Joining Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan in the SYS-CON.TV Times Sq. studio on the eve of 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York are: Bruce E. Otte – Director, IBM Platform and Workload Services at IBM; Lisa Larson – Vice President of Enterprise Cloud Solutions at Rackspace; Greg O’Connor, President & CEO of AppZero; and Kevin Brown, CEO of Coraid.
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Cisco: ‘Internet of Everything’ Worth Up to $613B
Cisco estimates the «Internet of Everything» to be worth up to $613 billion for companies, of which many executives believe can also help information security.
The IoE Value Index studied 7,500 enterprises and information technology personnel in 12 countries to Cisco said Wednesday.
Firms that adjust their strategies to take advantage of IoE could generate an additional $544 billion, Cisco said.
«The Internet of Everything has the potential to significantly reshape our economy and transform key industries,” said Rob Lloyd, Cisco’s president of development and sales.
«This study shows us that success won’t be based on geography or company size but on who can adapt fastest.,» Lloyd added.
Fifty percent of business leaders surveyed believe IoE will help improve information security.
Cisco: ‘Internet of Everything’ Worth Up to $613B
Cisco estimates the «Internet of Everything» to be worth up to $613 billion for companies, of which many executives believe can also help information security.
The IoE Value Index studied 7,500 enterprises and information technology personnel in 12 countries to Cisco said Wednesday.
Firms that adjust their strategies to take advantage of IoE could generate an additional $544 billion, Cisco said.
«The Internet of Everything has the potential to significantly reshape our economy and transform key industries,” said Rob Lloyd, Cisco’s president of development and sales.
«This study shows us that success won’t be based on geography or company size but on who can adapt fastest.,» Lloyd added.
Fifty percent of business leaders surveyed believe IoE will help improve information security.
Engineers Unplugged – Cloud Workloads
My two buddies Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) and Giles Sirett (@shapeblue) discussing the evolution from traditional to cloud workloads on EngineersUnplugged – hosted by Amy Lewis(@CommsNinja).
Engineers Unplugged – Cloud Workloads
My two buddies Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) and Giles Sirett (@shapeblue) discussing the evolution from traditional to cloud workloads on EngineersUnplugged – hosted by Amy Lewis(@CommsNinja).
A High Velocity Application Monitoring Solution
Today, more and more IT organizations have stated plans to migrate to the cloud to improve operational cost efficiencies and to provide better services to the business users.
The challenge that these companies face lies around the choice of an application performance management solution which would best fit their need and at the same time gives them the desired output.
For many of the public cloud service providers anticipating the demand from businesses to prove performance of application delivery with Service Level Agreements is at the forefront.
Businesses today demand Service Level Agreements from their service providers and a view of the performance of the services they subscribe to. So the choice of the solution needs to be capable of collecting and reporting service level metrics, such as end user response time, traffic usage, and volume for each business accounts. The architecture of such solutions needs to be multi-tenant – meaning it can collect, analyze, host and report on performance metrics for each individual business account.
To Future Proof or Not, That Is the Question
«To be or not to be» is the famous opening phrase of Hamlet’s well-known soliloquy in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.” In the soliloquy, Hamlet questions the meaning of life, and whether or not it is worthwhile to stay alive when life contains so many risks and hardships. He concludes that the primary reason people stay alive is due to a fear of death and the uncertainty of what lies beyond. Now what does this passage in Hamlet have to do with future proofing a business or monetization? Many organizations grapple with unknowns as well. “Do I just focus on the now and not worry about the future? Change is scary; risk is even scarier, so I can’t be bothered thinking about the future.” For many, the future never comes as the decisions made in the present impact their ability to define their future. Instead their business is defined very precisely for them by what a billing system can deliver in the present. What seemed like a non-risk suddenly becomes life or death for the business.
What CIOs Need to Consider When Migrating to Cloud Is the Next Big Move
In enterprises across the globe, CIOs are looking cautiously in one direction: up – to the cloud. Migrating to the cloud changes not only the operations of the data center but also the roles of the CIO and IT staff. As a result, management must carefully weigh the pros and cons of shifting to cloud-based computing so that they can prepare their organizations and themselves for change that cascades across budgets, vendor relations, job descriptions and career paths, as well as infrastructure and processes.
The benefits of moving from an on-premises model to subscription-based, cloud-hosted computing are substantial. With cloud computing, CIOs have the opportunity to capitalize on a variable-cost structure. Until recently, data centers have needed to load up with hardware, software and networking devices to prepare for peak periods, even though these investments may lie underused or dormant for significant periods. Traditionally, IT costs only go up. By employing the cloud, however, IT departments pay for only the infrastructure and applications that they use, as they need them. They can easily scale up when the business grows or during peak selling seasons, then scale back if the economy shrinks. Over time, the cost of Software-as-a-Service subscriptions is far lower than that of licensing fees for software, middleware and databases, along with expenditures on hardware and staff to maintain it all.
Big Data: «Like Moneyball for Geeks»
2013 is turning into a big year for Big Data. Colorfully described by one commentator recently as being «like Moneyball for geeks», Big Data is – quite literally – the Next Big Thing. The big data analytics marketplace is truly heating up in terms of interest, activity, technology and competition.
Cloud-Based DevOps
By working with IT across the software development lifecycle via cloud-based DevOps, development teams can decrease software bottlenecks, increase code output and be seen as drivers of the business.
I have a confession. I am Shadow IT. I am the guilty party operations and security love to hate because I expense tens of thousands of dollars in cloud services…every month. Truth be told, my team and I couldn’t afford to wait in line for IT to provision the resources we needed to begin work. We had goals to meet and objectives to achieve – all of which didn’t include waiting in line for IT to give us virtual machines, development platforms or set up sandboxes so we could begin work.
With a lengthy approval process and cost justifications, there was no way I would have been able to secure either the physical infrastructure or cloud vendor approvals I needed to achieve the business unit’s goals. And, honestly, the risk of choosing a vendor that would leak our data, or otherwise put the business at risk, seemed a lot lower than the risk of not getting my job done.
So, even though my monthly cloud bill continued to rise, it didn’t surprise me too much that I was never questioned about the expense because my team was delivering. And, that is exactly what everyone from the business side of things cares about – is development creating new applications and/or services that can be brought to market before the competition? Can we secure ‘first-mover’ status or market leadership because development is firing on all cylinders? These are the questions marketing, business development, and other teams ask. Not, did central IT get you those VMs you needed?