DBaaS: The Next Killer App for Cloud Services

As public and private cloud adoption continues to skyrocket, it’s becoming more and more clear that Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is hugely important to users. This isn’t really news, as much as it’s a confirmation of what many were seeing much earlier in the cloud industry’s maturation. DBaaS is the next killer app for cloud services.

As an example, consider that DynamoDB from AWS was, after only five months in production, the fastest growing AWS service all the way back in 2012. Also consider the 451 Research report authored by Matt Aslett back in August of 2013. By Matt’s estimation, DBaaS services based on MySQL will grow at a CAGR of 81% from 2012 to 2016. That’s some serious growth, representing a clear user demand.

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 4/28/2014

 

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick recap of news and stories you may have missed!

  • Critical zero-day endangers all versions of Internet Explorer – and XP isn’t getting a fix
  • Anatomy Of A Cloud Migration: Inside the Channel Company’s IT Transformation
  • It’s Crazy What Can Be Hacked Thanks to Heartbleed
  • Organized Crime Group Scams US Companies Out Of Millions
  • Modernizing IT by Killing the Transactional Treadmill
  • Microsoft kicks in $1 billion to help students buy under $300 devices
  • 5 reasons why Google can catch Amazon in the cloud
  • Field Notes: ‘Rogue‘ employees want IT to lighten up already
  • Ready or not, welcome to the integrated cloud
  • Revenge of the CIO: the new chief enabler
  • Google Disables Scanning of Student Email for Advertising Purposes
  • ‘Dark Wallet’ Is About to Make Bitcoin Money Laundering Easier Than Ever
  • The History of Data Storage – Infographic
  • Halo, The Brain-Improving Wearable, Raises $1.5 Million
  • Cloud computing brings the world to Dunedin

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Cloud Computing, DevOps and Business Velocity

Cloud computing and DevOps are certainly taking the world by storm with promises of transforming the way that business will access and use technology. Cloud computing represents the consolidation of compute resources inside the data center and the use of all applications and infrastructure outside the data center. DevOps is transforming the processes around delivery of applications and data to its user base by instituting more automation and collaboration between the parties responsible for building and deploying.

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Peak 10 Achieves Cisco Powered DRaaS Certification

Solidifying its position as a leading IT infrastructure and cloud provider, Peak 10 has been named the first provider in the Americas to achieve the Cisco Powered Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) designation under the Cisco® Cloud and Managed Services Advanced Certification. This certification recognizes Peak 10 as a provider with the capability to sell and deliver cloud and managed services for companies needing to accelerate time to market and time to revenue.

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How Healthcare SaaS Provider Masters Quality and DevOps Using Cloud ITSM

To help maintain control and remain ever-ready for improvements, healthcare SaaS application developer PointClickCare recently adopted a cloud-based IT service management solution.
Whether it’s monitoring medication management in a closed-loop integration with pharmacies, or managing weekly release schedules for their software, the change is constant at PointClickCare, based in Toronto.
The discussion, conducted at the recent HP Discover 2013 Conference in Barcelona, is moderated by me, Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.

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Global Financial Firms Can Effectively Address Technology Risk Guidelines

The MAS guidelines for Internet Banking and Technology Risk Management (TRM), issued in June 2013, identify security and risk management issues in a comprehensive manner, covering everything from identity assurance and access controls to accountability and audit. This white paper details how products from Centrify – a leading provider of Unified Identity Services across data center, cloud, and mobile – addresses critical portions of the security controls and risk management requirements defined in the MAS TRM Guidelines.

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Global Financial Firms Can Effectively Address Technology Risk Guidelines

The MAS guidelines for Internet Banking and Technology Risk Management (TRM), issued in June 2013, identify security and risk management issues in a comprehensive manner, covering everything from identity assurance and access controls to accountability and audit. This white paper details how products from Centrify – a leading provider of Unified Identity Services across data center, cloud, and mobile – addresses critical portions of the security controls and risk management requirements defined in the MAS TRM Guidelines.

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ActiveState to Sponsor Foundation Set to Govern Cloud Foundry Project

ActiveState has announced its ongoing support as a founding Gold-level sponsor for the non-profit organization known as the Cloud Foundry foundation and applauds the expanding community. Today, new Gold members, Accenture, BNY Mellon, Capgemini, GE, Ericsson, Intel, NTT and Verizon join founding Gold members CenturyLink and ActiveState, and founding Platinum members EMC, HP, IBM, Pivotal, Rackspace, SAP and VMware, as members of the Cloud Foundry foundation. Pivotal launched the Cloud Foundry foundation in February 2014 to develop and advance an industry standard for multi-cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions for enterprise computing.

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ActiveState to Sponsor Foundation Set to Govern Cloud Foundry Project

ActiveState has announced its ongoing support as a founding Gold-level sponsor for the non-profit organization known as the Cloud Foundry foundation and applauds the expanding community. Today, new Gold members, Accenture, BNY Mellon, Capgemini, GE, Ericsson, Intel, NTT and Verizon join founding Gold members CenturyLink and ActiveState, and founding Platinum members EMC, HP, IBM, Pivotal, Rackspace, SAP and VMware, as members of the Cloud Foundry foundation. Pivotal launched the Cloud Foundry foundation in February 2014 to develop and advance an industry standard for multi-cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions for enterprise computing.

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