IaaS will drive further consolidation among data center outsourcers and hosting providers. Why? Because the flexibility and cost advantage of IaaS cloud providers requires data center outsourcers and hosting providers to either adopt IaaS or move into niches.
With standards driving down IaaS licenses and implementation costs, data center outsourcers and hosting providers could move into IaaS either on their own (which requires sufficient scale) or through partnerships. It’s easy to imagine a net of partnering providers offering IaaS under a virtual umbrella as a standardized offering to customers.
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Microservices: The Proxy is the App By @LMacVittie | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
Microservices, for the uninitiated, are essentially the decomposition of applications into multiple services. This decomposition is often based on functional lines, with related functions being grouped together into a service. While this may sound a like SOA, it really isn’t, especially given that SOA was an object-centered methodology that focused on creating services around «nouns» like customer and product. Microservices, while certainly capable of being noun-based, are just as likely to be verb-based, that is to say, based on a functional grouping like «login» or «checkout.» SOA was essentially an extension of object-oriented design while microservices are more about decomposition for purposes of rapid (agile) development with the bonus of having significant scalability advantages over object-oriented architectures.
Nine DevOps LinkedIn Groups You Probably Didn’t Know About By @XebiaLabs | DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
When it comes to finding useful articles, news and general information in the DevOps, CD or Agile industry, LinkedIn is usually the ticket.
We all know LinkedIn is a great tool for networking and connecting with friends, but it has also turned out to be a tool used to start meaningful and productive conversations about whatever the latest innovation or industry partnership may be.
Many of these conversations are had in specific groups on LinkedIn and if you aren’t a member, you are definitely missing out.
Immutable Infrastructure By @LMacVittie | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
Immutable infrastructure, which I think is more appropriately called disposable infrastructure, has been enjoying a reinvigorated life with the success of Dockers and containerization over the past year. Too, DevOps has played a role in resurrecting the notion of disposable infrastructure with its association with automation and the use of templates to automate everything from the acquisition to configuration to provisioning of, well, just about everything in the application data path.
Internet of Things System Monitoring By @HoardingInfo | @ThingsExpo [#IoT]
Log data provides the most granular view into what is happening across your systems, applications, and end users. Logs can show you where the issues are in real-time, and provide a historical trending view over time. Logs give you the whole picture.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is really the morphing of physical devices into a software world. This means a lot of the same things you would do with applications and servers, you can now do with devices, including leveraging data to respond faster to issues, track trends, and improve your roadmap.
The Internet of Things, Internet of Everything, Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Smart Systems etc. all refer to devices or gadgets that are intelligently connected to their users and the web, in order to provide additional value. And these devices are data hogs. They leverage an array of data gathering components: embedded sensors, actuators, etc. that generate mounds of useful information. Which means there is a huge opportunity to use this data to improve future versions, and respond to the experience and needs of users.
Year of Threat Intelligence Sharing By @ForeScout | @BigDataExpo [#BigData]
As we kick off 2015, I predict that this will go down in history as the year of the Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP). We say goodbye to the year of the advanced persistent threat (APT) in 2014, just as this time last year we waved adieu to mobile device management (MDM).
We’ve seen the security ecosystem evolve from all-in-one systems to point solutions to a bi-directionally integrated fabric knitting these silos together. This year that will extend into community-based, big security data digesting TIP systems.
The Three Most Important Benefits of IaaS By @Unitiv | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
Cloud computing offerings are almost overwhelming at this point. There are so many different services and service providers competing for your business that it can be hard to know what’s really best for you. Understanding what kinds of solutions work for your business means getting a handle on exactly what solutions are out there and what benefits they can bring an organization. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), for example, is a solution that can offer significant benefits to an organization.
Support a Service-Based Architecture by @Logentries | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
Over the last few years, Motus experienced a surge in business driven by its transformation to a mobile hub for their customers. As the company expanded their existing client footprint, they seized an opportunity to also integrate mobile workforce data with CRM, sales and expense management offerings. With the new business requirements, Motus knew they had to move from their legacy PHP single stack to a more nimble, service-based architecture to meet the demands of rapid development.
As the new infrastructure development started, Motus’ VP of Engineering Scott Rankin realized that Motus’ existing log management and analytics solution, Splunk, was too difficult to manage and too costly to maintain within their environment. With a team of 11 developers, eight QA engineers and three operations professionals, Scott’s team was losing tens of hours per week analyzing logs across 20 servers at once. The cost of the product, the necessity of on-premise hosting, and the unwieldy interface led Scott to seek out alternative options; he knew they needed an agile, easy-to-use and scalable log management solution.
Cloud Hopping Guide for Modern Enterprise By @Accelerite | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
Everyone has stayed in a standard hotel room – they all have similar qualities, with similar prices and amenities. You can expect a good night’s sleep, HBO movies on the TV, and a free muffin in the morning. While I may be taking a few liberties with this analogy, I’d argue – the cloud is equivalent to the standard hotel room.
There’s nothing wrong with plain, run-of-the-mill accommodations, but you’d be amazed to find Tim Cook shacking up at the Holiday Inn, and he definitely wouldn’t sign a contract requiring him to stay every time he lands in New York.
Data Security Platform Should Be Priority By @Vormetric | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
When it comes to data security, identifying what you consider your crown jewels is the first step in the data security recovery program. Legacy products can be expensive and negatively impact performance. Organizations need to realize that the complexity and fear of access control is a thing of the past.
Before we get started on recovery, here are a few things you need to ask yourself: