Why CIOs are learning to stop worrying and love the cloud
The era of cloud computing has finally passed a long-running phase of hype and hysteria and has now become a simple reality of today’s business life.
That was the message from Joseph Coyle, the CTO of IT consultancy giant CapGemini, who was speaking at GigaOM’s Structure 2012 event in San Francisco.
Coyle said most CIOs are no longer asking whether they should embrace the cloud but are focusing on how to use it for cost-savings and on how and when to divest their IT operations.
While many companies are still questioning the safety and reliability of the cloud, Coyle says cloud operations are entirely secure. He notes that most cloud clients were not even aware of last week’s big outage in which a number of Amazon services went down…
HTML5, Cloud and Mobile Create ‘Perfect Storm’ for Major App Dev Shift
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Darryl K. Taft.
The advent of HTML5 along with the move to mobile and cloud computing are conspiring to cause a major shift in the application development landscape akin to when Java displaced C++ as the major enterprise programming language 15 years ago, according to a top Oracle development executive.
The application development landscape is in the midst of a major era shift based on the "perfect storm" provided by the emergence of cloud, mobile and HTML5 as dominant themes in modern systems, said a top Oracle development executive.
Indeed, the shift from hard-core object-oriented languages to more Web-oriented development platforms is, in effect, much like the way Java moved in on C++ more than 15 years ago, said Cameron Purdy, vice president of development for Oracle’s application server group…
Security still the ‘No. 1 obstacle’ to cloud adoption
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Bobbie Johnson.
International companies are still wary of cloud adoption because of concerns over data security and legal exposure, including worries about American government interference.
Speaking at GigaOM’s Structure 2012 conference in San Francisco, Juergen Urbanski of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems said that European customers, in particular, were wary of moving to the cloud because of their security fears.
“In Europe, security and compliance is a big issue,” he said. “In fact it is definitely the No. 1 obstacle to the faster adoption of cloud services.”…
99.9% Cloud Computing Uptime? That 0.1% Costs More Than You Would Think
Reliability has long been a supposedly stalwart benefit of cloud technology–the ability to offer always-on service for midsize and enterprise companies. But while 99.9-percent cloud computing uptime sounds like a great number, recent studies show that the costs associated with that 0.1 percent of downtime are far higher than many admins realize. Nonetheless, cloud adoption proceeds full steam ahead, with providers like Google making the case that shirking the cloud is bad for the environment. So what’s an admin to do, fight for the right up time, or be energy conscious?…
Atlantis Launches Groundbreaking New Storage Optimization Product for Storage-Intensive Virtualized Server and Cloud Apps
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
Today Atlantis Computing(TM), a leading provider of storage optimization software for virtual servers and desktops, will unveil Atlantis ILIO FlexCloud 1.0 onstage at GigaOM Structure, one of the most influential cloud computing conferences. The new software product makes it possible for enterprises and service providers to fundamentally change the performance and economics of storage-intensive virtualized server and cloud applications like databases, big data and custom enterprise applications.
"With our success in the desktop virtualization market, we are constantly asked by customers to bring to market solutions for virtual servers that optimize storage utilization like we do for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)," said Bernard Harguindeguy, CEO of Atlantis Computing. "With the introduction of Atlantis ILIO FlexCloud 1.0, we are demonstrating how our technology has the flexibility to deliver similar performance, cost and scalability benefits to server virtualization and the cloud."…
Visibility and Control Still an Issue With BYOD Policies
Grazed from Network Computing. Author: Ericka Chickowski
The Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) boom has introduced enough risk to the enterprise to keep IT managers up at night, but most businesses lack the visibility and control over mobile devices and applications to actually do anything about it. As a result, organizations are open to everything from users loading data unto unauthorized devices, to malicious applications wreaking havoc on the network.
"We have seen a number of mobile threats that act as bots, for example," said Oliver Friedrichs, senior vice president of the cloud technology group at Sourcefire, explaining one of many risky scenarios posed by unchecked BYOD policies. "So, mobile devices connect through your corporate network through command-and-control servers. When you have a compromised device on your internal network that’s already bypassed your firewall, you have all of the inherent problems that something can bounce through that device and use it as an entry point into the corporate network."…
Managing Mobile Devices Connecting To The Cloud
Grazed from Cloud Tweaks. Author: Deney Dental.
As new innovations continue to fill the technology marketplace, a shift in how business and the IT consumer alike utilize technology is shaping the face of a more connected. We are becoming more streamlined in our day to day processes, thanks largely in part to the power of mobile computing. Computing technology available off the shelf is pound-for-pound, far more powerful and as such more sustainable, than ever before. Take into consideration the power of virtual computing and it would seem that the journey is just beginning.
Like a Lightning Bolt
Mobile devices are quite powerful. Take into consideration that most large enterprises haven’t done much in the way to overhaul the average workstation, many mobile gadgets rival and often surpass the power of these nearly legacy devices. This makes the beauty of the cloud all the more appealing. Existing workstations can use these services without breaking a sweat as can mobile devices with the appropriate applications, creating a dynamic working environment…
Cloud Computing With Benefits Of PaaS Cloud Model
PaaS or Platform-as-a-Service also serves a great purpose for businesses to grow and expand virtually in the cloud environment. Moreover, the foremost thing that should be taken care of before constructing a PaaS environment is the fact that IT professionals as well as the system provider should follow a more unifying approach for both technical and operational aspects of an organization.
PaaS facility is enjoyed by two category of professionals that include end-users that are business professionals and developers and Independent Software Vendors or ISVs. Listed underneath are few advantages and benefits of PaaS that these segment of people enjoy…
Garantia Data Unveils First In-Memory NoSQL Cloud at LaunchPad 2012
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
Garantia Data today announced the beta release of the first fully-automated, in-memory NoSQL cloud service offering reliable Memcached and infinitely-scalable Redis data store systems. Garantia Data is one of 11 finalists for the GigaOM Structure LaunchPad competition, which recognizes emerging startups in the cloud computing industry, and will present its new In-Memory NoSQL Cloud on stage at the event today in San Francisco, CA.
Web companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, rely on Memcached and Redis to support high-performance and rapid growth. However, Memcached lacks reliability and Redis is limited in scalability – a dataset cannot grow beyond a single Master server. In addition, both require constant operational care. Garantia Data’s breakthrough dynamic-auto-sharding technology virtualizes multiple cloud servers into an infinite pool of memory, enabling datasets to scale autonomously and continuously from gigabytes to terabytes and even petabytes based on their actual size. This zero-management service completely frees developers from dealing with nodes, clusters, server lists, configuration, scaling and failure recovery, while guaranteeing absolutely no data loss…
Cloud computing disrupts software pricing
Grazed from Financial Post. Author: Mitchell Osak.
The delivery of software is not the only thing being impacted by the rise of Cloud Computing. Moving to the Cloud is also disrupting the traditional software pricing model with the potential to dramatically change customer behavior and impact market dynamics. In the future, CC leadership will be as much about getting the pricing model right as it will be about technical excellence.
The ubiquitous cloud
With CC, software applications are delivered as a subscription-based service over the Web much like a utility delivers power over a grid. This scheme allows a user to purchase only what they need, when they need it, for as long as they need it. Not surprisingly, customers are embracing this powerful value proposition. Forrester Research estimates that over 33% of companies now get some of their software delivered as a service. The market for Cloud-based services is growing over 20% per year.
‘Instead of big suites, lightweight applications will become the norm’…