We’ve had a lot of people asking for the Log Management Primer for a while now. And, surprisingly, many of these folks have a strong technical background, including developers. Some want it for themselves, and some want it to pass on to a colleague, manager, etc. I’m going to explain what logs are, where they come from and how you can get your logs.
If you’re a developer, this post probably isn’t for you as we don’t dig into the code level nitty gritty, but it will give you a high level overview of logs, where they come from and how they get sent to a third party service.
SYS-CON.tv Interview: Open Source and Cloud Computing
“ActiveState is focused on the cloud market with a product called Stackato, an enterprise private PaaS solution that allows enterprises to manage and deploy their own Platform as a Service offering,” explained Bart Copeland, President & CEO of ActiveState Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Cloud Expo® 2014 New York, June 10-12, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
How to Put Your Storage Cloud to Work
Cloud storage has become the preferred choice for those who want the best. The storage area is limitless and the security that it provides is the best in the market. However, that is not the reason why businesses use cloud storage. More and more people are turning to cloud storage as it offers flexibility and meets the constantly changing demands of businesses all over. Of course, the fact that it is extremely economical and easy to use is also a decisive factor. Perhaps that is why even individuals are turning to cloud storage and are finding innovative uses for cloud storage.
As a cloud can store endless amounts of data, people are using it for their personal uses and are backing up personal memories like photos, videos, voice recordings and even family histories. Millions are finding cloud storage a boon for storing all their email attachments and while free plans also offer a vast amount of features, people are willing to pay for paid storages just to keep their data safe in addition to getting customized storages. For professionals who need to organize and store their data for research, surveys and calculations, this is the perfect solution.
SYS-CON.tv Interview: Services in the Cloud
“At InMage we are enabling the hybrid cloud. Cloud presents a lot of opportunities but there is no vehicle to take services into the hybrid cloud,” noted Murali Nambiar, Sr. Product Manager for Backup and DR Products at InMage, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Cloud Expo® 2014 New York, June 10-12, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
Aria Systems Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Expo 2014 NY & Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Aria Systems, the recurring revenue expert, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of 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, and the 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Aria Systems helps leading businesses connect their customers with the products and services they love. Industry leaders like Pitney Bowes, Experian, AAA NCNU, VMware, HootSuite and many others choose Aria to power their recurring revenue business and deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.
New BMC Marketplace Accelerates Enterprise App Revolution
BMC Software on Tuesday introduced BMC Marketplace, a cloud-based app store for companies who want to deploy their own “Amazon-like” branded marketplace to market and sell private-label mobile, cloud, custom and desktop applications – twice as fast as any custom alternative.
App stores are very well known in the consumer world, and now their popularity is rapidly increasing in enterprise environments. Gartner recently predicted that 25 percent of large companies will deploy an enterprise app store by 2017, partially in response to the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement that is sweeping the workplace.
Synchronoss Reaches 10 Million Personal Cloud Subscribers
Synchronoss Technologies on Monday announced that it has reached 10 Million Personal Cloud Subscribers throughout the world since launching its Personal Cloud Platform this summer. Synchronoss’ Personal Cloud Platform is an industry leading personal cloud solution that enables mobile operators to provide subscribers the ability to backup, restore, sync and share their valuable content across smartphones, tablets, computers and other connected devices – accessible from anywhere at any time. In addition to our successful launch of the Personal Cloud Platform, Synchronoss continues to grow its cloud services across all its subscriber base, with over 60 Million subscribers, including Network Address Book, Social Gateways, and Smart Mobility worldwide.
Chef, Formerly Opscode, Closes $32 Million in Series D Funding
Chef™ (formerly Opscode) on Monday announced it has closed a $32 Million Series D funding round. Scale Venture Partners (ScaleVP) led the round, which included Citi Ventures, Citi’s corporate venturing arm, as well as existing investors Battery Ventures, DFJ, and Ignition Partners, and also included Amplify Partners.
The new round of capital will be used to further accelerate the development of the company’s Chef IT automation platform, expand market penetration, and drive customer success.
Chef also today announced that Rory O’Driscoll, a partner with ScaleVP, has joined the company’s Board of Directors. In addition, the company has expanded its executive team and has changed the company name from Opscode to Chef.
IBM launches “cloud of clouds” offering, aims to stop vendor lock-in
IBM has developed technology which will allow clients to move data between clouds and backed up whilst avoiding the dreaded vendor lock-in, it has been claimed.
A press release on the IBM website explains how the Armonk firm’s patent pending invention enables a “cloud of clouds” theory – the idea that a series of clouds can offer greater protection against outages and data loss than any single cloud.
This is alongside a software toolkit developed by IBM which allows storage systems to access third party private and public clouds.
“Our cloud of clouds invention can help clients avoid service outages and security incidents that impact the reliability and security of individual clouds,” Evangelos Eleftheriou, IBM fellow, said.
He added: “We are adding multiple levels of redundancy and reliability by making cloud migration and backup easier and faster than is currently possible.”
Pivotally, the solution uses object storage to target data …
SYS-CON.tv Interview: One Cloud, No Servers
“Lanlogic has been around since 1995 and we focus on helping customers that are traditionally less technical and need someone who’s an IT consultant, a trusted business adviser, to help them evaluate their needs,” explained Joe Foos, Director of Sales & Marketing at Lanlogic, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Cloud Expo® 2014 New York, June 10-12, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.