Cloud computing bringing IT industry to ‘disruptive’ inflection point, says HP’s Meg Whitman
Cost-conscious CIOs who are being forced to do more with less are driving the adoption of cloud-enabled services, according to HP CEO Meg Whitman. These changes are not just in mainstream software-as-a-service usage, but also in areas such as databases, storage, security and transactional software.
Whitman was speaking to customers at HP’s Software Universe event in London. Whitman’s strategy for HP is centred on three main areas that customers are most focused on: cloud computing, information optimisation and security.
"From the CIO standpoint, information technology is becoming more complex and CIOs are under a lot more pressure to do things faster and less expensively," she said…
Wyse Changes Everything With Announcement of Xenith 2 Zero Client for Citrix VDI-Based Deployments
Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced the Wyse Xenith 2, based on the ultra-secure Wyse zero framework. This breakthrough zero client was revealed today at Citrix Synergy(TM) 2012, the premier event on cloud computing, virtualization and networking. Wyse, the leading shipper of fixed and mobile desktop zero clients in the world, will be demonstrating the Xenith 2 at Wyse Booth #206 from May 9-10, 2012.
Following on the success of the Wyse Xenith and Wyse Xenith Pro, the Wyse Xenith 2 is the ideal Citrix zero client solution for both enterprise and SMB organizations. The Wyse Xenith 2 zero client is purpose-built for Citrix XenDesktop(R) blending the amazing cost benefits of the ARM System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture, with a non-Windows Citrix Receiver compatible client, developed in cooperation with Citrix. Improving on the success of the Xenith, with 30% faster performance and lower power consumption, the result is a super secure, very affordable, true high-fidelity desktop experience. For users requiring a diverse variety of applications, including HD multimedia, the Wyse Xenith 2 delivers a new standard in price and performance in a compact zero client and delivers an unprecedented combination of simplicity, performance and security for office-based workers…
Emphasis Shifts in Cloud Computing Debate
Discussion of cloud computing is likely to move away from whether to adopt it to questions how to management it. That’s the view of Michael Vizard, writing for IT Business Edge. Mr Vizard believes that the adoption debate is largely over, and this hypothesis is borne out by recent IDC research that predicts 14 million new jobs in this sector over the next three years.
Cloud Job Expansion for Midsized Businesses
Small and midsize businesses will see their share of this expansion and will account for about half of the new jobs. Since their size makes them able to respond easily to technological and business changes, these businesses are quickly turning to cloud solutions, something many large businesses have been slower to do. In the main, small and midsized businesses are less constrained by the need to support legacy systems…
Cloud Computing, Data Analytics Top 2012 Priorities for Businesses
America’s mid-sized companies are far more important to the U.S. economy than most people realize. A recent Deloitte survey titled “America’s economic engine” whose purpose was to provide insight into this often overlooked source of economic dynamism yields interesting insights. As a group, this segment employs more people than the entire S&P 500 and has total revenues equivalent to 40 percent of the U.S. GDP. This is a collection of companies that really leverages the latest in IT to drive profits.
Companies recognize the growing importance of technology. They continue to prioritize automation of business processes, data analytics, and business intelligence as triggers to increase productivity and areas where they are most likely to make investments in 2012. According to the survey there seems to be a greater recognition of the benefits of cloud computing. In the Deloitte September 2011 survey, Cloud Computing was recognized as a distant fourth as a means to increase productivity. In the current survey conducted in March 2012, it nearly equaled data analytics and business intelligence in terms of likely investments…
OpenStack’s prospects: Red Hat, VMware agree to disagree
OpenStack, a cloud platform started by Rackspace and NASA, is either the biggest virally growing open software movement since Linux or a murky hodge podge of technologies that could flop.
It all depends on what tech vendors you ask and the horses they have in the cloud architecture race.
Most of the horses—at least the vocal ones—to date appear to be on the pro-OpenStack side of the equation. Rackspace’s recent first quarter results highlight the power of OpenStack. Rackspace’s first quarter and outlook illustrate the power of OpenStack. Rackspace’s quarter was a disappointment, but Wall Street analysts kept gushing about the power of OpenStack…
Mellanox and Eucalyptus Collaborate to Accelerate Cloud Computing Adoption
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (tase:MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, and Eucalyptus Systems, creator of the most widely deployed on-premise cloud computing platform, today announced that they have established a strategic partnership program to further accelerate and foster adoption of efficient, high-performance cloud infrastructures.
A critical issue in today’s cloud solution is complexity. The industry is looking for better integration of multiple software, hardware, and management elements, as well as end-to-end solution validation. The collaboration between Mellanox and Eucalyptus will provide the cloud industry with an efficient cloud infrastructure that is simple to deploy…
Dispelling the vapor around cloud security
Data security keeps chief information security officers (CISOs) up at night, and with new computing models such as cloud, the stakes can be perilously higher. The possibilities of data loss, data leakage, service downtime, regulatory constraints, and risk of intellectual property theft create a treacherous risk environment. These security issues illustrate the significant hurdles a business must clear before adopting cloud computing. Any organization considering a move to the cloud must carefully assess what applications and data it can migrate to a cloud environment because cloud computing may not be appropriate for all business processes.
Organizations must carefully examine the capabilities of any potential cloud services provider. Security, compliance, availability, and scalability are all factors that must be thoroughly evaluated before embarking on the journey to the cloud. At the same time, it is important to consider the financial viability of the service provider. A business does not want a service provider to disappear the month after it moves its processes into the cloud. In today’s harsh operating environment, adding value and increasing efficiency are imperative. Cloud computing has matured to the point that it can be a secure, viable, and highly effective approach. But without careful planning and consideration of market concerns, the gains can be overshadowed by the risk exposure…
How to Address Cloud Application Lifecycle Challenges
Last week I wrote about the fact that IT organizations are now executing an "and" cloud computing strategy, in the sense that their future plans include (most likely) an internal cloud based on VMware and an external cloud (most likely Amazon Web Services).
I pointed out that the traditional model of managing virtual machines–creating a VM template that contains all the software components that the VM contains–is inappropriate in a world in which applications may be deployed internally, externally, across both internal and external clouds, and even transferred between internal and external clouds. This is due to the fact that the virtual machine images are typically incompatible across deployment environments…
Some Pain, But Plenty to Gain, from Cloud Deployments: Survey
When it comes to cloud computing, the rule “no pain, no gain” seems to apply. Cisco just released a survey that had some rather colorful analogies relating to the attitudes IT managers have toward cloud computing deployments. Nevertheless, cloud is coming on fast and furious.
For instance, the survey of 1,300 managers finds that almost two in five, 39%, said they dread the challenge so much that they “would rather get a root canal, dig a ditch, or do their own taxes.” Further, almost one-third, 31%, said they could “train for a marathon or grow a mullet in a shorter period of time than it would take to migrate their company’s applications to the cloud.”
Security is also a nagging concern, cited by 72%. In fact, nearly two in five respondents said they would not trust their own personal information—such as medical records
and Social Security numbers—with the cloud provider they are currently using…
Private Cloud and Software as a Service Drive Cloud Adoption by Interop Attendees
Adoption of cloud computing is largely being driven by software as a service and private cloud adoption according to a study released by Network Instruments. Although the majority reported improved application availability and user experience, over twenty percent indicated their ability to monitor and troubleshoot worsened after deploying cloud.
The onsite survey of 102 network engineers, IT managers and executives attending Interop found:
Cloud Becomes Commodity: Seventy-four percent of respondents have cloud computing services running on their network. Of these respondents, 45 percent have implemented some form of software as a service (SaaS) like Salesforce.com or Google Apps. This was followed by infrastructure as a service (16 percent). A smaller number (11 percent) rely on some form of platform as a service (PaaS) such as Microsoft Azure or Heroku…