Managing IT-as-a-Service in 2011 Will Require Better Tools
When it comes to the future of enterprise IT, there’s a lot of talk about how IT needs to evolve into a set of on-demand services. No trend better illustrates that issue than the move to cloud computing.
Dell To Acquire Healthcare Cloud-Storage Specialist InSite One
Dell (NSDQ:Dell) has agreed to acquire cloud-based medical archiving company InSite One to help healthcare organizations simplify the keeping of their data, according to Dell.
InSite One, based in Wallingford, Conn., manages nearly 55 million clinical studies and 3.6 billion medical images and supports almost 800 clinical sites using a secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, according to Dell.
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting:
Cloud infrastructure as a service has evolved primarily from the Web hosting market, but the cloud has created new opportunities for cost savings and business agility. The market is immature, the services are all unique and evolving rapidly, and vendors must be chosen with care.
Grid vs. Cloud: What’s the Difference?
Cisco’s CTO for the Cloud, Lew Tucker, is no stranger to large-scale computing efforts. Tucker joined Cisco in late June and had previously worked for Sun Microsystems working on Sun’s cloud and large scale web property efforts.
At Cisco, Tucker’s responsibilities span multiple business units as the cloud includes enterprise, service provider and partner efforts. For Tucker, the cloud isn’t just a new name for grid computing or other previous efforts at large scale distributed computing, though there is a connection.
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Two Open Source Software Alternatives to Cron
A few weeks ago, we looked at using Corntab to make it easier to create entries for cron. What if you want to avoid cron altogether? You can, thanks to several cron alternatives.
One alternative is hcron, a GPLv2 alternative to cron. Written by John Marshall, hcron has several advantages over cron. First, hcron’s event definitions are much easier to read and are more expressive.
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A Year of Unified Communications Transition
It’s hard to say that any one year is the seminal event in the history of unified communications (UC). Much like the evolution of the LAN technologies that UC depends on, it is going to take about a decade for mainstream UC adoption to play out across the enterprise.
Assuming that we’re about to enter the sixth year of the cycle, that would make 2011 a year of transition. In fact, if we consider 2010 to be a year where many of the fundamental technology issues were addressed, then 2011 should be the beginning of a series of cultural adjustments that will need to be made as UC becomes more of an everyday business tool.
An Enterprise Without Desktops?
Pity the poor desktop in the age of the cloud. Where once it reigned supreme throughout the enterprise, many now see it verging on obsolescence as new generations of access devices tailor themselves to a more mobile and flexible workforce.
At the same time, IT itself is losing its position as the gatekeeper of all things digital, with individuals and business users increasingly willing to do end-runs around official channels to gain the resources they need to do their jobs.
It all adds up to a sea change in the working environment that will make today’s enterprise barely recognizable in 10 years’ time.