Hybrid cloud has taken over from public and private cloud to become the fastest growing cloud solution among enterprises. This was one of the critical findings in a new survey report released by Wakefield Research that conducted the study on behalf of Avanade Inc. The study, released during the recently concluded Microsoft Canada : Cloud and Mobility summit held at Toronto, points out that 69% of the companies surveyed saw hybrid cloud as one of their biggest focus areas for 2015.
Internet of Things and Cyber-Sabotage By @JamesCarlini | @ThingsExpo [#IoT]
When the Tsunami of system failures paralyzes your organization from a coordinated cyber-attack, it’s too late for the CEO to think your organization can “get through this event.” It’s too late.
Too many top executives and futurists are giddy about what the future holds with the “Internet of Things” and the growth of technology-based applications cutting across many, if not all, industries. Few are talking about reinforcing corporate systems as well as hardening facilities and mission critical applications to withstand cyber-sabotage and EMP attacks because few, if any, are even qualified to assess that area of their enterprise.
Desktop as a Service with @Esri | @CloudExpo [#Cloud #BigData]
«Desktop as a Service is emerging as a very big trend. One of the big influencers of this – for Esri – is that we have a large user base that uses virtualization and they are looking at Desktop as a Service right now,» explained John Meza, Product Engineer at Esri, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Trust and Security in Internet of Things with Utimaco | @ThingsExpo [#IoT]
«At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I’ve heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years,» explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Your Big Data Investments By @Concurrent | @CloudExpo [#BigData]
As enterprises engage with Big Data technologies to develop applications needed to meet operational demands, new computation fabrics are continually being introduced. To leverage these new innovations, organizations are sacrificing market opportunities to gain expertise in learning new systems.
In his session at Big Data Expo, Supreet Oberoi, Vice President of Field Engineering at Concurrent, Inc., discussed how to leverage existing infrastructure and investments and future-proof them against emerging technologies with Cascading. Cascading is the widely used application development framework for building data-centric applications, allowing developers to easily build enterprise-grade applications on emerging fabrics like Tez and Spark with existing skill sets. Cascading’s community also supports an ecosystem capable of connecting existing infrastructure with new investments.
Charting Cloud Orchestration Success | @CloudExpo [#BigData]
The emergence of cloud computing and Big Data warrants a greater role for the PMO to successfully manage enterprise transformation driven by these powerful trends. As the adoption of cloud-based services continues to grow, a governance model is needed to orchestrate enterprise cloud implementations and harness the power of Big Data analytics.
In his session at Cloud Expo, Mahesh Singh, President of BigData, Inc., discussed how the Enterprise PMO takes center stage not only in developing the appropriate governance model but also in collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure a successful transformation.
CEO Power Panel on SYS-CON.tv | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
Things are being built upon cloud foundations to transform organizations. This CEO Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo, moderated by Roger Strukhoff, Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo conference chair, addressed the big issues involving these technologies and, more important, the results they will achieve. Rodney Rogers, chairman and CEO of Virtustream; Brendan O’Brien, co-founder of Aria Systems, Bart Copeland, president and CEO of ActiveState Software; Jim Cowie, chief scientist at Dyn; Dave Wagstaff, VP and chief architect at BSQUARE Corporation; Seth Proctor, CTO of NuoDB, Inc.; and Andris Gailitis, CIO of DEAC, discussed how important public, private, and hybrid cloud are to the enterprise. How does one define Big Data? And how is the IoT tying all this together?
Tech News Recap for the Week of 12/8/2014
Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 12/8/2014.
Tech News Recap
Microsoft released Office 365 Video and will unveil the consumer side of Windows 10 on January 21st. Pure Storage has introduced an all-flash approach to converged infrastructure they are calling FlashStack CI. A study has found that there was an increase in 2014 SMB mobility adoption spending. ZDnet released a list of the 10 best smartphones at the close of the year. After a massive data breach, Sony is fighting back. There were also good articles around the Internet of Things, strategic service providers, hybrid cloud solutions, and an interview with a CTO at Citrix, Gunnar Berger.
- Study: CFOs Fear Falling Behind From Not Having The Right Cloud Solutions
- Growing Demand for Cloud Professional Services
- Microsoft To Unveil The Consumer Side of Windows 10 On January 21
- Internet of Things will take to the cloud
- CTO Focus Interview: Gunnar Berger, Citrix
- Microsoft’s Brilliant Move to Make Money From Archrival Google
- Now you can change all your passwords automatically
- Pure Storage Introduces An All-Flash Approach to Converged Infrastructure: FlashStack CI
- Sony strike back at data thieves, tackles torrent downloaders
- More Companies Choose Hybrid Cloud Solutions
- Study: 2014 Saw Increased SMB Mobility Adoption Spending
- Best 10 smartphones at the close of 2014
- Microsoft “Office 365 Video” Release – Common Questions Answered
- The Birth Of The Strategic Service Provider
Download this guide: 4 Reasons Why Visibility and Control Are the Key to a Better Virtual Infrastructure
By Ben Stephenson, Emerging Media Specialist
Profitable SaaS Business Sales Presentation By @DiDataCloud | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
The cloud is everywhere and growing, and with it SaaS has become an accepted means for software delivery. SaaS is more than just a technology, it is a thriving business model estimated to be worth around $53 billion dollars by 2015, according to IDC. The question is – how do you build and scale a profitable SaaS business model?
In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Jason Cumberland, Vice President, SaaS Solutions at Dimension Data, discussed the common mistakes businesses make when transitioning to SaaS; how to avoid them; and how to build a profitable and scalable SaaS business.
‘Decisions on Streaming Data’ By @Databricks | @CloudExpo [#BigData]
Amazon, Google and Facebook are household names in part because of their mastery of Big Data. But what about organizations without billions of dollars to spend on Big Data tools – how can they extract value from their data?
In his session at 6th Big Data Expo®, Ali Ghodsi, Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at Databricks, discussed how the zero management cost and scalability of the cloud is addressing the challenges and pain points that data engineers face when working with Big Data. He also shared how the growing demand for cloud-based Big Data workloads and frameworks is shaping the future of Big Data analysis.