Grazed from Computing. Author: John Leonard.

How old is the Internet of Things (IoT)? Technological change being evolutionary it’s impossible to pinpoint an exact start date. The phrase was coined at the turn of the century, but for the sake of argument let’s just say that for practical purposes the IoT began 10 years ago when the ZigBee protocol for connecting smart-home devices came into being.

Rather conveniently that would make it about the same age as big data, which began (again for the sake of argument) with the arrival of Hadoop in 2005, and cloud computing (Amazon Elastic Compute cloud was released in 2006). The IoT is a superset of both cloud and big data analytics. While encompassing both, it also adds sensors, wireless communications and artificial intelligence, and as such has taken a little longer to enter the public imagination…

Read more from the source @ http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2457520/research-the-internet-of-things-hope-hype-or-hazard

Grazed from BusinessKorea. Author: Cho Jin-young.

Microsoft Korea CEO Ko Soon-dong had a press conference in Seoul on May 11 and announced that Microsoft would provide more stable and fast cloud computing services by opening new data centers in Seoul and Busan early next year with demands for cloud computing services on the rise in the Asia-Pacific region including South Korea.

The construction of the new data centers constitutes its Project Natick. That in Busan is scheduled to be the first subsea data center in the world. Busan City is regarded as a perfect choice for the project in that it is home to 90% of submarine power cables in South Korea and a global cloud data center demonstration model.

See more at: http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/english/news/ict/14654-cloud-data-center-busan-city-house-subsea-data-center-microsoft#sthash.FfNSFI1v.dpuf

Grazed from BiometricUpdate. Author: Stephen Mayhew.

ImageWare Systems, Inc. announced it will offer its biometric authentication service GoVerifyID as a SaaS solution on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. IWS will launch the end-to-end enterprise-ready service with an integration of TransUnion’s IDManager, a fraud detection and authentication identity decisioning solution.

The company said that several of its customers are already in the midst of signing contracts as resellers of the new service. AWS delivers a series of cloud computing services that comprise its on-demand computing platform. Having officially joined the AWS Partner Network in March, ImageWare is a member of the AWS Partner Network’s SaaS Program…

Grazed from Barron’s. Author: Tiernan Ray.

Following a report this afternoon by software management and analytics tools maker New Relic (NEWR) of fiscal Q4 revenue that topped analysts’ expectations and a an outlook for this quarter and the year above consensus, CEO Lew Cirne was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with me by phone.

Cirne was “thrilled” with the results, including both a 10% improvement in the company’s operating profit margin, on an adjusted, non-GAAP basis, and the company’s further expansion into enterprise accounts after a history of selling mostly to small and medium businesses…

Grazed from Today.ng. Author: Editorial Staff.

Leading Chinese technology firm, Huawei, has described cloud technology as the future of entrepreneurship, adding that hardware innovation, software re-architecture, and data intelligence have become the three most important factors for business success. It stated this during its second Open Cloud Congress West Africa summit in Lagos, with the theme, ‘Transforming with Cloud: Setting New Benchmark.

Huawei said that by depending on joint innovation, technology innovation and cooperation innovation, it had devoted itself to build an open, collaborative and win-win cloud ecosystem together with customers and partners. It also said that it would strengthen cooperative relationships with its customers, and seek greater marketing opportunities…

Ixia, a leading provider of network testing, visibility, and security solutions, today announced CloudLens, a platform consisting of existing Ixia solutions and planned products that will integrate network visibility across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. Combining the power of Ixia’s virtual network taps, packet and application flow filtering, Netflow with advanced application identification and geographic location, SSL decryption, and industry-leading deduplication capabilities, Ixia’s CloudLens platform provides service providers, cloud providers, and enterprises with unprecedented insight into network traffic in both physical and virtualized environments.

Hyperscale deployments are characterized by continuous configuration changes based on demand. While resource pooling and elastic scale are part of the cloud value proposition, the ability to monitor virtual traffic flows at the same scale has been limited. Ixia’s CloudLens platform will provide the framework for virtual taps and data filtering to meet the elastic demands of cloud customers in a multi-tenant self-serve model. Using products in the CloudLens platform, users will be able to deploy a highly scalable traffic monitoring system in a matter of minutes, not hours or days.

Nimbix, a leader in cloud-based, High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and applications, today announced it has been showcased in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors for Compute Platforms, 2016" report by Gartner, Inc. Nimbix provides customers with an innovative HPC processing platform as a Pay-per-Use or Subscription-based computing service.

Kaseya, the leading provider of complete IT management solutions for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and small to midsized businesses, today announced the immediate availability of Kaseya AuthAnvil On-Demand, its cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution. Kaseya AuthAnvil incorporates the first and only Universal Directory enabling MSPs to manage all of their customer IAM needs in a comprehensive, standard and consistent fashion while seamlessly supporting the broad mix of directory management technologies deployed in their customer base.

According to Kaseya’s 2016 Global MSP Pricing Survey, high-growth MSPs consider security services as a key competitive advantage to enable them to address their client’s number one concern, which is "heightened security risks." The release of AuthAnvil On-Demand enables MSPs to empower their customers to gain authenticated and secure access to both on-premise and cloud applications from virtually any device.

Gridstore, the leader in hyper-converged all flash infrastructure for the Microsoft Cloud-Inspired Datacenter and 5nine Software, the leading global Hyper-V virtualization security and management provider, today announced they will be presenting their recently launched integrated solution that delivers advanced security for hyperconverged infrastructure at the upcoming Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit, May 10-12 at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Washington. Delegates at this exclusive invitation-only event are invited to visit Gridstore and 5nine at booth #27.

The 2016 Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit provides a unique opportunity for dialogue with industry leaders including Microsoft executives, technologists and the Microsoft hosting team. Participants will gain in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s vision for the hosting industry and its strategy for growth with hosting providers. Attendees can collaborate with fellow innovators on meeting the challenges of the hosting industry. Ultimately, professionals will leave the Summit empowered with a better understanding of how to create, optimize, and grow their business.