2, 2017 12:00 PM EST Reads: 3,305 |
By Derek Weeks  Multiple agencies across the U.S. government are paying closer attention to the software they are buying. More specifically, they want to know what open source and third party components were used to build the software applications. The report notes:
U.S. Food and Drug Administrati... Dec. 31, 2016 01:45 AM EST Reads: 3,169 |
By Eric Robertson  If you haven’t heard yet, CollabNet just put out some very big news for managing and gaining value from DevOps.
We introduced CollabNet DevOps Lifecycle Manager (DLM) — a platform designed exclusively for providing a single pane of glass, dashboard, and traceability views across your ... Dec. 29, 2016 12:00 PM EST Reads: 7,093 |
By Elizabeth White  Regulatory requirements exist to promote the controlled sharing of information, while protecting the privacy and/or security of the information. Regulations for each type of information have their own set of rules, policies, and guidelines. Cloud Service Providers (CSP) are faced with ... Dec. 10, 2016 01:00 PM EST Reads: 3,405 |
By Elizabeth White  Effectively SMBs and government programs must address compounded regulatory compliance requirements. The most recent are Controlled Unclassified Information and the EU's GDPR have Board Level implications. Managing sensitive data protection will likely result in acquisition criteria, d... Dec. 7, 2016 04:00 PM EST Reads: 3,475 |
By Kevin Jackson  Cloud computing has taken over the business world! With almost maniacal focus, single proprietors and Board Directors of the world's largest conglomerates see this new model as a "must do". This rapid shift is, in fact, accelerating. As Jeff Bertolucci observes in "The Shift to Cloud S... Nov. 30, 2016 10:00 AM EST Reads: 4,264 |
By Kevin Jackson  Cloud Service Brokerage is changing from an industry footnote toward becoming a major system integration play. This role has now become a crucial component of a cloud computing transition because they help organizations aggregate multiple cloud services, integrate services with in-hous... Nov. 11, 2016 02:45 PM EST Reads: 2,357 |
By Elizabeth White  In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Nick Son, Vice President of Cyber Risk & Public Sector at Coalfire, will discuss the latest information on the FedRAMP Program. Topics will cover:
FedRAMP Readiness Assessment Report (RAR). This new process is designed to streamline and accelerate th... Nov. 3, 2016 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,149 |
By Elizabeth White  Regulatory requirements exist to promote the controlled sharing of information, while protecting the privacy and/or security of the information. Regulations for each type of information have their own set of rules, policies, and guidelines. Cloud Service Providers (CSP) are faced with ... Nov. 1, 2016 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 4,177 |
By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Coalfire will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Coalfire is the trusted leader in cybersecurity risk management and compliance services... Oct. 26, 2016 06:30 PM EDT Reads: 3,600 |
By Elizabeth White  Effectively SMBs and government programs must address compounded regulatory compliance requirements. The most recent are Controlled Unclassified Information and the EU’s GDPR have Board Level implications. Managing sensitive data protection will likely result in acquisition criteria, d... Oct. 26, 2016 11:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,641 |
By Liz McMillan  There are several IoTs: the Industrial Internet, Consumer Wearables, Wearables and Healthcare, Supply Chains, and the movement toward Smart Grids, Cities, Regions, and Nations. There are competing communications standards every step of the way, a bewildering array of sensors and device... Sep. 30, 2016 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 4,333 |
By PagerDuty Blog  Modern organizations face great challenges as they embrace innovation and integrate new tools and services. They begin to mature and move away from the complacency of maintaining traditional technologies and systems that only solve individual, siloed problems and work “well enough.” In... Sep. 2, 2016 08:45 PM EDT Reads: 5,259 |
By Liz McMillan  Continuous testing helps bridge the gap between developing quickly and maintaining high quality products.
But to implement continuous testing, CTOs must take a strategic approach to building a testing infrastructure and toolset that empowers their team to move fast.
Download our gui... Jul. 31, 2016 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 8,951 |
By Pat Romanski  While many government agencies have embraced the idea of employing cloud computing as a tool for increasing the efficiency and flexibility of IT, many still struggle with large scale adoption. The challenge is mainly attributed to the federated structure of these agencies as well as th... Jun. 7, 2016 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 4,274 |
By Elizabeth White  Following the notion of "The cloud" as a model and not a place, learn how to extend your SoftLayer infrastructure to utilize the PaaS offerings of Bluemix. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Ryan Tiffany, a Sales Engineer at SoftLayer, an IBM Company, will utilize both the command line... Apr. 19, 2016 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,341 |
By Kevin Jackson  Once again, the boardroom is in a bitter battle over what edict its members will now levy on their hapless IT organization. On one hand, hybrid cloud is all the rage. Adopting this option promises all the cost savings of public cloud with the security and comfort of private cloud. This... Apr. 12, 2016 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,069 |
By Pat Romanski  SaaS companies can greatly expand revenue potential by pushing beyond their own borders. The challenge is how to do this without degrading service quality.
In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Adam Rogers, Managing Director at Anexia, will discuss how IaaS providers with a global pres... Apr. 8, 2016 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 4,832 |
By Elizabeth White  The Quantified Economy represents the total global addressable market (TAM) for IoT that, according to a recent IDC report, will grow to an unprecedented $1.3 trillion by 2019. With this the third wave of the Internet-global proliferation of connected devices, appliances and sensors is... Mar. 4, 2016 01:45 PM EST Reads: 4,949 |
By Elizabeth White  The Federal Government’s “Cloud First” policy mandates that agencies take full advantage of cloud computing benefits to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility and responsiveness, and minimize cost. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a mand... Feb. 28, 2016 03:30 AM EST Reads: 6,790 |
By Kevin Jackson  Mobility and cloud computing have combined to obliterate any so-called network security perimeter. Corporate data has now been let loose to roam in a world of cyber thieves, manipulators and untrusted infrastructure. What is a security professional to do?
According to Bill Odell, the ... Dec. 18, 2015 03:30 PM EST Reads: 1,937 |
By Kevin Jackson  How is cloud computing bringing society and its ideas closer together?
This got me thinking. Last week the President of the United States started following me on Twitter. Now I realize that it's not really President Obama on the other side of that virtual table, but the event brought ... Dec. 16, 2015 09:00 AM EST Reads: 2,855 |
By Elizabeth White  DevOps is gaining traction in the federal government – and for good reasons. Heightened user expectations are pushing IT organizations to accelerate application development and support more innovation. At the same time, budgetary constraints require that agencies find ways to decrease ... Oct. 10, 2015 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,452 |
By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Secure Infrastructure & Services will exhibit at SYS-CON's 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Secure Infrastructure & Services (SIAS) is a managed ser... Oct. 8, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,211 |
By Elizabeth White  “Threats are always evolving and the days of ‘set it and forget it’ malware and virus scanners are over if you want to keep your business information secure,” explained Abel Sussman, Director of Federal Services at Coalfire, in this exclusive Q&A; with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Roger ... Aug. 19, 2015 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,944 |
By Liz McMillan  FedRAMP is mandatory for government cloud deployments and businesses need to comply in order to provide services for federal engagements.
In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Abel Sussman, Director for Coalfire Public Sector practice, reviewed the Federal Risk and Authorization Manageme... Jul. 25, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,723 |
By Liz McMillan  "The federal government is the nation's largest consumer of information technology and this year alone the government is spending $2.1 billion on cloud technology. We help do the compliance assessments for companies to meet the federal security requirements," explained Abel Sussman, Di... Jul. 18, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,920 |
By Liz McMillan  DevOps is the hottest moving target when it comes to software development methodologies. Many people fear that this fast-paced, barrier-breaking movement will leave information security best practices in the dust. Analysts provide recommendations to security professionals using bingo-l... May. 31, 2015 08:00 PM EDT Reads: 8,904 |