About 6 months ago I had this «brilliant» idea that I would like to monitor the water level of my plants living on my balcony. The goal was to keep them healthy and happy (and producing vegetables for me in my urban garden). After looking for a commercial solution to aid me in this project, I discovered that there wasn’t anything out there that would do what I need. The primary reason why nothing worked for me was that none of the products out there are capable of monitoring multiple plants at once, leaving me with the need to buy multiple units. At 10-15 containers for plants, this was immediately recognized as unrealistic, due to their high individual cost. Being the enterprising person I am, my immediate thought was, «I will just build one! How hard can it be?»
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Three Public Cloud Providers, One Monitoring Goal | @CloudExpo #Cloud #APM #Monitoring
So you’ve decided to take the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) approach to cloud migration. That’s great-you’re on your way to realizing the cost savings and flexibility of cloud computing.
But the decisions don’t stop when you choose between SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Choosing your public cloud provider-Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)-is the next step.
Each public cloud provider requires unique considerations, but you should have one goal in mind, regardless of the provider: continuous monitoring.
How to Sponsor @CloudExpo | #IoT #DevOps #FinTech #DigitalTransformation
20th Cloud Expo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday’s debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy.
DevOps Virtual Summit on March 7 | @DevOpsSummit @CAinc #APM #DevOps
The DevOps Virtual Summit has quickly become one of the most popular programs on the annual industry calendar, driven largely by its focus on high-profile experts and real-world practitioners. And the best part is that, you can attend it from the comfort of your desktop, or basically anywhere that you want to participate from, without the expense and hassle of travelling to get there. Over the last three years, we’ve heard experts from some of the world’s leading organizations – including airlines, banks and, yes, even technology providers – detail their emerging use cases for applying DevOps methods within their internal software factories.
[session] #IoT’s “Smart” Sea Change | @ThingsExpo @JohnCrupi #AI #M2M
Now that the world has connected “things,” we need to build these devices as truly intelligent in order to create instantaneous and precise results. This means you have to do as much of the processing at the point of entry as you can: at the edge. The killer use cases for IoT are becoming manifest through AI engines on edge devices. An autonomous car has this dual edge/cloud analytics model, producing precise, real-time results.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, John Crupi, Vice President and Engineering System Architect at Greenwave Systems, will discuss how as more smart, AI-enabled “things” operate at the edges of our networks, we’ll see things moving beyond being connected and into actively embodying intelligence.
What Is Ransomware and How Cloud Security Mitigates It | @CloudExpo #Cloud #Security #MachineLearning
Ransomware attacks escalated dramatically in 2016. In fact, there was a 300 percent increase in ransomware attacks last year, according to the FBI, to an average of 4,000 attacks a day, up from 1,000 ransomware attacks a day in 2015. What’s more, organizations are targeted more frequently than individuals because they generate a much bigger potential payoff. Ransomware has become a profitable criminal enterprise that continues to change and grow.
Addteq to Exhibit at @DevOpsSummit | @Addteq #Serverless #AI #DevOps
SYS-CON Events announced today that Addteq will exhibit at SYS-CON’s DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Addteq specializes in creating innovative solutions to solve business processes through the use of DevOps automation. Addteq was founded on the firm belief that automation is essential for successful software releases. Addteq’s products and services are centered around the fundamental approach of understanding the proper balance between knowing when to integrate software and when to automate software. For software teams looking for build and release management services, Addteq is a one-stop shop for all of their development needs.
Tech News Recap for the Week of 02/27/2017
Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 02/27/2017!
Microsoft prepares to roll out an update for Windows 10. A year after Jasper acquisition, Cisco expands the platform. A deeper look into Azure public cloud offerings. Cisco warns of Netflow appliance vulnerability. Five winning plays for digital transformation. Malware continues to become more sophisticated and more tops news this week you may have missed!
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Tech News Recap
- Radical transformation of network operations, transform through automation
- Microsoft prepares to roll out new update for Windows 10
- Compare desktop virtualization options: DaaS vs. VDI
- A year after Jasper acquisition, Cisco expands the platform
- How hyper-convergence is solving 3 of the most common IT challenges
- Malware continues to become more sophisticated, Dridex Trojan upgraded
- Deeper look into Azure public cloud offerings
- Five winning plays for digital transformation
- What do IT decision makers want?
- Cisco warns of Netflow appliance vulnerability
- 5 lessons from Amazon’s S3 cloud blunder, don’t put all your eggs in one basket
- Final technical of Azure Stack available, 03/02
- Cloud management will save your butt
- A better security strategy than ‘know your enemy, ‘know your co-workers
- Failing to secure DNS is “savage ignorance”
- How to use digital transformation to win budget
- This old ransomware variant is back – with sneaky new tricks
Join us for our upcoming webinar:
“Harnessing Lightning: DevOps + ITOM for Secure & Compliant Hybrid Cloud Ops.”
By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist
Box goes cash flow positive for first time with ‘incredible’ Q417
Cloud storage provider Box has announced it is cash flow positive for the first time after posting what it calls an ‘incredible’ fourth quarter – yet shares fell in the immediate aftermath of the results.
The company described the 2017 fiscal year as a ‘milestone’, hitting a record $109.9 million (£x) in quarterly revenue which represented a 29% from this time last year, with $398.6m, an increase of 26%, being the whole year’s total.
“Q4 was an incredible quarter for Box, closing out a record year of financial performance,” said Box CEO Aaron Levie, according to Seeking Alpha. “We’re excited to enter fiscal 2018 in a strong position.”
In its previous quarter’s analysis, as this publication reported back in December, the company said it was still on track to become cash flow positive. Levie told analysts that some of the firm’s customers have 600 million objects stored in the Box platform, revealing the depth of usage at the highest level.
Highlights for Box in the most recent quarter include expanded integrations with Microsoft and IBM, the launch of the new Box Notes web and desktop apps, as well as customer wins in the form of Volkswagen Goup of America, Discovery Communications, John Muir Health, and Spotify.
The IBM aspect was again noted in the analyst call, with Levie noting that while the alliance was currently going well, “you will see more success from the partnership this year than even last year.” The partnership with IBM has been cited as key to securing some of Box’s larger enterprise deals; Levie alluded to it here, while dissecting Q217 results back in September noting that IBM played a role in eight six figure deals closed in that quarter.
“Over the coming year, you will see us build amazing products that power how people work together. Our vision of cloud content management fits a major customer need and our product innovation will further drive enterprise adoption of Box,” Levie added. “We will also advance our global go-to-market efforts to extend our reach to enterprises all around the world.”
Shares in Box fell 8.1% after the company posted its guidance on Thursday. You can find out more here.
Box goes cash flow positive for first time with ‘incredible’ Q417
Cloud storage provider Box has announced it is cash flow positive for the first time after posting what it calls an ‘incredible’ fourth quarter – yet shares fell in the immediate aftermath of the results.
The company described the 2017 fiscal year as a ‘milestone’, hitting a record $109.9 million (£x) in quarterly revenue which represented a 29% from this time last year, with $398.6m, an increase of 26%, being the whole year’s total.
“Q4 was an incredible quarter for Box, closing out a record year of financial performance,” said Box CEO Aaron Levie, according to Seeking Alpha. “We’re excited to enter fiscal 2018 in a strong position.”
In its previous quarter’s analysis, as this publication reported back in December, the company said it was still on track to become cash flow positive. Levie told analysts that some of the firm’s customers have 600 million objects stored in the Box platform, revealing the depth of usage at the highest level.
Highlights for Box in the most recent quarter include expanded integrations with Microsoft and IBM, the launch of the new Box Notes web and desktop apps, as well as customer wins in the form of Volkswagen Goup of America, Discovery Communications, John Muir Health, and Spotify.
The IBM aspect was again noted in the analyst call, with Levie noting that while the alliance was currently going well, “you will see more success from the partnership this year than even last year.” The partnership with IBM has been cited as key to securing some of Box’s larger enterprise deals; Levie alluded to it here, while dissecting Q217 results back in September noting that IBM played a role in eight six figure deals closed in that quarter.
“Over the coming year, you will see us build amazing products that power how people work together. Our vision of cloud content management fits a major customer need and our product innovation will further drive enterprise adoption of Box,” Levie added. “We will also advance our global go-to-market efforts to extend our reach to enterprises all around the world.”
Shares in Box fell 8.1% after the company posted its guidance on Thursday. You can find out more here.