How can your business benefit from using the cloud? We hear the term all the time in the tech world, but it’s never really clearly defined. Those of us who are using social media or saving data with online sources are already using it. Perhaps you just didn’t know it. Amazon is one of the largest cloud service centers. It houses information on behalf of Netflix, Dropbox and Autodesk. Other remote servers are Google, Microsoft and Rackspace.
AppZero WS03 EOS Survey Reveals Vulnerability
AppZero, the fastest way to move enterprise applications, today announced the results of its first “State of Readiness for Windows Server 2003 End of Support (EOS)” survey. The 2013 results of more than 200 Fortune 1,000 companies show that 40% of respondents wish to move to the cloud as part of their EOS remediation efforts.
The full results of the survey are available here and indicate that with eighteen months until support ends, the majority of respondents still have significant numbers of machines running WS2003. Security compliance and vulnerability management are a major concern and many organizations are not aware of or prepared to deal with the impending challenge.
The Impact of Micro-Architectures and APIs on Data Center Network Design
Application development trends significantly impact the design of data center networks. Today there are two trends driving a variety of transformation in the network: API dominance and micro-architectures. Combined with a tendency for network operations to protect its critical infrastructure from potentially disruptive change, these trends are driving toward an emerging “app network” tier in the data center that is software-defined.
This “app network” can be realized in one of two ways: through the deployment of application proxies, or via an application service fabric. The choice comes down to how integrated devops and network teams really are, and whether or not you have a service fabric available. If you do, it’s a good solution as it affords the same flexibility as application proxies while removing platform-level management from devops shoulders. Only services need be configured, managed and deployed. An application proxy, too, is a good option and gives devops and developers complete control over the platform and the network-hosted domain services.
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Veeam Announces Record 2013 Results
Veeam® Software on Tuesday announced record revenue results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2013. This marks Veeam’s 24th consecutive quarter in which quarterly bookings revenue has grown by more than 50 percent over the same period during the previous year.
In 2013, annual bookings revenue grew 58 percent over 2012, while new license bookings revenue increased 53 percent over the same period. Total bookings revenue grew 55 percent in Q4 of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012; new license bookings revenue increased 52 percent over that same period.
Why SAP believes in the “right mix” of cloud, mobile and on-premise
When SAP announced its fourth quarter financial results last month, the focus from analysts and the media was on one particular aspect.
Never mind a fourth consecutive year of double digit growth, or a 69% increase in full revenue on its HANA platform. Everyone’s eyes turned to the mid-term outlook, and specifically this titbit: the company has revised its target of between €3bn and €3.5bn revenue in cloud, as well as its 35% operating margin target, from 2015 to 2017.
“SAP anticipates the fast-growing cloud business along with growth in support revenue will drive a higher proportion of more predictable, recurring revenue in the future,” the company explained in a statement.
The conclusion drawn from this, naturally, was one where the German business software firm was enjoying rip-roaring success from its cloud solutions, but at the expense of its on-premise sales, the company’s traditional money maker – which …
Veeam Software to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New York
SYS-CON Events announced today that Veeam Software, innovative provider of Protection for the Modern Datacenter™, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 14th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 10–12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Veeam® is Protection for the Modern Datacenter – providing powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions that are Built for Virtualization™ and the Cloud. Veeam Backup & Replication™ delivers VMware backup, Hyper-V backup, recovery and replication. This #1 VM Backup™ solution helps organizations meet RPOs and RTOs, save time, eliminate risks and dramatically reduce capital and operational costs. Veeam Backup Management Suite™ provides all the benefits and features of Veeam Backup & Replication along with advanced monitoring, reporting and capacity planning for the backup infrastructure. Veeam Management Pack™ (MP) extends enterprise monitoring to VMware through Microsoft System Center and also offers monitoring and reporting for the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure. The Veeam Cloud Provide Program (VCP) offers flexible monthly and perpetual licensing to meet the needs of hosting, managed service and cloud service providers. VCP currently has over 4,000 service provider participants worldwide. Monthly rental is available in more than 70 countries from more than 50 Veeam aggregators.
The Top Five Benefits of Cloud Computing
Storing important information around the office has always been the go-to format for saving essential data. Of course, having it somewhere on hand provides peace of mind, as you know it is literally held within your building, so when someone needs a hard copy, you are able to go out and locate this exact content for them. However, there are so many other problems you might run into with localized storage, so whether you are having an office holiday party and someone accidentally spills a drink over a stack of files, or while organizing your business an individual drops a computer, completely damaging the hard drive forever, you don’t have to completely panic and wonder how you will ever obtain the files again. Instead of dealing with any or all of these situations, you just need to utilize cloud computing. Companies, such as Governor Business Solutions has the professional cloud computing assistance you might need, but before you go and sign up for the services, it is always better to know exactly how cloud computing is able to improve your office, production and overall quality of service. Here are the top five benefits of cloud computing and why they can improve your office.
Cloud Expo 2014 New York Registration Opens
Recent IDC research shows that revenue for public and private cloud servers will increase at an annual growth rate of 16.6%, generating $11.0 billion in 2016. Unnstoppable enterprise IT trends, Cloud Computing, Big Data, SDDC and DevOps will converge in New York at 14th Cloud Expo – being held June 10-12, 2014, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. As at every Cloud Expo, we are offering in New York a vast selection of technical and strategic breakout sessions, General Sessions, Industry Keynotes, our signature discussion “Power Panels” and a bustling Expo floor complete with two busy Demo Theaters so that as a delegate you can kick the tires of solutions and offerings, and discuss one-on-one with all the leading Cloud players what they are offering and how to make use of it in your particular situation. The breakout sessions will be organized by topics like SDN, DevOps and Cloud Standards to give you a wealth of information. The surest way to get yourself and your company fully “Cloud-ready” is by attending Cloud Expo 2014 New York.
The power of on-demand, and the reason cloud providers don’t like it
IT vendors had a golden age before the invention of the cloud. It was essentially a risk-free implementation. Customers required a product, sales would propose a solution to which the customer would sign and commit, the customer would pay upfront, the vendor would start manufacturing, and eventually the solution would be delivered to the customer. Once delivered, it was unlikely the customer would suddenly drop the technology, and move on to something else.
At every step of this journey the vendor took steps to prevent its risk. The contract was negotiated per customer, thereby ensuring the deal was profitable. The customer paid upfront so the vendor didn’t need to borrow money or risk the customer defaulting on a debt. The contract commitment was made beforehand, so the customer took the risk that the solution might not be used. And finally, the customer was told when delivery would be made …