Once you get all that cool cloud stuff into your enterprise, you have to manage it. This is no doubt the thinking behind EMC’s acquisition of Watch4Net, a 12-year-old Montreal-based company that provides “enterprise and carrier-class” performance management software.
EMC made a spate of announcements at its own show last week (some which I reported here). The Watch4net buy continues that push, even if it seems to be a relatively small acquisition (cash-based and said by EMC not to have material impact on its fiscal year earnings).
Two big bullet points accent this buy: a need for availability management, to determine if components are functioning; and performance management, “to track any system or component degradation, plot trending, and (to) intervene as needed,” according to EMC.
The company says Watch4Net will complement its existing IT Operations Intelligence Suite. The company also notes that Watch4Net has worked closely with EMC over the past seven years, and is “already tightly integrated” with the suite.
Jay Mastaj, Senior Vice President and General Manager, spoke for EMC about the acquisition, noting that “regardless of where customers are along their journey to cloud computing, insight into every aspect of IT performance and the ability to manage it without growing staff and with increasing granularity, are no longer optional.”
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“Buy” Rating on Oracle Is Maintained Ahead of CloudExpo
According to Dividend.com, “Oracle Corporation on Thursday caught some continued bullish support from analysts at Nomura Securities. The firm backed its “Buy” rating on ORCL as well as its $32 price target, which suggests a 22% upside to the stock’s Wednesday closing price of $26.17.”
Oracle is a Platinum Plus Sponsor of Cloud Expo 2012 New York, June 11–14, at the Javits Center in New York City, and will be showcasing Oracle’s Cloud Management solutions on the Expo Floor. Oracle will also be presenting a Lunchtime Keynote, a General Session, and several breakout sessions.
GoGrid Coupon Code ▸ gogridVIPgold Special Offer as Cloud Expo Sponsor
As a Silver Sponsor of Cloud Expo New York, GoGrid is offering special passes to SYS-CON’s 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11–14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
GoGrid is the #1 pure-play Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider specializing in Public Cloud and Private Cloud Infrastructure solutions. Currently powering thousands of customers globally, GoGrid makes complex infrastructure easy by enabling businesses to revolutionize their IT environments with the Cloud. In just minutes, GoGrid customers can deploy and begin managing applications and workloads on our proven, secure and reliable public cloud platform. With GoGrid’s Public Cloud and Hosted Private Cloud offerings, sysadmins, developers, and IT professionals create, deploy, and control cloud environments and complex virtual and physical server networks with full administrative control; with GoGrid’s Hosted Private Cloud customers utilize a private, hosted and managed, single-tenant environment with zero capital expenditure.
Cloud Computing: Panzura to Exhibit at Cloud Expo 2012 New York
SYS-CON Events announced today that Panzura, a leading provider of global cloud storage solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11–14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Panzura optimizes enterprise data storage management and distribution in the cloud, making cloud storage simple and secure. Panzura’s revolutionary global cloud storage solution seamlessly combines the flexibility, performance and productivity benefits of distributed storage with the manageability, security and cost benefits of centralized storage, overcoming fundamental “administrator vs. user” and “budget vs. performance” conflicts. With Panzura, data location no longer affects usage.
Cloud Computing: Hosted Private Clouds at Cloud Expo New York
You’re ready to transition some or all of your IT workloads over to the cloud. Don’t compromise! Architect a solution that can be deployed in minutes while having the ability to scale, in real-time, based on demand. How? Through hosted private clouds, which offer users the ability to easily take advantage of on-demand, easily scalable infrastructure with control and consumptive billing through dedicated resources.
In their session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Duke Skarda, CTO of SoftLayer, and Marc Jones, VP of Product Innovation for SoftLayer, will discuss the opportunities and benefits of hosted private clouds.
US Intelligence, Big Data, and Cloud Computing at Cloud Expo New York
How can organizations use enterprise/private cloud capabilities and Big Data analytics to improve information-sharing?
In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Ira A. (Gus) Hunt, Chief Technology Officer for the Chief Information Officer in the CIA, will discuss how the Intelligence Community has been using enterprise/private cloud capabilities and Big Data analytics to improve information-sharing across the entire community.
Ira A. (Gus) Hunt currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the Chief Information Officer in CIA. In this capacity he is responsible for setting the strategic technology direction to enable CIA’s missions, actively engage across the IC to share and communicate IT solutions, and drive solutions for the rapid insertion and adoption of new capabilities to keep pace with technology change in the commercial sector
Consider Cloud Computing Services Before Your Users Do
The longer you put off providing features and services offered in the cloud, the worse off you’ll be, according to an article in Network Computing.
The post by Define the Cloud’s Joe Onisick offers a stark take on falling behind cloud adoption:
«Every day that goes by that IT isn’t meeting the features and services offered in the cloud, users are moving there on their own. No office collaboration environment? They’re on Google Docs. No file-sharing option? They’re using Dropbox. No solid backup or recovery options for their laptops? Carbonite is handling it. Now your data is outside your corporate walls, outside your control and outside of compliance.»
Every day that users turn to an unsanctioned IT service, it becomes harder to get them back. You can’t close Pandora’s box once it’s opened, Onisick said. His advice on getting a handle on the situation: Don’t stall on new services and the benefits of the cloud. Build the services in-house, and standardize on public cloud offerings.
Cloud Computing: Securing Big Data Input at Cloud Expo New York
One of the most widely asked questions about Big Data today is, “How do we get valuable analytics from Big Data?” Or, how do we get the prize? As data continues to grow exponentially, so does the variety of data (structured and unstructured) coming from humans, machines and applications. In order to pull valuable information from it all, proper data gathering is critical, and the output of that data needs to be timely and accurate, with a flexible method of delivery. Unfortunately, it’s not easy to maintain quality and security of data input and feeds on such a grand scale, and the result is less valuable output. Security and proper movement of data are key to ensuring accurate, valuable analytics.
Cloud Computing: Executing Enterprise Clouds at Cloud Expo New York
For years, IT departments have organized their processes, employees, and business relationships around owning and operating the core IT assets in an enterprise. The current wave of cloud services can have a powerful effect on enterprise IT, with the potential for significant cost savings and operational efficiencies. To achieve these benefits, IT departments will have to integrate new ways of thinking about how IT resources are delivered.
In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Scott Thomas, Vice President, Sales Engagement at Terremark, a Verizon Company, will discuss the major factors driving cloud adoption for the enterprise, relate how the adoption of cloud technologies is changing the way IT departments will operate, and review case studies showing how businesses have used cloud services to achieve these benefits.
PEER 1 Hosting Ranked One of the Top 25 Best Workplaces in the UK
PEER 1 Hosting, the global online web hosting provider, has been named one of the top 25 ‘Best Workplaces, small business category’ by the Great Place to Work® Institute. A rigorous employee and management assessment of the company saw it ranked 16th on the UK small business list. Every year the Institute surveys some 5,500 organisations across the world, representing around 10 million employees, with only the best receiving a ranking.
PEER 1, known for its innovative recruitment methods and commitment to outstanding customer service has established itself as a leading employer on the South Coast. Growth of the company in the last 12 months has seen it open a £10 million custom-built datacentre in Portsmouth.
«Our staff focus on providing the service excellence which our customers expect, so we work hard to create a passionate and inspiring work environment for our staff, it’s a two way process,» said Dominic Monkhouse, EMEA MD at PEER 1 Hosting. «Winning this ranking doesn’t mean our task is over, we’ll continue to enhance the PEER 1 workplace, to become the best place to work in the industry.»