SYS-CON Events announced today that Massive Networks, that helps your business operate seamlessly with fast, reliable, and secure internet and network solutions, has been named «Exhibitor» of SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo ®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. As a premier telecommunications provider, Massive Networks is headquartered out of Louisville, Colorado. With years of experience under their belt, their team of engineers can navigate the Carrier Ecosystem for your IT team acting as an extension of your business, producing a hassle-free experience.
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Calligo Named «Bronze Sponsor» of @CloudExpo | @CalligoCloud #CloudNative #DevOps #DX
SYS-CON Events announced today that Calligo, an innovative cloud service provider offering mid-sized companies the highest levels of data privacy and security, has been named «Bronze Sponsor» of SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo ®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Calligo offers unparalleled application performance guarantees, commercial flexibility and a personalised support service from its globally located cloud platforms. Through its four pillars of focus, Calligo delivers a platform that businesses can trust to deliver the high level of service and protection they expect and is lacking in many cloud offerings.
Oracle is hiring 1000 employees for fast-growing cloud business
After reporting a 58% year-on-year revenue growth in its cloud businesses and garnering sales of $4.6 billion worth from cloud computing software and hardware, multinational computer technology giant Oracle Corporation is expanding its cloud computing services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Cloud-related products now account for more than 12% of Oracle’s total sales.
Tino Scholman, vice president of Oracle’s cloud computing for the region, said: «Our cloud business is growing at incredible rates, so now is the right time to bring in a new generation of talent.» Hence, the company is set to recruit 1000 employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to serve its growing cloud computing services in the region to accommodate the growing needs of the company. It seeks workers having two to six years of experience to staff sales, management, finance, recruitment, marketing and human resources roles for its cloud computing service.
At present, the Redwood, California-based company employs about 51,000 staff in the US and 85,000 globally.
Oracle derived 28% of its overall revenue from Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2016. Sales in the region declined 2% to $10.6 billion owing to shifting customer preferences from Oracle’s traditional enterprise computing software to cloud-based services.
According to research firm IDC, public-cloud spending is expected to increase 27% year-on-year to reach $82 billion by 2020. Bloomberg Intelligence’s July report states that Oracle’s «cloud infrastructure products are gaining traction and should become a major pillar of growth next year, amid increasing competition from Amazon.»
Demand for cloud-computing services is seeing a notable rise with Amazon, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft, International Business Machines and others reporting sweeping growth in cloud-computing sales. To beat the cloud push and remain competitive, these companies have been adding data centers across Europe.
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DXWorldEXPO Announces Its Leadership Team | @IoT2040 @MLSesen @Witchw @Vatchif @AtillaKurama
DX World EXPO, LLC., a Lighthouse Point, Florida-based startup trade show producer and the creator of «DXWorldEXPO® – Digital Transformation Conference & Expo» has announced its executive management team. The team is headed by Levent Selamoglu, who has been named CEO. «Now is the time for a truly global DX event, to bring together the leading minds from the technology world in a conversation about Digital Transformation,» he said in making the announcement.
Combating the rising threat of malware in the cloud
Enterprise cloud adoption rates continue to rise at unprecedented rates as more businesses realise the benefits these services can bring.
However, perhaps predictably, this explosive growth has also given rise to a host of new cyber threats as criminals look to capitalise on changing business habits for their own ends. At the top of the list are two familiar threats; malware and ransomware, which unfortunately now have the potential to compromise more data than ever before, thanks to the interconnected nature of the cloud.
there is a shortage of proactive cloud malware solutions, even amongst industry leading vendors
Despite this, a worryingly low number of cloud service providers are yet to offer dedicated protection against malware in the cloud. While Office 365, G Suite, and Azure have the ability to identify common ‘known’ malware, when it comes to defending against zero-day attacks, most come up short. Today, there is a shortage of proactive cloud malware solutions, even amongst industry leading vendors. Because of this, most businesses are unable to defend their entire cloud application portfolio effectively.
What’s more, the biggest threats don’t come from known malware, but unknown, zero-day attacks that can take weeks or even months to discover. By that point, they have often already had a devastating effect on the target due to extensive data exfiltration. Once advanced malware makes its way into a cloud app, there’s often very little that can be done to contain and eliminate it. And, it only takes one infected endpoint to spread malware via the cloud, making defending against it extremely difficult.
Until we see an emergence of dedicated solutions to bolster malware defences in the cloud, organisations should take a proactive approach to keeping their sensitive cloud-based data protected. The following five areas are the most important to consider:
Tackle zero-day threats
As malware becomes increasingly sophisticated and stealthy, effective zero-day protection can help businesses stay a few steps ahead. These tools can combat advanced threats with static analysis, basing a risk decision on hundreds of different characteristics associated with any given file. They can then identify threats based on their behaviour, even before they have been found in the wild.
Scan data flowing to endpoints
Most cloud platforms don’t come equipped with advanced threat protection, which means third-party security solutions that protect are essential. However, not all solutions are equal, so it is recommended that businesses stack up endpoint protection to the highest possible standards.
The best solutions will catch most malware coming to endpoints, which includes both desktops and laptops. Given that it is not uncommon for large businesses to have hundreds of cloud apps, the solution needs to work across all applications, rather than working solely on one or two apps.
Dedicated BYOD protection
While dedicated endpoint security solutions can be effective in securing managed devices, unmanaged BYOD assets often go unprotected. In order to deal with this, organisations need a means of enabling secure upload and download of files from unmanaged endpoints. This should deliver a frictionless user experience, whilst ensuring corporate data remains secure and regulatory compliance requirements are met.
Prevent malware from spreading
Should a network become infected, preventing the spread of malware is critical in order to maintain the integrity of as much data as possible.
Advanced Threat Protection technologies can help businesses to detect and block known and unknown malware before it hits a cloud application. This adds an important layer of protection that can significantly slow, or even stop a malicious attack in progress.
Rethink enterprise app security
Unlike unsanctioned or unknown web services, enterprise productivity apps such as G Suite and Office 365 are built to be functional and secure. As a result, most people have little concern about downloading corporate documents or attachments from these services.
these apps contain many of the same flaws as other online services
Unfortunately, malicious individuals readily exploit this trust as these apps contain many of the same flaws as other online services, and feature limited security protections. In many cases, there is a strong likelihood that they’re hosting malware, just like any other app. Vigilance can play a leading role here; employees should be incentivised to flag anything suspicious and apply the same common-sense approach to downloading files that they would for any other application.
The rise of enterprise cloud solutions has greatly benefited organisations, but also introduced new security concerns that continue to evolve. Zero-day malware attacks in particular can have a devastating effect if given free reign across cloud applications.
Organisations need a combination of existing, advanced tools to make sure they have an effective line of defence, capable of keeping out even the most determined attackers.
[video] Are Your Business Apps Cloud-Ready? | @CloudExpo @CASTHighlight #DX #AI #ML #Cloud
The “Digital Era” is forcing us to engage with new methods to build, operate and maintain applications. This transformation also implies an evolution to more and more intelligent applications to better engage with the customers, while creating significant market differentiators.
In both cases, the cloud has become a key enabler to embrace this digital revolution. So, moving to the cloud is no longer the question; the new questions are HOW and WHEN. To make this equation even more complex, most of the time we are dealing with complex portfolios, many including hundreds of legacy applications.
Announcing @AkvelonInc to Exhibit at @CloudExpo Silicon Valley | #Cloud #FinTech #Mobility
SYS-CON Events announced today that Akvelon will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Akvelon is a business and technology consulting firm that specializes in applying cutting-edge technology to problems in fields as diverse as mobile technology, sports technology, finance, and healthcare.
[video] #SmartCities with @InteractorTeam | @ThingsExpo #IoT #IIoT #AI #DX
«We’ve been engaging with a lot of customers including Panasonic, we’ve been involved with Cisco and now we’re working with the U.S. government – the Department of Homeland Security,» explained Peter Jung, Chief Product Officer at Pulzze Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Is Hosted Private Cloud the Migration Path Less Taken? | @CloudExpo #API #Cloud #DataCenter
If you read a lot of business and technology publications, you might think public clouds are universally preferred over all other cloud options. To be sure, the numbers posted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure platform are nothing short of impressive. Statistics reveal that public clouds are growing faster than private clouds and analysts at IDC predict that public cloud growth will be 3 times that of private clouds by 2019.
An Analysis of the Effects of eCommerce | @CloudExpo #Cloud #Analytics
Today’s world is a completely different place than it was in the past. Even compared to just 20 years ago, everything about the way the world runs has been totally altered. This is in large part thanks to the widespread usage of the Internet as well as other advancements in technology. The Internet has given birth to eCommerce, a term that describes something that all people are familiar with: purchasing and selling goods online. While the advent of eCommerce has undoubtedly transformed the marketplace, it has come with numerous positive and negative effects on the way in which people buy and sell merchandise.