Cosmetic Giant Aggressively Embraces the Cloud

Revlon’s comprehensive cloud has matured, and the benefits from aggressively embracing the cloud have evolved into positive consequences for their data architecture.
When you think of Revlon, we’re global and we have a huge application portfolio. As we put everything on our cloud and are using our cloud, we realized that all of our data sits in one place now.
So when you think of big-data management, we’ve been able to solve the problem by classifying all the unstructured data in Revlon and we did that efficiently. We still joke that it’s like chewing glass. You’ve got to go through this huge process.
But, we have the ability to look at all of our data, a couple of petabytes, in the same place. Because the cloud let us look at it all, we can bring up all of Revlon in our disaster recovery (DR) test environments and have our developers work with it at no cost. We have disconnected that cost and effort.
Once we realized we had this opportunity to start working on our big data, the other unintended consequences was our master data model. On top of our big data, we were able to able to efficiently and effectively build a global master data model.

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The Cloud Computing State of the Union | CTO Power Panel at Cloud Expo

What are the technical benefits of building a business on the cloud? If that cloud is open, are the benefits fewer or are they more plentiful? What security issues remain in the clouds being stood up in 2012, compared to cloud computing’s earlier days? How are multi-national cloud initiatives faring, technically and from a compliance perspective? How *green* is cloud computing? Why does big data analytics need clouds, and where will the two-step between Big Data and the Cloud lead to next?
In this CTO Power Panel at the 11th International Cloud Expo, these and a host of other questions will be asked and answered in this fast-moving industry panel, featuring leading Cloud & Big Data practitioners and thought leaders and moderated by Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan.

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There’s No Business Like Cloud & Big Data | CEO Power Panel at Cloud Expo

This fast-moving «CEO Power Panel» at the 11th International Cloud Expo, moderated by Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan features industry thought leaders and will discuss the business-related issues that are currently front of mind with chief executives of today’s foremost Cloud and Big Data based companies.
Topics include what are the commercial and fiscal benefits of building a business on the cloud? What’s the business potential of real-time Big Data analytics? What Cloud companies will have disappeared by the time we hold 12th Cloud Expo next June…into other, larger players – and why does such consolidation always happen? What industry vertical is least exploited as yet, by Cloud players?

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Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Cloud Data – Right Here, Right Now in Real-Time

Do you want SQL access to your SaaS application?
In their session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Sumit Sarkar, Sr. Solutions Consultant at Progress Software, and Paul Griffin, Sr. Manager, Sales Enablement, at Progress Software, will discuss how to achieve this with real-time SQL-92 access using ODBC and JDBC directly against your SaaS application database. See how this unique data connectivity is now possible and how other organizations use SQL access to get even more out of the cloud data running their businesses.

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Trinity Solar to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

SYS-CON Events announced today that Trinity Solar, the leading solar company on the East Coast, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 11th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 5–8, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Trinity Solar is the leading designer and integrator of solar electric systems. Its mission is to provide high-performing, cost-effective, environmentally responsible solutions to address the energy needs of customers.
Cloud Expo 2012 Silicon Valley, November 5–8, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.

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Cloud Expo Silicon Valley – Big Data: How to Deploy a Solution

Some people have some BIG ideas about what Big Data is, but let’s take a minute to look at the BIG picture. Let’s take a BIG step back and talk about where Big Data really makes sense. Where do Big Data solutions fit vs traditional RDBMS solutions? What are the best deployment strategies? How can you deploy a working Big Data solution to hit the BIG Time?
In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Harold Hannon, Sr. Software Architect at SoftLayer Technologies, will cover techniques on deploying your own Big Data solutions in the cloud, managed data layer offerings like Cloudant, and preview a BIG exciting new Big Data offering strategy from SoftLayer.

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Cloud Expo Silicon Valley Speaker Profile: John Yung – Appcara

With Cloud Expo 2012 Silicon Valley (11th Cloud Expo) due to open in under three weeks’ time at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA – co-located with 2nd International Big Data Expo – let’s introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical program at the West Coast conference…

We have technical and strategy sessions for you dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing & Big Data, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud and/or Big Data solutions that are transforming the world of Enterprise IT?

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Cloud Expo Silicon Valley Speaker Profile: Bernard Golden – enStratus

With Cloud Expo 2012 Silicon Valley (11th Cloud Expo) due to open in under three weeks’ time at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA – co-located with 2nd International BigDataExpo – let’s introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical program at the West Coast conference…

We have technical and strategy sessions for you dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing & Big Data, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud and/or Big Data solutions that are transforming the world of Enterprise IT?

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Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Big Data Alchemy – Turning Big Iron into Gold!

We all see the potential value of Big Data systems – they allow us to distill golden nuggets of information from reams of customer data where it has lied dormant waiting to be freed. However, while the benefits of the Big Data dream are clear, there are a lot of nightmares that we must overcome to make that dream a reality. Managing massive bits of iron in the form of large server farms with petabytes of information is not for the faint of heart. What if there were a way to skip to the dream – deploy Big Data systems, access them from anywhere, without the nightmares?
In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, join Gordon Crenshaw, Sr. Solutions Consultant at Progress Software, and DataDirect’s Big Data alchemists as he shows you how to make this dream a reality.

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