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 Cloud computing is more than a buzz-phrase it’s a transformative IT paradigm shift. The emphasis in the cloud is on elasticity, scalability, agility and open. Not just open standards but open APIs and open source. The delivery of software is also going through a paradigm shift. Open so...May. 18, 2013 03:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,300 |
 In an ideal developer/systems administrator’s world, most applications would deploy seamlessly to multiple platforms and scale elastically with minimal effort bringing the unprecedented agility of the cloud within immediate reach of developer teams and IT organizations.
OpenStack, a ...May. 18, 2013 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,211 |
 Organizations across the world are increasingly starting to see the benefits of moving more and more services to the cloud. The focus on the cost-saving potential of cloud is rapidly shifting to completely transforming the business with cloud. As organizations are investing enormous su...May. 18, 2013 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,300 |
 These days, it seems that every cloud provider claims that cloud is safer than your traditional datacenter. Is it though? In his General Session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York, McAfee expert Rishi Bhargava will help you explore and address the security challenges and consider...May. 18, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,679 |
 The cloud-enabled data center sits at the center of IT transformation. It facilitates the interconnection and communities that come together, propelling growth for both buyers and sellers.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Gerry Fassig, CoreSite’s Vice President of...May. 18, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,138 |
 At pennies per virtual machine-hour, the economics of cloud computing are both compelling and daunting to replicate. Whether you are building your own cloud infrastructure, building a public cloud or choosing a cloud service, there are key strategy and technology decisions that make th...May. 18, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 497 |
| Enterprises can't close their doors just because integration tools won't cope with the volume of information that their systems produce. As each day goes by, their information will become larger and more complicated, and enterprises must constantly struggle to manage the integration o... May. 18, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,406 |
 Analyzing Hadoop jobs and speeding them up is often a tedious and time consuming effort that requires experts. In his upcoming session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [10-13 June, 2013], Michael Kopp will be showing how proven APM techniques can be used to speed up Hadoop jobs...May. 17, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,638 |
 When talking with the less-technical people in your enterprise, which may include end users and many others on the leadership team, it always pays to have non technical expressions to describe new capabilities. Here are some thoughts on Platfora that may be of use in discussions like t...May. 17, 2013 06:15 AM EDT Reads: 508 |
 I saw a conversation today on Twitter that asked why we don’t just embed proper security into Hadoop instead of suggesting the API gateway approach to Hadoop security that my colleague Blake proposed. The same could be asked about any number … Read more >The ...May. 16, 2013 01:30 PM EDT Reads: 607 |
 Many organizations want to expand upon the IaaS foundation to deliver cloud services in all forms – software, mobility, infrastructure and IT. Understanding the strategy, planning process and tools for this transformation will help catalyze changes in the way the business operates and ...May. 16, 2013 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,103 |
 Our more interconnected planet is accelerating the adoption and convergence of next-generation architectures, in the form of cloud, mobile and instrumented physical assets. Organizations that can effectively balance optimization and innovation, will be in a position to leverage new sys...May. 16, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,729 |
 Here at AppNeta, we get to see a lot about how people build their web applications. From simple PHP scripts to heavily service-oriented Java clouds to monolithic Django apps, everybody’s product is architected a little differently. We’re still out to trace everything, and today I want ...May. 15, 2013 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 621 |
 In the old world of IT, if you didn't have hardware capacity or the budget to buy more, your project was dead in the water. Budget constraints can leave some of the best, most creative and most ingenious innovations on the cutting room floor. It’s a true dilemma for developers and inno...May. 15, 2013 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,629 |
 In his session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013], Intel's Chris Black will review the background of Apache Hadoop, its application, and methods to accelerate data system clusters with Intel SSD technology. The session will overview the genius of Hadoop and pro...May. 15, 2013 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,871 |
Calxeda, the ARM-making low-power microserver hopeful, has gotten
some traction with Fedora, Red Hat’s open source Linux sandbox where
technologies pregnant with possibility are developed and tested ostensibly
by an army of community volunteers.May. 15, 2013 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 618 |
 OpenStack Cells is one of the most anticipated features in Grizzly, the seventh release of the open source software that offers more block storage options and scalability. It has been running in production at Rackspace for more than a year.
In his session at the 12th International Cl...May. 13, 2013 12:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,884 |
 Cloud enables SMBs to access new, scalable resources – previously only available to enterprises – in flexible and cost-effective ways. McKinsey’s SMB Cloud Report projects the public cloud market to reach $40-$50 billion by 2015, with SMBs comprising 65% of public cloud spending in 201...May. 13, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,724 |
 Big Data applications such as Hadoop and Hive are becoming more widely adopted and mainstream. There are increasing numbers of users who will select the cloud – whether private or public - as an efficient and scalable deployment vehicle for these large-scale distributed apps. Hadoop im...May. 13, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,062 |
 The massive computing and storage resources that are needed to support Big Data applications make cloud environments an ideal fit.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Nati Shalom, CTO and Founder of GigaSpaces, will show how to build your Big Data "database on-demand...May. 13, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,097 |
 A recent study by analyst firm IDC reports that in 2012, 1.7 million cloud computing-related roles across the globe could not be filled due to the lack of training, certification and experience in the applicant pool. As the global demand for cloud and big data expertise increases, empl...May. 10, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,009 |
 Following my high-level write-up of Hadoop and Big Data, this article will present each of the components or projects that make up Hadoop with a technical description of each.
First, what is Hadoop?
Hadoop stores and processes large volumes of a wide variety of data that changes rapi...May. 10, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,135 |
 BigData (and Hadoop) are buzzword and growth areas of computing; this article will distill the concepts into easy-to-understand terms.
As the name implies, BigData is literally "big data" or "lots of data" that needs to be processed. Lets take a simple example: the city council of San...May. 9, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,004 |
 The OpenNebula project has just announced the immediate availability of OpenNebula 4.0 Eagle. The project has come a long way since the first "technology preview" of OpenNebula five years ago. During these years it has witnessed the rise and hype of the Cloud, the birth and decline of ...May. 9, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,088 |
 This review covers both Core Java Volume I--Fundamentals (9th Edition) and Core Java, Volume II--Advanced Features (9th Edition). Both books are part of the Prentice Hall Core Series.
I actually got Volume II first and liked it so much I ordered Volume I. I felt like I was missing the...May. 8, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,318 |
 Developers are the new kingmakers and it's a busy job. We want to use your solution but we're short on time and patience. Reduce the friction of onboarding developers by clearly and succinctly documenting your API, regardless of whether you're delivering SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS.
In his s...May. 7, 2013 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,558 |
 Cloud computing will not take over the world as some people will have you believe. The problem with it is that cloud computing needs a hybrid solution to thrive. Massive economic speed bumps and a divide in business culture impedes the adoption of the cloud for every application, and e...May. 7, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,298 |
 Dell – while it’s trying to go private – is apparently also going full-tilt at this cloud thing trying to diversify out of PCs because it’s just bought a respected infrastructure management start-up called Enstratius.
Born Enstratus Networks, Enstratius has a platform that’s supposed ...May. 7, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,571 |
 That boom you hear? That's the cloud.
Cloud computing is experiencing serious growth – even the Department of Defense is joining the party. However, some people are a little concerned about giving up hard copies and going completely virtual. Getting on this bandwagon is a great idea t...May. 6, 2013 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,468 |
| Cloud Computing is booming and so is Cloud Expo – now with Big Data and Software-Defined Networking as fully integrated themes.
Here are the nine tracks we are serving up for you June 10–13 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center and below this brief note from me is a complete A–Z of... May. 6, 2013 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,357 |
 The economics of business are radically changing due to the way in which software and services are being delivered thanks to cloud computing.
In his upcoming session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Mike Kavis, Chief Technologist at Kavis Technology Consulting, will cover the fo...May. 5, 2013 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 15,181 |
 It’s now possible to create isolated networks in the cloud using OpenStack Networking. Cloud Networks can help enhance network security, increase application agility and improve scalability and availability of your servers.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Hart Ho...May. 3, 2013 11:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,030 |
 Things are moving fast for the Ruby language instrumentation in TraceView. We already support tracing of memcache-client, memcached, dalli, mongo, moped, mongoid, mongomapper, cassandra, ActiveRecord (postgres, mysql, mysql2) plus more. Most recently we added support for Rack and Resqu...May. 3, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,268 |
 When you look at the database market, it’s a virtual jungle out there. Those of us in the industry 15 years ago can look back and remember when we only had the option to use a relational database from Sybase, Oracle, Microsoft or IBM. That was pretty much it if you were planning to bui...May. 2, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,736 |
 MapR Technologies, the Hadoop house, Wednesday released M7, a Big
Data platform that’s supposed to remove the usual trade-offs involved in
deploying a NoSQL database on Hadoop.
The widgetry packages Hadoop with HBase, the open source NoSQL
database modeled after Google’s BigTable...May. 2, 2013 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,808 |
 “Like any successful software space in the technology world, open source in the cloud has and will be playing an important role in the overall success of cloud,” stated Sanjay Sharma, Principal Architect at Impetus Technologies, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Je...May. 1, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,102 |
 Eucalyptus Systems, Amazon’s private cloud partner, was expected to
announce a new 3.3 release of its open source cloud platform Monday that
promises its greatest compatibility with AWS yet.
Its new capabilities are also supposed to make Eucalyptus the solution for
developing and...Apr. 30, 2013 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,594 |
 I have Google's Blogger app on my iPhone and iPad mini. I can write articles for publication from anywhere with an Internet connection, but are they read, are they shared? That is our subject for today.
One of the biggest growth areas involving mobility is mobile marketing. If your...Apr. 29, 2013 01:22 PM EDT Reads: 873 |
 Just as a team is only as strong as its weakest player, the more robust a mobile broadband service, the more beneficial it is to accessing and running applications in the cloud.
There's a strong connection between cloud computing services and mobile broadband, including 4G services.
...Apr. 29, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,954 |
 "In June of 2013 we are shipping Eucalyptus version 3.3 and again we present features to you that other cloud platforms are only dreaming of," blogged Eucalyptus CEO Mårten Mickos today. "We are adding three new services for scalable cloud workloads," he continued, "Auto Scaling, Elast...Apr. 29, 2013 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,328 |
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