Nimble Storage, one of the darlings of the new storage breed – darling if for no other reason than it’s managed to collect $98 million from the VC crowd since it started in 2008 – that’s pretty darling – has been waving around the plans for a new Microsoft private cloud that’s pre-configured, turnkey and certified as a scalable on-premise infrastructure platform.
The Microsoft reference architecture involves a Nimble SmartStack for Windows Server and System Center running on Cisco’s UCS servers. It’s supposed to be good for 75 virtual machines created by Microsoft’s Hyper-V in a highly available environment.
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Harnessing the Risks of Cloud | Lunchtime Discussion Panel at Cloud Expo
A 2013 McKinsey survey reported that 75% of CEOs find value for their company in cloud computing. Given the well-documented perception of risk, are these established brands now coming to cloud to leverage «brand momentum» and create a «fresh start»? What are the pitfalls as these established companies enter the cloud environment, as CEOs start to discover the power of cloud computing beyond efficiency and cost savings?
In this Lunchtime Discussion Panel at the 12th International Cloud Expo panelists will discuss the risks involved with doing business in the cloud, the competitive landscape, the impact of regulation, compliance and what our experts see as the opportunity for reward.
The Trouble with Clouds Is the Darn Hypervisor
Parallels’ CTO of server virtualization James Bottomley claims there’s an inherent tenancy problem with PaaS and SaaS clouds because most applications are designed for single occupancy.
And they’re designed for single occupancy mostly because it’s easier to write them that way, ignoring the fact that their data can leak or they can hog resources – or maybe not get enough resources – if they’re deployed in a multitenant cloud.
He figures the software industry will pretty much treat the problem the way it did the need for high availability some years back and stick its head in the sand. Single-occupancy applications won’t get rewritten to oblige multitenant clouds. ISVs are unwilling to make the investment.
Is Jive Ready to Sell Out?
Since Bloomberg blew the whistle the other day after finding out that SAP had been in talks to buy cloud-based Jive Software, but dropped the idea after deciding there was too much overlap between their product lines and Jive wouldn’t add enough market share, there’s been speculation that somebody else big will come along and scoop it up.
The names that come to mind are Oracle and IBM, even Salesforce.com, whose own social networking business software isn’t as comprehensive as Jive’s.
Jive is run by CEO Tony Zingale, who sold Mercury Interactive to HP for $4.5 billion in 2006 and Clarify to Nortel Networks for about $2.1 billion in 1999.
Jive’s market cap is currently $1.14 billion so it would take a few bucks to buy.
Forrester Research projects the market for social enterprise software will be worth $6.4 billion by 2016, up 60%.
Cloud Expo New York Speaker Profile: Nicos Vekiarides – TwinStrata
With Cloud Expo New York | 12th Cloud Expo [June 10-13, 2013] hurtling rapidly towards us, let’s start to take a look at the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference coming up June 10-13 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
We have technical and strategy sessions for you all four days dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing and Big Data, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud that is transforming the world of Enterprise IT, side by side with the exploding use of enterprise Big Data – processed in the Cloud – to drive value for businesses…?
Cloud Expo New York: Security for Cloud Computing
Enterprises should have a clear understanding of potential security benefits and risks associated with cloud computing to set realistic expectations with their cloud provider. With this baseline knowledge, enterprises can effect changes in security and privacy that are in the best interest of the organization.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Todd M. Moore, IBM Director – Interoperability and Partnerships, Director – OpenStack Foundation, share his experience on how to analyze and respond to the security implications for cloud computing.
Learn about the «Security for Cloud Computing: 10 Steps to Ensure Success» white paper from the Cloud Standards Customer Council and understand the strategies designed to help decision makers evaluate and compare security offerings.
Nimbo to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New York
SYS-CON Events announced today that Nimbo will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Nimbo helps medium to large organizations discover, create, integrate and manage their IT environment using public and hybrid cloud technologies. Nimbo is headquartered in New York City with offices in Austin, TX, and Tampa, FL.
Cloud Expo 2013 New York, June 10–13, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
Scalability – The New Buzzword for Cloud Computing
“I think SMAC will continue to grow and mature and the demand for more sophisticated data like streaming videos and online television will be a real game changer,” stated Barbara P. Aichinger, co-founder of FuturePlus Systems and VP of New Business Development, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair. “Analytics is also very important and will become part of “Big Data,” meaning the data pulled and pushed to and from the cloud will have an analytic associated with it.”
Cloud Computing Journal: The move to cloud isn’t about saving money, it is about saving time – agree or disagree?
Barbara P. Aichinger: It’s about saving time and money but it can be scary. As someone who really understands how the hardware works and, more important, how it doesn’t work I can understand the apprehension. The cloud needs standards especially in the quality and reliability area so that folks know their data is safe.
Prepare Your Data Center for the Future
Experience the power of a unified data center, and learn the advantages of Cisco ONE, Cisco Unified Fabric, and the Intel Xeon processor-based Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).
Geared for Business and Technical Decision Makers
Cisco, in collaboration with Intel, is coming your way with a full-day event. The morning session provides an overview of Cisco Unified Data Center, and the afternoon offers deep dives into networking, compute, and storage capabilities.
Cisco Unified Data Center changes the economics of the data center by unifying networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and management into a single platform. The results are operational simplicity and business agility, which are essential for cloud computing and deploying IT-as-a-Service.
Is Jive Ready to Sell Out?
Since Bloomberg blew the whistle the other day after finding out that SAP had been in talks to buy cloud-based Jive Software, but dropped the idea after deciding there was too much overlap between their product lines and Jive wouldn’t add enough market share, there’s been speculation that somebody else big will come along and scoop it up.
The names that come to mind are Oracle and IBM, even Salesforce.com, whose own social networking business software isn’t as comprehensive as Jive’s.
Jive is run by CEO Tony Zingale, who sold Mercury Interactive to HP for $4.5 billion in 2006 and Clarify to Nortel Networks for about $2.1 billion in 1999.
Jive’s market cap is currently $1.14 billion so it would take a few bucks to buy.
Forrester Research projects the market for social enterprise software will be worth $6.4 billion by 2016, up 60%.