Cloud computing has finally come into its own. While we’ve been hearing for 8 years or more that cloud computing would one day take over the enterprise, the fact of the matter is that it’s been slow going.
While the spread of cloud computing solutions hasn’t been as rapid as many early proponents predicted it would be, we are now to a place where cloud solutions are seen as viable for most organizations, and are being utilized regularly.
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Psst – the Cloud Is Easy
What inspired this piece is “Complicating the Cloud,” a recent, insightful article by industry guru Jeff Kaplan. Kaplan makes a number of trenchant points, many of them coalescing around the idea that the vendor community has a vested interest in complexity. That meshes with my belief that it really is easy to get into the cloud — if the decision makers don’t allow the vendors to make it difficult.
Here’s what Kaplan has to say: «I have to admit that the cloud industry is doing a great job of making it increasingly difficult for… corporate decision makers to feel confident about making the move,» he writes. «The initial success of the cloud movement has created a series of problems. First, there’s the proliferation of players… some of whom rebrand or ‘cloud-wash’ legacy systems for this new market… [They want to] join the ‘cloud rush,’ [by] adding more solutions to their portfolios…» And these tendencies, as he sees them, have made migration to the cloud needlessly convoluted.
Understanding Application Performance on the Network | Part 4
We know that losing packets is not a good thing; retransmissions cause delays. We also know that TCP ensures reliable data delivery, masking the impact of packet loss. So why are some applications seemingly unaffected by the same packet loss rate that seems to cripple others? From a performance analysis perspective, how do you understand the relevance of packet loss and avoid chasing red herrings?
In Part II, we examined two closely related constraints – bandwidth and congestion. In Part III, we discussed TCP slow-start and introduced the Congestion Window (CWD). In Part IV, we’ll focus on packet loss, continuing the concepts from these two previous entries.
Business Management 3.0 and the Data-Driven Workforce
We talk a lot about so-called ‘business transformation’, but what do we really mean by this expression and how does it change the way (as workers) now operate on the shop floor?
Read any history of the industrial revolution and you will understand the massively impactful swings that our workplace went through from the 1800s through to the introduction of the automatic lathe around the turn of the last century.
Building an Agile Big Data Infrastructure: A Different View
There is no doubt that Big Data is here and getting bigger every day. Building a Big Data infrastructure today is no easy task. There are an enormous number of choices for database engines and technologies. To make things even more challenging, requirements are getting more sophisticated, and the standard paradigm of supporting historical analytics queries is often just one facet of what is needed. As Big Data growth continues, organizations are demanding real-time access to data, allowing immediate and actionable interpretation of events as they happen. Another aspect concerns how to deliver data in a meaningful way, one that really delivers on what end-users need to maintain a competitive position in fast-changing markets.
Building an Agile Big Data Infrastructure: A Different View
There is no doubt that Big Data is here and getting bigger every day. Building a Big Data infrastructure today is no easy task. There are an enormous number of choices for database engines and technologies. To make things even more challenging, requirements are getting more sophisticated, and the standard paradigm of supporting historical analytics queries is often just one facet of what is needed. As Big Data growth continues, organizations are demanding real-time access to data, allowing immediate and actionable interpretation of events as they happen. Another aspect concerns how to deliver data in a meaningful way, one that really delivers on what end-users need to maintain a competitive position in fast-changing markets.
Gigaom Research Named “Media Sponsor” of Cloud Expo
SYS-CON Events announced today that Gigaom Research has been named «Media Sponsor» of SYS-CON’s 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud at Gigaom Research, will also lead a Power Panel on the topic «Choosing the Right Cloud Option.»
Gigaom Research provides timely, in-depth analysis of emerging technologies for individual and corporate subscribers. Gigaom Research’s network of 200+ independent analysts provides new content daily that bridges the gap between breaking news and long-range research.
Gigaom Research Named “Media Sponsor” of Cloud Expo
SYS-CON Events announced today that Gigaom Research has been named «Media Sponsor» of SYS-CON’s 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, will also lead a Power Panel on the topic «Choosing the Right Cloud Option.»
Gigaom Research provides timely, in-depth analysis of emerging technologies for individual and corporate subscribers. Gigaom Research’s network of 200+ independent analysts provides new content daily that bridges the gap between breaking news and long-range research.
SYS-CON.tv Interview: Cloud Analytics
«We are automated capacity control software, which basically looks at all the supply and demand and running a virtual cloud environment and does a deep analysis of that and says where should things go,» explained Andrew Hillier, Co-founder & CTO of CiRBA, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 14th International Cloud Expo®, held June 10-12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York City.
Cloud Expo® 2014 Silicon Valley, November 4–6, 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.
Gigaom’s Ashar Baig to Lead Cloud Expo Power Panel
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, to be held November 4-6 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, announces that Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud at Gigaom Research, will lead a Power Panel on the topic of «Choosing the Right Cloud Option.»
Mr. Baig has more than 18 years’ experience in the technology industry, serving in senior roles at Taneja Group, Asigra, Artisan Infrastructure, Camouflage Software, IBM, Telus, HP, Siemens, and Intel. With his focus on Cloud Computing, High-Performance Computing, and related topics, he is passionate about evangelizing and driving industry standards. He serves on numerous industry boards and committees.
Gigaom Research provides timely, in-depth analysis of emerging technologies for individual and corporate subscribers. Gigaom Research’s network of 200+ independent analysts provides new content daily that bridges the gap between breaking news and long- range research.