Despite the economy, cloud computing is doing well. Cloud Computing is not just a buzz term; it’s already proving itself as the next wave of technology infrastructure.
The 12th International Cloud Expo, to be held June 10-13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York, NY announces that its Call for Papers is now open. Topics include all aspects of providing or using massively scalable IT-related capabilities as a service using Internet technologies (see suggested topics below).
Cloud computing helps IT cut infrastructure costs while adding new features and services to grow core businesses. Clouds can help grow margins as costs are cut back but service offerings are expanded.
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Cloud SOA – The Revenue Opportunities
The objective of our new Cloud Revenues program is to build a knowledge base of insights and materials to support Solution Selling new Cloud offerings.
Key insights include those from key thought leaders – For example this piece on the Cloud SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) is powerful and timely.
Tom zooms in on the heart of the matter, what the real disruption effect of the Cloud will be, which is that an entirely new vision of IT itself is needed.
Focusing on the SOA as the headline for this he introduces a new iteration of the model to reflect this Cloud wave, what he calls the ‘Distributed SOA’.
CipherCloud Offers Military-Grade Encryption
It’s downright embarrassing when the head of the CIA can’t use e-mail to
whisper sweet nothings without his love affair being outed four months after
it reputedly ended.
The fact that the lady in question and General David Petraeus, who ran the
wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, used a shared Gmail account to leave
messages for each other in the draft folder – a tactic employed by terrorists
to avoid incriminating e-mail trails – has also prompted concern about
whether the spy chief’s cyber security was blown by somebody else besides
the FBI at any point.
Intel CEO to Step Down in May
Intel CEO and president Paul Otellini, 62, has apparently tired of beating back the dragons that periodically threaten to devour the company and has decided to retire early.
Intel CEOs have all previously stepped down when they were 65, when retirement is mandatory, with their designated replacement clear. This is not the case this time.
The board, reportedly surprised by his decision, asked him to hang around for six months while it searches for his successor and starts an “orderly” transition. He will leave in May, his anniversary.
Private PaaS 101
For the real-world enterprise, cloud computing promises flexibility, efficiency and convenience. But those attractions mask realistic potential risks to data integrity, privacy and oversight. And that’s enough to make even the earliest of early adopters hesitate to move to the cloud.
Private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) enables the real-world enterprise to reap the benefits of cloud computing while preserving the order of on-premise managed IT.
IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS clouds continue to evolve
By Laurent Lachal, Senior Analyst, Ovum Software
Cloud computing is an increasingly multi-faceted phenomenon. It continues to quickly evolve not just at private and public cloud levels (and increasingly in the continuum between these two extremes) but also at infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) levels.
In the Ovum report, 2013 Trends to Watch: Private and Public Clouds, Ovum advises that cloud service providers and consumers need to take into account the latest IaaS developments at network level, get their head around the PaaS market, and understand how – and to what extent – SaaS is evolving into business process-as-a-service (BPaaS).
IaaS is more competitive but bleeding edge at network level
The IaaS market has so far been dominated by VMware and AWS. Ovum expects Microsoft and Google to increasingly make a dent into this domination.
For all players, the network is the next IaaS frontier: increasingly important, but a growing …
CipherCloud Offers Military-Grade Encryption
It’s downright embarrassing when the head of the CIA can’t use e-mail to
whisper sweet nothings without his love affair being outed four months after
it reputedly ended.
The fact that the lady in question and General David Petraeus, who ran the
wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, used a shared Gmail account to leave
messages for each other in the draft folder – a tactic employed by terrorists
to avoid incriminating e-mail trails – has also prompted concern about
whether the spy chief’s cyber security was blown by somebody else besides
the FBI at any point.
Ten Steps to Building Private Cloud Services
IT organizations that want to build private cloud services face tremendous challenges. The technologies are immature, but they are the easiest hurdle. Processes and funding models must change. Organizational cultures need to be rewritten, even though politics stand in the way. Service orientation requires tight alignment with the business. Measuring success means measuring business results.
How should leadership drive cultural, political and organizational change in IT to deliver private cloud services?
How should operational processes change to support a private cloud service?
How should IT use technologies to build a private cloud service?
Why ‘Bring Your Own Services’ Is the Next Big Thing Not to Worry About
When I talk to CIOs, they usually complain that the trend of Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, is undermining their ability to keep their organization’s infrastructures and data secure. Every employee who comes to work with his or her smartphone or tablet and pulls up sales reports, help tickets and other corporate data creates a small hole in the IT armor companies have spent billions to build. Over time, the argument goes, the holes become a dangerous sieve.
My response to those worries: BYOD is a force of nature, so you better not get in its way. And it’s just raising the curtain on another, even bigger trend that follows right behind it. Let’s call it BYOS, short for “bring your own services.”
Cloud Gaining Traction
A new survey about cloud computing explores the business growth opportunities for buyers and consumers of cloud services alike, with surprising findings about confidence and a high degree of ongoing experimentation.
The multi-year annual survey on the cloud market provides a springboard for examining some of the implications for where the growth opportunities are and where the inhibitors for the growth may be.
To learn more about where the cloud business has been and where it’s going, BriefingsDirect sat down with Michael Skok, Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners. The interview is conducted by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.