Planning scalable environments isn’t terribly difficult, but it does require a change of perspective.
In his session at the 11th International Cloud Expo, Phil Jackson, Development Community Advocate for SoftLayer, will broaden your views to think on an Internet Scale by dissecting a video publishing application built with The SoftLayer Platform, Message Queuing, Object Storage, and Drupal. By examining a scalable modular application build that can handle unpredictable traffic, you’ll be able to grow your development arsenal and pick up a few strategies to apply to your own projects.

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Nimbula on Monday announced it has joined the OpenStack community. As an active member of the community, Nimbula will collaborate on a range of improvements to the OpenStack codebase, and will incorporate OpenStack services in future Nimbula Director releases. Nimbula customers such as Russian Internet company, Yandex, and US Government service provider, Solers, will continue to benefit from Nimbula Director’s extended, fully functional, automated self-service infrastructure built around a standard platform.
“OpenStack is the right idea and project, and having smart, innovative companies join the initiative is a positive step,” said Ben Kepes, industry observer and commentator. “Nimbula has great technology and expertise and their joining OpenStack will help develop it as the Cloud platform of choice for the market.”

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A new report has suggested that cloud computing is generally a better option than on-premise when looking to save energy, but it isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), alongside WSP Environment and Energy looked at how on-premise computing compared to the cloud in terms of energy efficiency – in particular power usage effectiveness (PUE) of the server room or data centre; how much of the server’s hardware is utilised; and carbon emissions.

Overall it was revealed that while running an app in the cloud is generally more energy efficient than running it in your server room, variables such as PUE and hardware utilisation are vital to cloud’s carbon footprint.

“The results confirm claims that running a business application in the cloud is generally more energy and carbon efficient than running it on-premise…however, this study demonstrates that this is not always the case and …

Cloud start-ups are forming on a daily basis, and billions of dollars in wealth are being created as companies craft innovative strategies to exploit this opportunity. Conversely, long-standing corporate icons that have failed to do so are becoming history instead of making it. In short, the cloud is disrupting every dimension of business, whether it is the research, engineering, or design of new products and services; their manufacturing, operations, and delivery; or any point along the customer interface. CLOUDONOMICS explores the implications of the cloud and how it applies to the evolution of modern business, as well as reveals how the next decade is likely to bring untold innovation.

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One of the dirty little secrets about security: there is simply no way to make your company impervious to a data breach. It’s almost a statistical certainty that you will, at some point or another, be hit with a security scenario that you’re not prepared for. That’s why security today is as much about damage control as it is about breach avoidance.
Attacks on corporate networks and data occur at alarming frequency. You might think that’s because attackers have become more sophisticated, but that’s not necessarily the case. In fact, the most recent Verizon Security Breach study suggests a hacker with fairly rudimentary skills could’ve pulled off the majority of attacks in 2012.
And these attacks aren’t isolated to large banks and government entities – they’re pervasive across all industries. The bottom line is, if you have important data, chances are someone else thinks it’s important too — and will do whatever it takes to get to it.

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TIBCO is traditionally known for its leadership in integration and is now expanding into a number of new areas through acquisitions as well as building new capabilities. This post is to analyze their products based on attendance to their annual TUCON conference.

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These days Cloud is about more than efficiency – it transforms entire industries. That’s why thousands of enterprise IT professionals of every stripe will be converging in three weeks’ time at 11th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley – co-located with 2nd International BigDataExpo. But to ensure that delegates’ time Nov 5-8 at the Santa Clara Convention Center is totally and utterly well spent, Cloud Expo has also ensured that there are multiple ways to enhance each and every of the days those professionals choose to invest in attending the event.

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Zenith Infotech’s TigerCloud is changing the private cloud market by offering an enterprise-class solution via TruHAAS – a rent-to-own pricing structure. TruHAAS allows companies to customize their technology spending to better meet their cash flow in this tight economy. By eliminating large upfront hardware expenditures, Zenith has eliminated the most significant barrier to private cloud adoption that companies in the SMB market face.
“Zenith focuses on enabling small and mid-size businesses to implement the same robust technology as the enterprise market, with easy-to-administer solutions at an affordable price. We continue our mission to be innovative in the way we help companies think about expanding their technology. Offering a complete private cloud solution at low monthly rates without any long-term commitment is true hardware as a service (TruHAAS),” explains Akash Saraf, CEO of Zenith.

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The Cisco Workshop at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Nov 5-8, 2012, is a one-day event on Monday, November 6, that will offer a perspective on all the new technologies out there and how to not be distracted by the bright shiny objects.
Join Wayne Greene, Rodrigo Flores, Joann Starke, and Brian Cinque of the Cloud and Systems Management Technology Group & Corporate IT at Cisco Systems as they describe the habits of effective cloud builders and hear in-depth what made one private cloud deployment a smashing success.

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