Category: News

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

Mobile devices grow only more capable and computerlike in their abilities — the iPad Pro announced last week by Apple is a great example of that trend. Yet many mobile developers look to pair public cloud services with mobile devices, offloading the workloads to back-end servers.

That does not seem quite right, given the impressive processing and storage power of mobile devices. If processing occurs on back-end cloud servers, you must have connectivity to that cloud, and information must be transmitted back and forth to the device. For some mobile applications that share data, back-end storage is a requirement…

Grazed from LifeHacker. Author: Spandas Lui.

There was once a time when IT vendors shunned the idea of open source. Why wouldn’t they? The idea of sharing their very own programming innovations with others was viewed as detrimental to any competitive business. But nearly 20 years on, open source is now in vogue and has been embraced by some of the biggest IT vendors and their clients. So what changed? We find out.

The popularity of open source, believe it or not, has little to do with cost. Yes, the free nature of open source means that vendors can acquire and build upon those codes at a lower cost but, first and foremost, it’s about consistency. Open source allow vendors to develop different software and platforms that are compatible with each other…

Grazed from TopTechNews. Author: Jennifer LeClaire.

In a move that may turn the heads of IT admins, VCE just expanded its hyper-converged Rackscale family. The VCE VxRACK system promises to help IT quickly and cost-effectively build and operate clouds that tap into the benefits of VMware’s Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) offerings.

One of the key attractions VCE VxRack will offer IT is choice. With its new system, VCE shows it understands that workloads have different requirements and customer Relevant Products/Services environments vary. VxRack Systems give IT admins more options and the ability to map systems to specific app environments…

Grazed from NetworkWorld. Author: John S. Webster.

If you listen to the hype surrounding OpenStack, it’s nothing less than a panacea offering fast, relatively easy, cost-efficient tools for deploying enterprise apps as cloud services. Some analysts are far less bullish, arguing that building a private cloud with OpenStack is a daunting task. We interviewed OpenStack trailblazers from large enterprises like Walmart, Time Warner Cable, and PayPal.

They say OpenStack is ready for prime time deployment in the enterprise – as long as you understand the potential pitfalls and impediments. You need to have the right staff. You need to start small. And you need to be ready to handle potential issues in the areas of upgrades, scalability and ease of use…

Grazed from Business.com. Author: Rick Delgado.

Are you a cloud supporter or a cloud skeptic? That’s the divide many businesses are facing as cloud computing continues to gain in popularity. While cloud supporters maintain that it can provide numerous benefits for companies, cloud skeptics say it presents too many issues surrounding security and data ownership.

These issues are of particular concern for small businesses since they usually operate with limited budgets and resources. But what do real world results say about the effectiveness of using the cloud? Luckily, a new study has recently been released detailing how small businesses are using the cloud to great success. It shows that those who remain skeptical of the cloud might be missing out on some golden opportunities to expand their businesses and earn a lot more money…

Grazed from InsideHPC. Author: Editorial Staff.

Human lives could be at risk if we get the technology of cloud computing and big data wrong in applications such as driverless cars and personalized medicine, this year’s ISC Cloud and Big Data conference will be told. The conference is moving from the picturesque setting of Heidelberg to the more pragmatic Frankfurt Marriott Hotel, located directly across the street from the Frankfurt Messe Fairgrounds.

Whereas last year’s event offered separate conferences on cloud computing and on big data, this year’s conference, which takes place from 28 to 30 September, offers parallel tracks that recognize the tight relationship between the technology of cloud computing and the scientific and business challenges of big data…

Grazed from CloudPro. Author: Clare Hopping.

Amazon’s Pop-up Loft programme has launched in London, targeting start-ups with training and web service support for using its own public cloud. The initiative will be stationed in Fore Street, close to the City of London, until the end of October and will allow developers, engineers and entrepreneurs collaborate on AWS solutions with Amazon’s experts and other cloud computing partners on hand to give advice and direction.

The aim for Amazon is to encourage entrepreneurs to use AWS for building systems for their start-up, while the training courses, boot camps, self-paced labs, seminars and networking events will help spread knowledge among the developer community. The programme comprises different paths for developers to take, covering different subject areas including Ask and Architect to give developers one-to-one advice about their existing architecture, features and saving costs, while the Technical Bootcamp strand will be one-day training sessions that will guide developers to create their own AWS live environments using the AWS Management Console…

Read more from the source @ http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/cloud-essentials/public-cloud/5343/aws-opens-london-cloud-space-to-target-start-ups

Grazed from ITWeb. Author: Editorial Staff.

There has been a lot of speculation on whether cloud ERP would potentially replace aging core ERP systems that are out of support or running on an old technology platforms. According to Palladium Business Solutions managing director Stephen Corrigan, Cloud ERP is accelerating faster than analyst predictions.

Gartner also predicts that on-premises ERP systems will soon get the ‘legacy’ label. It says the highly customised ERP systems are looking a bit long in the tooth, to the point where by 2016 it will be common practice to refer to them as ‘legacy’ software. "As Cloud Computing adoption in the ERP arena increases, the technical edges early adopters achieved narrow a bit, while the disadvantages typical of new technology (down time, reliable infrastructure) also stabilise…

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Jason Perlow.

The iPad Pro. There’s been a lot of fallout as to whether this machine is truly enterprise worthy, is or isn’t a laptop replacement, or if the device will resonate with prosumers and enterprises.  I maintain that despite the misleading "Pro" moniker, this device is not an enterprise-class device, nor is it well-suited for many kinds of existing vertical market applications, for a number of reasons. But I’m not going to re-hash that in this piece.

The success (or lack thereof) of this device is going to hinge upon whether or not an elite group of high-level business executives at large corporations are going to want to use one of these as their primary device instead of a Mac or Windows laptop or even a regular iPad, like they may use today…