Around the world, market leaders in all industries have already deployed managed cloud services. Seeking to use business technology as a strategic lever to advance past their competition on multiple fronts, the senior executives at these leading companies are eager to learn about the next phase of cloud service development.
Worldwide spending on public IT cloud services will reach $47.4 billion in 2013 and will reach more than $107 billion by 2017, according to the latest market study by International Data Corporation (IDC). Over the 2013–2017 forecast period, public cloud services will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.5 percent, that’s five times the IT industry growth as a whole.
As one of the key technologies enabling the industry-wide shift, cloud computing has played a crucial role in changing the way companies consume and use business technology. IDC believes that there are signs that …
Take your business seamlessly from AWS to OpenStack, or even adopt a hybrid cloud strategy using public and private OpenStack clouds.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, DeWayne Filppi, Director of Solution Architecture at GigaSpaces, will discuss how to build a portable application that can run on Amazon and on OpenStack. He will also discuss how to migrate to a hybrid cloud environment that will interoperate between an AWS cloud and an OpenStack cloud, achieving high availability and reducing costs.
The WebRTC Data Channel is the next big thing in browser real-time communication. In his session at WebRTC Summit, Dan Ristic, a developer evangelist for PubNub, will be exploring the specification of what the data channel is, the potential road blocks to using it, and where to use it in production today. He will also explore the future of the data channel and how it will change the browser landscape in the years to come.
Dan Ristic is a developer evangelist for PubNub, the leading provider of real-time technologies. He is passionate about front-end engineering and looks to push the web to its limits every day. His goal is to map the future of the web and how it will change the future of the world.
The way software is developed and deployed is undergoing an enormous shift. Hardware used to provide resilience – now you design for failure. Developers used to focus on just development – now they must think of test and deployment from the start. Old models are replaced by the agile model.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, will discuss these major shifts and outline best practices observed at leading companies.
Marten Mickos is the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. A veteran of open source, infrastructure software and global businesses, he previously was CEO of MySQL AB where he grew the company from garage start-up to the second largest open source company in the world. After the acquisition by Sun Microsystems of MySQL AB, he served as SVP of the Database Group.
Mickos holds a M.Sc. in technical physics from Helsinki University of Technology in his native Finland. He is a member of the board of directors of Nokia.
Verizon on Thursday announced Verizon Cloud – its new cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform and cloud-based object storage service. With this service, Verizon is fundamentally changing how public clouds are built. Large enterprises, mid-size companies and small development shops will get the agility and economic benefit of a generic public cloud along with the reliability and scale of an enterprise-level service with unprecedented control of performance. The public beta for Verizon Cloud will launch in the fourth quarter of this year.
“Verizon created the enterprise cloud, now we’re recreating it,” said John Stratton, president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions. “This is the revolution in cloud services that enterprises have been calling for. We took feedback from our enterprise clients across the globe and built a new cloud platform from the bottom up to deliver the attributes they require.”
Verizon Cloud has two main components: Verizon Cloud Compute and Verizon Cloud Storage. Verizon Cloud Compute is the IaaS platform. Verizon Cloud Storage is an object-based storage service.
Verizon on Thursday announced Verizon Cloud – its new cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform and cloud-based object storage service. With this service, Verizon is fundamentally changing how public clouds are built. Large enterprises, mid-size companies and small development shops will get the agility and economic benefit of a generic public cloud along with the reliability and scale of an enterprise-level service with unprecedented control of performance. The public beta for Verizon Cloud will launch in the fourth quarter of this year.
“Verizon created the enterprise cloud, now we’re recreating it,” said John Stratton, president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions. “This is the revolution in cloud services that enterprises have been calling for. We took feedback from our enterprise clients across the globe and built a new cloud platform from the bottom up to deliver the attributes they require.”
Verizon Cloud has two main components: Verizon Cloud Compute and Verizon Cloud Storage. Verizon Cloud Compute is the IaaS platform. Verizon Cloud Storage is an object-based storage service.
Nothing levels the playing field like cloud computing, at least in terms of smaller businesses being able to gain a foothold in a particular market.
Small and midsize businesses have much to gain from embracing business cloud solutions. Cloud platforms allow SMEs to compete in the cloud giant-controlled environment and creates a level playing field required to succeed in business.
Some small and medium companies have yet to fully realize the advantages that cloud solutions can provide. In the meantime, hundreds of cloud vendors are preparing for the expected major upswing in popularity among cloud services for SMEs and for private consumers as well.
Business Development Director Paul Bryce of Node4 stated that one of the most important benefits of cloud computing is the extensive environment that gives enough leverage for SMEs to compete with the giants in the industry. With VMware, EMC and Cisco as one among the many cloud partners, SMEs can have the most cost-effective, yet very efficient IT infrastructure.
The conversation of “Why Cloud?” has long since passed for many businesses and the question has transitioned into “How Cloud?”, or more importantly, “Is it safe?” Much is at stake protecting your business and your customers, and naturally, you should be cautious. Managing security in the cloud is about adapting to an agile world where development is rapid and compute resources are variable. Traditional security controls and best practices have not gone to the wayside, but in an agile world we must leverage additional tools and adapt our assessment methodologies to offset risks associated with rapid development in a multi-tenant cloud to protect sensitive data.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Jaret Chiles, Cloud Solutions Architect at Rackspace, to discuss Cloud Security in an Agile World and cover several topics on protecting your business while still reaping the many benefits of partnering with a cloud service provider.
Cloud computing has become the latest technological innovation for users wanting the economical regulation of resources. Cloud basically makes use of a broad infrastructure which shares its resources and services. However, it is equally important for users to know the right kind of cloud to use. Not all offer the same facilities and users must learn to recognize the facets which point to the right cloud. This is where users must be aware of Open Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat).
The Open Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) is taking the world by storm with its innovative technology and is the way cloud will work in the future. The main idea behind Red Hat is the way it standardizes software and frees resources in the process. The hybrid makes the cloud more fluid to use with an interoperable infrastructure that is totally within your control.
IBM today announced the acquisition of Xtify Inc., a ventured-backed company based in New York City. Xtify provides mobile messaging tools via the cloud to help organizations increase mobile sales and improve brand loyalty.Xtify mobile capabilities will be delivered through IBM’s SaaS portfolio and will run on IBM’s SoftLayer cloud infrastructure.
Xtify will expand IBM’s Smart Commerce initiative helping CMOs, digital marketers, mobile application developers with mobile campaign creation, content targeting, dynamic real-time segmentation and analytics across all mobile device platforms and browsers. Xtify’s technology is designed to deliver real-time, personalized offers via in-app mobile messages and push notifications.
The acquisition of Xtify has implications across IBM’s business:
Xtify will expand IBM’s Smarter Commerce initiative to help digital marketers develop relevant push notifications delivered via mobile devices and browsers. Smarter Commerce is among IBM’s most profitable business units boasting more than $3.5 billion in acquisitions since 2010.
As part of IBM’s MobileFirst strategy, Xtify will make it easier for developers building mobile applications using IBM’s WorkLight platform to deliver relevant and timely cross-channel marketing messages to customers based on open standards.
