November 30, 2016 Off

AWS Launches Amazon Athena

By David
Grazed from Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced Amazon Athena, a serverless query service that makes it easy to analyze data directly in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) using standard SQL. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can point Amazon Athena at their data stored in Amazon S3 and begin using standard SQL to run queries and get results in seconds. With Amazon Athena there are no clusters to manage and tune, no infrastructure to setup or manage, and customers pay only for the queries they run. Amazon Athena scales automatically – executing queries in parallel – so results are fast, even with large datasets and complex queries. To get started with Amazon Athena, visit https://aws.amazon.com/athena.

November 30, 2016 Off

Survey Shows More than 50 Percent of Businesses Not Leveraging Public Cloud

By David
Grazed from TriCore Solutions

While more than 50 percent of respondents are not currently leveraging public cloud, 80 percent plan on migrating more within the next year, according to a new study conducted by TriCore Solutions, the application management experts. As new streams of data are continuing to appear, from mobile apps to artificial intelligence, companies in the future will rely heavily on cloud and digital transformation to minimize complexity.

The study is based on survey results from more than 200 industry professionals. The research outlines businesses state of operations, biggest changes expected and greatest needs for the digital age. Today’s CIO understands the delicate balance between managing for today’s demands and preparing for the technology solutions of tomorrow.

Here are some key results from the survey:

November 30, 2016 Off

Esri Offers Customers On-Demand Deployment and Managed Services in the Cloud

By David
Grazed from Esri

At this year’s AWS re:Invent, global smart-mapping leader Esri announced that customers can now deploy select ArcGIS licenses from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace instantly, using a pay-per-use pricing model available through hourly or annual subscriptions. Automated software provisioning allows users to launch new projects, respond to emergency requirements, address spikes in usage, and respond seamlessly to business needs without being tied to restrictive enterprise licensing models.

November 30, 2016 Off

The Best Ways to Prepare Yourself for a Career in Cloud Computing

By David
Are you thinking about working in cloud computing? This is a technology sector that has seen massive growth in recent years and this trend looks set to continue for many years to come. It’s also good news for anyone who wants to work in this area. Below are some of the best ways you can prepare yourself for a career in cloud computing.

Research Cloud Computing

If you know very little about cloud computing, you need to start off by carrying out some extensive research. This should include finding out more about the latest cloud technologies and the platforms used by businesses today, the course or courses you need to complete to qualify in this area and any other research you believe is necessary. Once you have collected this information you can make better decisions about how to proceed.

November 29, 2016 Off

IDERA Free Tools Now Available on AWS Marketplace

By David
Grazed from IDERA

IDERA, a leading provider of database lifecycle management solutions (DLM), today announced four free tools available on AWS Marketplace, providing customers a range of options for third-party management solutions for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database across Amazon Web Services (AWS). 

“We build our portfolio of free tools to solve critical issues for users, and their success is clear with hundreds of thousands of downloads worldwide,” said Heidi Farris, chief marketing officer at IDERA. “Making them available on AWS Marketplace for cloud database customers reinforces IDERA’s commitment to data professionals who must consistently accomplish more for less. We’re looking forward to expanding our free tools in cooperation with AWS.”

November 29, 2016 Off

Solodev Unveils New Windows Version of its Enterprise Web Experience Platform Available for the AWS Cloud

By David
Grazed from Solodev

Solodev, creator of the world’s first on-demand enterprise web experience platform created by developers for developers, today announces new versions of its flagship solution optimized for Windows 2012 and 2016. Solodev for Windows is available for purchase for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud directly through AWS Marketplace. Solodev adds the Windows products to its existing offerings that support SaaS Subscriptions on AWS Marketplace, which the company announced earlier this month.

"We built Solodev with the goal of putting an end to the constant compromises businesses have to make when it comes to their websites — including using their desired operating system," said Shawn Moore, founder and Chief Technology Officer of Solodev. "Having recently been one of the first vendors to support SaaS Subscriptions on AWS Marketplace, we knew this was the perfect opportunity to create a Windows version of our software. It is furthering our mission of providing customers with exactly what they want from their enterprise web content management software."

November 29, 2016 Off

Cloud Elements is the First Serverless API Distribution Platform that can Publish API Connectors as AWS Lambda Functions

By David
Grazed from Cloud Elements

Cloud Elements, the leader in API Integration management, today announced at the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference they are the first API Integration and Management Platform vendor to offer a revolutionary approach to publish and distribute API-based connectors as Lambda Functions, supporting a serverless architecture. Cloud Elements’ extensive catalog of 115+ connectors can now be consumed from within the Amazon API Gateway or used as AWS Lambda functions. This enhancement is in support of a general movement of the industry and especially the AWS community towards a serverless architecture, a key theme being explored at AWS re:Invent this week.

"Cloud Elements addresses a key challenge by accelerating the publishing of SaaS application APIs as AWS Lambda functions," said Tim Wagner, general manager of AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway. "Developers using AWS are looking for ways to combine APIs from a variety of SaaS and software applications into their applications, to support their serverless architecture and scale their code without incurring additional costs to run. With today’s release of Element Builder, Cloud Elements offers a simple and useful solution to automate the publishing of API Integrations as Lambda functions."

November 29, 2016 Off

Mirantis moves out of OpenStack BS-as-a-Service market

By David
Grazed from CIO. Author: Swapnil Bhartiya

A wise person once said: The only thing that is constant is change. Open source cloud solutions like OpenStack are challenging companies to come up with new business models to innovate. It was high time for pure play OpenStack company Mirantis to make the right move in the right direction, at the right time.

In September, Mirantis announced that they acquired TCP Cloud, a company that specializes in managed services for OpenStack. The news stirred the beehive as Mirantis was stepping on some partner toes and it was also moving away from the ‘pure play OpenStack company’ model.

The real value lies in people and not technology

November 29, 2016 Off

Inspur Joins OpenStack Foundation as the Newest Gold Member

By David
Grazed from Inspur and OpenStack Foundation

Inspur, China’s leading cloud computing total solution provider, announced today that OpenStack Board approved Inspur as Gold member of the Foundation, reaffirming the company’s commitment to industry collaboration and open standards.

The OpenStack Foundation is the community that promotes the global development, distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud operating system, and serves more than 30,000 Individual Members from over 170 countries around the world. Enterprise members are divided into platinum member, gold member, corporate member and other supporters. At present, above 150 global enterprises provide code contributions, product integration, market promotion and capital support for OpenStack open source community.

November 29, 2016 Off

Cavirin Launches PULSAR, a Versatile Fourth Generation Security Platform for Enterprise, SaaS and MSPs

By David
Grazed from Cavirin Systems, Inc.

Cavirin Systems, Inc. today announces release of Pulsar, Cavirin’s fourth generation elastic security platform performing security compliance and risk assessments for complex IT infrastructure at enterprise scale. Pulsar’s agentless architecture is capable of running trusted, deep security scans across distributed infrastructure regardless of the topology such as private, hybrid, and public clouds. Representing substantial investment and commitment, Pulsar is a natural product progression based on the changing pace and complexities of cloud based technology, and augments Cavirin’s ARAP (Automated Risk Analysis Platform) that is popular among small to medium sized enterprises.

Pulsar is built for the Enterprise, SaaS, and Managed Service Providers. We’re moving ahead to the next level, offering greater flexibility in the adoption of DevOps environment. —  Dr. Rao Papolu, CEO and Chairman