Docker offers a new, lightweight approach to application portability. Applications are shipped using a common container format and managed with a high-level API. Their processes run within isolated namespaces that abstract the operating environment independently of the distribution, versions, network setup, and other details of this environment. This «containerization» has often been nicknamed «the new virtualization.» But containers are more than lightweight virtual machines. Beyond their smaller footprint, shorter boot times, and higher consolidation factors, they also bring a lot of new features and use cases that were not possible with classical virtual machines.
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AWS: Cloud Security Mistakes Discussed by Experts
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Meet @SAPinMemory Nov 4-6 at @CloudExpo [@SAP #IoT #Cloud #BigData]
SAP is delivering break-through innovation combined with fantastic user experience powered by the market-leading in-memory technology, SAP HANA.
In his General Session at 15th Cloud Expo, Thorsten Leiduck, VP ISVs & Digital Commerce, SAP, will discuss how SAP and partners provide cloud and hybrid cloud solutions as well as real-time Big Data offerings that help companies of all sizes and industries run better. SAP launched an application challenge to award the most innovative SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud platforms applications. Out of many contenders, the best applications have been selected by members of the SAP Community Network via crowd-voting. Join this exciting session as SAP recognizes the winners and finalists for their great accomplishment and see the winning applications live on stage.
Announcing AIC to Exhibit at @CloudExpo 2015 New York [#Cloud #CloudExpo]
SYS-CON Events announced today that AIC, a leading provider of OEM/ODM server and storage solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
AIC is a leading provider of both standard OTS, off-the-shelf, and OEM/ODM server and storage solutions. With expert in-house design capabilities, validation, manufacturing and production, AIC’s broad selection of products are highly flexible and are configurable to any form factor or custom configuration. AIC leads the industry with nearly 20 years of experience in mechanical, electronic, system-level engineering as well as a dedication to product innovation and customer support. Headquartered in Taiwan, AIC has offices and operations throughout the United States, Asia and Europe.
An Assessment of Public Cloud Storage Offerings
Earlier in the year, Gartner forecast that by year-end 2016, more than 50 percent of global companies will have stored customer-sensitive data in a public cloud platform. These services can scale very quickly, which has made them very popular for applications that have a requirement for flexibility.
Cloud storage offers organizations significant cost and agility benefits, but can pose some security, privacy, accessibility and performance challenges. Therefore, a big part of selecting a best-fit cloud storage provider is investing the time to perform the research to fully understand its capabilities.
Furthermore, most industry analyst prior market studies have uncovered that Line of Business leaders are most likely to procure public cloud service offerings for their organizations.
However, survey participants at two recent business technology events on the East Coast were divided about who in their organization is primarily driving their cloud computing strategy.
So, given these latest findings, who exactly is leading the transition to cloud services? Actually, it can vary, based upon the type of organization. Top-level executive decision makers and lower-level IT management staff respondents were within 4 percentage points of each other.
Profile of Cloud Storage Service Demand
Avere Systems released the findings of a recent cloud adoption study conducted at the «2014 Cloud Expo New York» and the «2014 AWS Summit,» also held in New York.
Which industries are leading the move to public cloud service adoption? In addition to a cross-section of technology companies, life sciences and finance organizations were most interested in adopting cloud computing solutions.
Forty-six percent of respondents are already building a hybrid cloud — with 35 percent doing it on their own and 11 percent leveraging a partner. Moreover, 31 percent of respondents do not have a hybrid cloud plan in place at this time.
Thirty-three percent are planning to move over half of their storage to the public cloud. Fifty-two percent are planning to move less than half to a public cloud service provider.
Data archiving was the most common use for cloud migration, with 28 percent of survey respondents. Corporate file sharing was next with 22 percent of the respondents.
Somewhat surprisingly, 18 percent of the survey respondents indicate that they are migrating all their data-related business processes to a cloud services model.
Other Key findings from the market study include:
- Hybrid Cloud Adoption – 58 percent of attendees are adopting a hybrid cloud strategy. Similarly, 58 percent of attendees plan on migrating at least some of their on-premises applications to the cloud within the next two years.
- Cloud Leadership – 26 percent of attendees indicated that their top level executive team were driving cloud strategy within their organizations, while 22 percent of respondents said storage or data management teams were spearheading these decisions.
- Public Cloud Vendors – 49 percent of respondents indicated that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is their cloud of choice for storage, with 56 percent considering the service for object storage. 19 percent of respondents are considering Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and 13 percent Microsoft Azure.
The entire survey was conducted on-site at the two industry events in New York. A total of 205 respondents were asked a series of questions relating to cloud adoption and cloud storage usage.
Announcing @Stratogent to Exhibit at @CloudExpo Silicon Valley [#Cloud]
SYS-CON Events announced today that Stratogent will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Stratogent is a custom managed services organization based in San Mateo, California. We design, implement, and support mission critical infrastructure 24×7 on premises, in datacenters and in the Cloud. Since 2005, we have acted as an extension of internal IT teams, achieving a customer retention rate of 100%.
Meet @Seagate November 4-6 at @CloudExpo Silicon Valley [#Cloud]
Seagate has a strong track record of collaborating with others to develop better cloud solutions. The Seagate Cloud Builder Alliance program, for example, leverages the company’s knowledge of storage and cloud-optimized solutions to give cloud service providers the customized, flexible and scalable server and storage solutions to meet the high levels of service their customers demand. Seagate also is a member of the OpenStack Foundation and Open Compute Project to help define and promote open-source standards for cloud computing.
Meet @CiscoCloud November 4-6 at @CloudExpo Silicopn Valley [#Cloud #IoT]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is going to require a new way of thinking and of developing software for speed, security and innovation. This requires IT leaders to balance business as usual while anticipating for the next market and technology trends. Cloud provides the right IT asset portfolio to help today’s IT leaders manage the old and prepare for the new. Today the cloud conversation is evolving from private and public to hybrid. This session will provide use cases and insights to reinforce the value of the network in helping organizations to maximize their company’s cloud experience.
Meet @DataCenters_QTS on November 4-6 at @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
What process has your provider undertaken to ensure that the cloud tenant will receive predictable performance and service? What was involved in the planning? Who owns and operates the data center? What technology is being used? How is it being supported? In his session at 14th Cloud Expo, Dave Weisbrot, Cloud Business Manager for QTS, will provide the attendees a look into what it takes to stand up and stand behind a highly available certified cloud IaaS.
Harnessing Rapid ITSM for Business Agility | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
A new wave of ITSM technologies and methods allow for a more rapid ITSM adoption — and that means better rapid support of agile business processes.
Businesses of all stripes rate the need to move faster as a top priority, and many times, that translates into the need for better and faster IT projects. But traditional IT processes and disjointed project management don’t easily afford rapid, agile, and adaptive IT innovation.
The good news is that a new wave of ITSM technologies and methods allow for a more rapid ITSM adoption — and that means better rapid support of agile business processes.