When I was asked about innovation, the first thing I did was review my research to get an idea of what my peers in the industry were predicting for our parallel IT futures. Not surprisingly, they all reflected the same sentiment: the cloud is growing, and employees will continue to bring their own devices (BYOD). BYOD is a trend that has remained a hot topic, and point of controversy, throughout the year. Now that we’re entering the second half of 2013, I think we can safely say that those predictions have been realized. Because the cloud is the common theme throughout all innovation and tech conversations, I am going to focus solely on where I believe the cloud is heading. At this time I would like to take this opportunity to look even deeper into the crystal ball and provide some insight into where the cloud conversation is heading for the remainder of 2013 and 2014.
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Brocade Vyatta vRouter Delivers Networking Solution for AWS GovCloud
«The government’s desire to think ‘cloud first’ is critical in reducing federal IT costs and AWS GovCloud should ease the transition, while maintaining the necessary security and compliance requirements demanded by the public sector,» said Anthony Robbins, vice president of Federal at Brocade, on the release of the Brocade Vyatta vRouter, a robust virtual router, firewall and VPN solution for AWS GovCloud.
This new AWS Region is designed to help U.S. government agencies and contractors move more sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance requirements.
With the introduction of the Brocade Vyatta vRouter for AWS GovCloud, federal agencies and approved affiliates can build secure, elaborate n-tier networks to better handle sensitive workloads within the cloud. Robbins noted, «The Brocade Vyatta vRouter provides the ability for network architects to replicate current data center infrastructures in the cloud, as well as simplify the provisioning of hybrid cloud environments.»
Citrix and Alcatel Lucent Joint Cloud Solution and Architecture
In their General Session at 12th Cloud Expo, Kedar Poduri, Director of Product Management, Cloud Platform Group, at Citrix Systems, and Jonathan Cohen, Technology Solutions Business Development Professional at Alcatel-Lucent, discuss CloudBand, a joint cloud solution and architecture.
Kedar Poduri is Director of Product Management, Cloud Platform Group, at Citrix Systems.
Jonathan Cohen is a Technology Solutions Business Development Professional at Alcatel-Lucent.
Cloud Expo 2013 Silicon Valley, November 4–7, 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.
The Secret Sauce of User Provisioning
Want the secret to user provisioning/de-provisioning in an enterprise setting, The one word answer,…Integration.The question is why, how & with what?
The need to credential authorized users to your network and other proprietary assets is clear. You only want those with the proper rights in…and all others out. Complicating matters is that there are so many users these days…employees, channel partners, contract employees, suppliers, vendors, customers, prospects–all needing some sliver of access. Further muddying the water is that each of the mentioned user types are not all equal. Consider employees. Do you want your junior admin assistant to have access to payroll information or other files type specifically aimed at senior executives? The volunteer coordinator at a local branch of a national non-profit may need social media access to spread activity messaging, but probably doesn’t need the log in credentials to ServiceNow.
Cloudwatt and UShareSoft Partner to Deliver Cloud Software Services
Cloudwatt and UShareSoft have announced a partnership to deliver a suite of services dedicated to helping enterprise customers, value-added integrators and ISVs to migrate, build, deploy and manage workloads on Cloudwatt’s public cloud or hybrid environments requested by clients.
«Today, cloud providers need to differentiate themselves against their competitors,” said Alban Richard, CEO of UShareSoft, “the ability to make software delivery to cloud as easy and self-service as the underlying VM compute is a must-have.»
Cloudwatt selected UShareSoft for software onboarding tools in line with Cloudwatt’s strategy: security, governance, and reversibility for no customer lock-in.
Appcore Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Appcore, provider of the industry’s only complete automated cloud management platform, has been named “Bronze 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.
Appcore® automates the business of cloud computing® by delivering cloud automation management platforms for enterprise private clouds and service provider public clouds. Appcore AMP™ is cloud automation designed to simplify cloud environments through a single management and monitoring interface; delivered in three deployment methods as cloud appliance, converged infrastructure or white label, in under 30 days. As a fully integrated cloud solution, Appcore AMP reduces the complexity of your cloud environment with technology agnostic and scalable best practice solutions backed by end-to-end support. Appcore AMP features Launch to Cloud® technology for easy provisioning of applications and servers in minutes, giving end users access to on demand usage and resources.
Roadmap to High-Value Cloud Infrastructure: Cloud-Driven Business Analytics
As you may have read in prior installments of this series, businesses whose IT infrastructure resides on-premise can ease the integration of cloud infrastructure into their existing environment by adopting a phased roadmap that provides numerous benefits along the way.
The final installment of this series examines how organizations can improve and streamline their business by utilizing analytics based on cloud infrastructure. Unlike prior stages of the roadmap geared toward reducing costs, this stage can help increase top-line revenues, an even more attractive driver than cost-efficiency.
The Next-Generation IT Department – Must Have Cloud
Compelling consumer applications are created every day. Are you ready for the IT implications both internally and externally? As your datacenter needs more capacity, the cloud will be critical to success. What are the key considerations to help plan for the needed capacity over time? And how can the cloud best work with your existing applications?
In his General Session at 12th Cloud Expo, Brian Jawalka, Enterprise Solutions Architect at Rackspace Hosting, talks about the SaaS consumer apps that are forcing IT to evolve. Learn how a hybrid approach can add agility, flexibility and speed-to-market for your organization.
Aria Systems Selected as AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
“We’re honored to be recognized by AlwaysOn for our dedication to product innovation and customer success,” commented Aria Systems CEO Tom Dibble on the announcement that Aria Systems has been selected by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. “We are honored to be among such a notable group of innovators and pioneers.” Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the global Silicon Valley.
The AlwaysOn Global 250 list honorees were selected by the editorial team of AlwaysOn and experts in industry and investment based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. The Global 250 list is designed to showcase rapidly growing companies who provide investors with the potential of a steep upside.
“More and more enterprise companies are embracing Aria as the optimal solution for their recurring revenue needs, and having this momentum validated by AlwaysOn is something we really appreciate,” Dibble stated.
Does Moving to the Cloud Increase or Decrease Enterprise Risk?
For most enterprises, cost savings and increased efficiencies are the primary motivations for making the move to cloud computing. But recent studies from Gartner and other firms have identified concerns over cloud security and data privacy as being the leading barriers to cloud adoption. In this piece, Ron Ross of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Purdue University professor, Eugene Spafford, discussed the question of whether adopting the cloud actually brings more or less risk to an enterprise.
Ron Ross’s belief is that a portion of an enterprise’s operational complexities can be mediated by moving certain types of data to the cloud. He specifically believes that when a company is able to classify data as critical versus not as sensitive, it helps organizations identify what data can be moved to the cloud without the same level of concern over security. Moving less sensitive data off premise reduces complexity by decreasing the data the enterprise must manage and secure internally. This shift in data storage essentially puts the security concerns on the public cloud provider and removes it from the organization.