In the enterprise context, the missing piece of Agile Software Architecture is Agile Enterprise Architecture, where EA brings together the organization, the processes, the technology, and the information in a consistent, business-driven whole. Configurability alone doesn’t provide this consistency. Instead, true Agile Architecture – that is, architecture that supports the business agility requirement – must tie these concerns together using a balanced combination of Enterprise Architecture, governance, and Agile Software Architecture.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
SYS-CON.tv Interview: Migrating Applications to the Cloud
“Cloud Technology Partners focuses on three key service areas: building cloud for our customers, delivering cloud native applications, and we’re migrating applications to the cloud,” explained John Treadway, SVP at Cloud Technology Partners, in this SYS-CON.tv interview with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan at the 12th International Cloud Expo, held June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City.
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.
What Can MSPs Learn from IT Consumerization?
IT transformation is being driven by modern methods of delivering services and MSPs can lead the way in helping customers.
The growth of smart mobile devices has led to a simultaneous advance of social gaming. Game developers are taking advantage of this trend by building popular products that resonate with youth. Not surprisingly, Facebook has enabled the social component of gaming by allowing their platform to be used via APIs.
Companies like Joyent act as cloud service providers specifically targeting Facebook game developers with a niche solution. For example, an immensely successful social game called Candy Crush Saga recently surpassed Angry Birds to become the most popular game. This shows that consumerization of IT opens opportunities to anyone with a great concept who can quickly assemble and deliver a solution that can scale to demand.
In enterprise IT environments, you can see similar developments affecting Managed Service Providers. For example, Joyent delivers infrastructure cloud services for companies like King (the developer of Candy Crush Saga) for game delivery. The IT ecosystem has to change with services delivered in an easy to use manner that simplifies consumption, since assembling a cloud solution from multiple services requires deep expertise. However, MSPs can fill these needs similarly to how they support social games produced and delivered to consumers.
Go Beyond IaaS to Deliver ‘Anything as a Service’
Many organizations want to expand upon the IaaS foundation to deliver cloud services in all forms – software, mobility, infrastructure and IT. Understanding the strategy, planning process and tools for this transformation will help catalyze changes in the way the business operates and deliver real value.
In his Day 4 Keynote at 12th Cloud Expo, Sheng Liang, CTO Cloud Platforms Group, Citrix Systems, discusses the new ITaaS model and how to begin the transformation.
Sheng Liang is CTO Cloud Platforms Group, Citrix Systems. Formerly CEO of Cloud.com, he’s a technology visionary who developed the Java Virtual Machine at Sun Microsystems, and a serial entrepreneur. Before Cloud.com he co-founded web application firewall vendor Teros Networks (also acquired by Citrix), and was a member of the senior management team at SEVEN Networks and Openwave Systems, which developed software products for over 100 wireless and wire-line service providers around the world.
Back Up Data Correctly to Avoid a Disaster, Even When Disaster Strikes
The convergence of increased data stored on company networks and stricter compliance regulations dictating the length of time the information needs to be stored for have helped cloud storage explode in popularity. The cloud offers an easy-to-use, scalable and cost-effective solution for data storage. However, organizations must seriously consider how they manage their storage from a back-up and disaster recovery perspective. While there is no doubt that cloud computing can speed disaster recovery – from reducing the time it takes to restore data, to the fact that information is stored off-site, alleviating the risk of natural disasters – incorrectly managing the storage can often prove more of a hindrance than a help. Whether an employee accidently deletes a file, or a more sinister hack on the company network takes place, for most organizations it is inevitable that data recovery will need to occur at some point. Planning for disaster is essential and having in place an effective back-up and disaster recovery process can save headaches down the line.
SYS-CON.tv Interview: Community in the Cloud
“The whole method behind Solar VPS is to have fun with cloud hosting. We’ve build a system around our offering called the Solar System and that’s our pane of glass that allows our customers to interface with everything that they do with us,” explained Ross Brouse, COO of Solar VPS, in this SYS-CON.tv interview with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan at the 12th International Cloud Expo, held June 10-13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City.
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.
Solar VPS Is an Official Fedora Mirror
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brad Leibowitz Tel: (973) 572-1070 ext. 605 E-mail: market@solarvps.com SOLAR VPS IS AN OFFICAL FEDORA MIRROR Mirror Makes It Easier For Consumers To Download Urgent Fedora Updates (The Hosting News) – On July 1, Solar VPS was named an official mirror for the Linux Operating System, Fedora. With the addition of Fedora to the Solar VPS auto populating mirror, anyone can now access the Solar VPS mirror website to download urgent and critical Fedora OS updates. With the addition of Fedora to the Solar VPS mirror, the brands mirror page now contains mirrors for Fedora, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu and the Linux kernel. In the future, Solar VPS will continue to add mirrors for more open source projects. The new Fedora mirror will allow Solar VPS clients and non-clients to visit the established site experience priority download speeds of all updates and scroll through a bevy of previous updates which might be critical to their OS operations. When asked about the addition of Fedora to the Solar VPS mirror, Solar VPS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Justin Ovens commented, “with the addition of Fedora to the Solar VPS mirror, clients and non-clients alike now have a dedicated space to visit where they can receive the critical OS updates they need to properly run their server. The addition of Fedora to the Solar VPS mirror is our way of giving back to the open source community while at the same time continuing to make the SolarSystem the single most comprehensive Cloud VPS Management Platform on the market. In business since 2005, Solar VPS provides comprehensive Cloud Hosting solutions for clients in more than 90 countries. With their powerful Cloud management suite, the SolarSystem, clients have access to 24/7/365 customer support, fail safe Cloud storage, One-Click Web App Installs and the most competitive pricing for Cloud VPS Hosting in the Universe. Backed by FortressITX technology, Solar VPS is perfect for small businesses, growing ecommerce websites, IT experts and CTO’s looking to kick start their company website. *** For more information concerning this topic, contact Mr. Leibowitz at (973) 572 – 1070 ext. 605 or send him an email at bleibowitz@fortressitx.com Tweet
Driving Cloud Innovation: SSDs Change Cloud Storage Paradigm
IT has more opportunities than ever before with the growth in users, devices, data and secure cloud services. This creates not only a more enriching experience for users, but more opportunities for businesses. The key to capitalizing on these opportunities is to have the right tools in place to help scale operations.
In his Day 3 Keynote at 12th Cloud Expo, Robert Crooke, corporate VP and general manager of the Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Solutions Group at Intel Corp, describes the range of products that Intel provides to support different usage models faced by IT with a specific emphasis on the advancement in SSDs.
IBM’s Big Data and Analytics portfolio needs more tailoring for life sciences
Andrew Brosnan, Senior Analyst, Health Sciences
At its recent Big Data and Analytics Analyst Insights Summit in Toronto, IBM laid out its portfolio of technologies and services specifically for business analytics. The portfolio is a robust and comprehensive offering, encompassing all types of analytics, with specific tools and technologies across the “stack” for organizations of all sizes.
The phrase “easy, fast, and smart” was a recurring theme throughout the event, highlighting IBM’s commitment to providing a broad array of analytical tools and technologies that are easy to use and fast.
For many analytics vendors in a Big Data age this has been a rally cry, but IBM is well positioned to provide such capabilities to life science organizations because of the breadth of its expertise and the depth of its research and development (R&D).
Life science companies are faced with increasing volumes of fast-moving and diverse data (Big …
The Structure in Next Generation Object Storage
It’s about time to revive this blog: it has been almost 6 months since I joined DDN and it has been a roller coaster ride (I love roller coasters). I’ve learned a lot about how to build a better object storage platform and I hope I’ve helped a lot of people here how to better […]