Mobility is a significant driver of technology today. Whether it’s mobility of applications between data center and cloud, web and mobile device platform or users from corporate to home to publicly available networks, mobility is a significant factor impacting all aspects of application delivery but in particular, security.
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Telematics Update Named “Media Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Telematics Update has been named “Media Sponsor” of SYS-CON’s 13th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Telematics Update is the reference point for automotive telematics, mobile and web industries and a cornerstone for communications within the industry. We aim to provide you with industry focused news, events, reports, updates and information.
Aria Systems to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Aria Systems, powering recurring revenue for the enterprise, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 13th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Aria Systems powers recurring revenue for the enterprise enabling market expansion, improving customer relationships, and providing more revenue predictability. The Aria Cloud Billing platform is used by brand name companies such as Pitney Bowes, AAA NCNU, Experian, Red Hat, Ingersoll Rand, EMC, VMware, and HootSuite to evolve their recurring businesses while delivering outstanding customer experiences.
Racemi Automates Migrations to IBM Cloud Services
Racemi, a provider of automated server migration software that streamlines the process of migrating workloads to public, private, and hybrid clouds, has announced global support for IBM public cloud offerings, providing clients an automated migration path to their IBM cloud of choice, at no charge for a limited time.
Racemi’s Cloud Path software as a service (SaaS) enables IBM customers to migrate server workloads to IBM’s SoftLayer cloud services at no charge (see terms and conditions here).
«Working closely with IBM, we are offering customers free migrations to IBM SoftLayer’s public cloud services,» said James Strayer, vice president of product management, Racemi. «This ensures there a fast, easy way to move existing workloads to IBM’s cloud computing platforms.»
When to Make the Move to Managed Services
At some level, every business is utilizing outsourced platforms. But where infrastructure as a service is concerned, what are some key indicators that managed services is the next logical step?
Most companies are comfortable with outsourcing some portion of their infrastructure and applications (think about the degree you use AWS, or Salesforce.com). But outsourcing isn’t simply an option for super large businesses who want to consolidate costs or increase agility. For businesses that are looking to grow, at whatever scale, managed services presents a path that can enable greater market impact, performance, and cost benefits than the simple promise of underlying cloud infrastructure.
When to Make the Move to Managed Services
At some level, every business is utilizing outsourced platforms. But where infrastructure as a service is concerned, what are some key indicators that managed services is the next logical step?
Most companies are comfortable with outsourcing some portion of their infrastructure and applications (think about the degree you use AWS, or Salesforce.com). But outsourcing isn’t simply an option for super large businesses who want to consolidate costs or increase agility. For businesses that are looking to grow, at whatever scale, managed services presents a path that can enable greater market impact, performance, and cost benefits than the simple promise of underlying cloud infrastructure.
Tech Fractals: Technology Trends and Integration
First, the paragraph that spawned this post:
The increasing use of cloud-based services is driving the need for better and more interactive single sign-on (SSO) and federated identity management (FIM) services. It is building relationship dependencies between businesses, their partners and suppliers, and customers.
— Ovum Research, «Cloud: Transforming the IAM Industry»
First, I beg to differ on the conclusion that cloud is «transforming» the IAM industry. It’s pretty much the same as it’s ever been. Single-sign on (SSO) is still about protocol transitioning; it’s just the case that protocols have been abstracted into APIs. Federated Identity Management (FIM) is SAML wrapped up in a nice name. This is not transformational. Organizations have been integrating authentication and authorization across the Internet since after the dot com bust. XML gateways, anyone? WS-SEC? Seriously, this is not transformational. At best it’s evolutionary.
Tech Fractals: Technology Trends and Integration
First, the paragraph that spawned this post:
The increasing use of cloud-based services is driving the need for better and more interactive single sign-on (SSO) and federated identity management (FIM) services. It is building relationship dependencies between businesses, their partners and suppliers, and customers.
— Ovum Research, «Cloud: Transforming the IAM Industry»
First, I beg to differ on the conclusion that cloud is «transforming» the IAM industry. It’s pretty much the same as it’s ever been. Single-sign on (SSO) is still about protocol transitioning; it’s just the case that protocols have been abstracted into APIs. Federated Identity Management (FIM) is SAML wrapped up in a nice name. This is not transformational. Organizations have been integrating authentication and authorization across the Internet since after the dot com bust. XML gateways, anyone? WS-SEC? Seriously, this is not transformational. At best it’s evolutionary.
Cloud Foundry and Windows Azure Myths Dispelled
Enterprises are looking for Cloud to move their Development and Testing activities which deviates the core goals of the enterprise towards setting up middle ware and configuring servers.
PaaS (Platform As A Service) grows into popularity mainly from the fact that Developers can concentrate more on the functionality rather than the infrastructure aspects.
New PaaS offering called Cloud Foundry from VMware is exiting, however there are some feeling about how Cloud Foundry would be a Windows Azure Killer and game changer. We tried to analyze those points against Windows Azure and found them to be not true and these platforms together can serve enterprises depending how the existing landscape of enterprises are laid.
To Achieve Cloud Success, You Need to Prioritize Your Network
Enterprise IT organizations are under increasing pressure to do more with less. As such, they are highly motivated to leverage existing investments for maximum efficiencies rather than spend time and resources on acquiring, integrating and managing pricey new equipment. Enterprises are already deriving efficiencies through data center consolidation and virtualization initiatives. However, we know the cloud promises to offer further potency in the form of infrastructure savings on IT services and hardware expenses. In fact, according to Rackspace, 60 percent of IT professionals said the cloud has reduced the need for their IT team to maintain infrastructure, giving them more time to focus on strategy and innovation, while 88 percent point to cost savings.