AppZero, the fastest and most flexible way to move server applications from the datacenter to the cloud, will be exhibiting at VMworld 2013, booth #647, August 25-29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Now in its 10th year, VMworld highlights how virtualization and cloud computing can help you spend less time and money supporting underlying IT.
AppZero will showcase its «Up-level» OS migration, new technology that provides one step migration of applications running on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012. With Windows Server 2003 end of life approaching, companies will be faced with moving large numbers of enterprise applications. AppZero provides the only way to upgrade existing server applications from WS2003 to WS2008 or WS2012 in a cost effective and time saving way.
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IDC: Red Hat Open Software-Defined Storage Presents Significant Value
IDC has determined that Red Hat’s approach to scale-out storage can present a significant value. In a recently published IDC white paper, sponsored by Red Hat, on the Economics of Software-based Storage, IDC reports:
“Procuring server hardware with internal disks and deploying a software-based storage solution such as Red Hat Storage Server can be nearly 29% cheaper than deploying an average capacity-optimized NAS solution and nearly 49% cheaper than deploying an average capacity-optimized midrange disk storage system. Over a five-year period, these costs shift to 33% and 52%, respectively. While these costs do not include people resource costs, IDC estimates that on average, businesses can save at least 20% on people resource costs.”
Opening Keynote at Cloud Expo | The Changing Atmosphere of Cloud Computing
It seems that everyone is a cloud provider these days. Much like the early Internet period of the ’90s or the early PC period of the ’80s, there is a lot of promise but also some peril. Standards are still being solidified, implementations vary even at the same service provider, and cloud deployments are hard to migrate. This last point is particularly problematic should the service provider choice be unfortunate.
In his Opening Keynote at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Rich Place, Lead Partner – Cloud Services at SHI, will discuss the following trends:
Needs-based vs. capability-based provisioning
Cloud service portability
Cloud service aggregation by meta-providers
Red Hat Continues Cloud Infrastructure Momentum with New Offerings
Red Hat, Inc., on Monday announced continued momentum for Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure, including a new industry-leading performance benchmark, the introduction of the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), and a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Promotional Offering. Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure, a comprehensive offering designed to support organizations on their journey from traditional datacenter virtualization to OpenStack-powered clouds, has emerged as a high performing offering with greater value as organizations look to build and manage private cloud IaaS.
According to the latest cloud computing market overview analysis from 451 Research’s Market Monitor, IaaS is expected to grow at a 37 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2016 (1). As cloud and IaaS adoption grows, research also indicates that open source cloud infrastructure solutions are taking the lead. According to the 2013 “State of the Cloud” survey, among the 64 percent of respondents who plan to include a private cloud as part of their cloud portfolio, 41 percent plan to use only open source-based private cloud options, while another 29 percent plan to use a hybrid combination of open source and proprietary solutions (2).
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Big Data Analytics
The onset of Big Data has many organizations scrambling to find ways to leverage this new domain in such a way as to gain the competitive edge. Alas the hype surrounding Big Data Analytics often makes organizations jump into large initiatives and investments before they have reviewed their own technical landscape and capabilities.
VMware Appoints Microsoft Veteran Tony Scott as Chief Information Officer
VMware on Monday announced the appointment of Tony Scott to the role of senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of VMware. Scott will manage VMware’s global information technology organization, a group that manages critical technology systems supporting the company’s worldwide business operations. Scott will report to Pat Gelsinger, VMware’s chief executive officer.
«Having a leader of Tony’s caliber join VMware is an example of the talent we are attracting to what is already a world-class VMware team,» Gelsinger said. «Tony will have responsibility for advancing and protecting VMware information assets, leading a team that is helping VMware meet the IT needs of more than 500,000 customers worldwide.»
NBC4 Puts on a Great GovCloud Show !!
NBC 4 in Washington, DC highlighted government cloud computing today as part of their GovInnovate show. Below is just a taste of the informative public service they provided. Go to the NBC Washington video site for much more!
Implementing a Canadian G-Cloud on OpenStack
Our headline theme of ‘Building the Canadian Cloud‘ is intended to help grow the Canadian Cloud supplier industry, by linking product development to major market opportunities, like repeating implementation of the UK’s G-Cloud model for Government. Shared Services Canada have recently released an updated roadmap plan (46-page PDF) for their implementation of Cloud Computing, which […]
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Measuring Business Impact and ROI in Red Hat Satellite Study
This ROI study is based on data gathered from structured in-depth interviews with representatives from 10 IT organizations that are using Red Hat Network Satellite Server to manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments. Find out in this Red Hat white paper how the IT organizations in this study experienced strong positive returns on their investments, yielding an average 338% ROI over a three-year period – over three times the initial investment.
Why Every IT Organization Should Consider Cloud-Integrated Storage
You’ve probably already heard that storage capacity needs are growing rapidly, with IDC projecting the digital universe will exceed 40,000 exabytes (40 billion terabytes) by 2020. According to Gartner, organizations are on average growing their capacity 40% to 60% year over year. On the other hand, disk storage densities of SAN and NAS storage arrays are not keeping up with the growth of data, resulting in a looming storage capacity sprawl for many organizations. The potential impact is measured not only in additional floor-space, but also cooling, management and increases in maintenance staff. As a result, many organizations will eventually find themselves trapped in a situation where their storage needs exceed their existing on-premise capabilities – the unenviable position of facing additional investments in infrastructure and people.
In fact, a recent survey we took indicated that a full 60% of users feel that they are «always running out of storage» – a clear indication that this «future» problem is already being felt on the ground.