In the past 10 years, numerous solutions have been developed to deal with limitations in the leading relational databases. But knowing which offering works best per use case can be difficult to decipher.
Avi’s usual recommendation for Hadoop-type jobs is the MapR distribution. He have found that MapR is similarly priced but offers higher performance and a native NFS interface to Hadoop that can perform at hundreds of gigabits at scale, utilize 24 to 90 disks (depending on CPU and RAM), and allow basic Unix tools to be used for analyzing subsets of data in a more ad-hoc fashion. At the end of his session, Avi will make recommendations based on common use cases, data back ends, and application requirements.
Secure Corporate Content in the Cloud within a Connected Mobile Ecosystem
The evolutionary nature of mobile presents a security-centric challenge for businesses with corporate content on these devices. Enterprises put themselves at risk when users access sensitive information through email and applications across smartphones and tablets, while mobile. Organizations can choose to ignore this security threat or enhance employee productivity through secure corporate containers.
In his session at 14th Cloud Expo, Eric Owings, an enterprise account executive at AirWatch®, will discuss best practices and strategies to ensure global security and workforce enablement by leveraging enterprise mobility management (EMM) across the enterprise. He will also provide attendees with a deeper understanding of enterprise mobility in a connected ecosystem, while ensuring security and compliance in the cloud.
Brother Takes Mobile Office-Tech Beyond the Cloud
Taking office technology to a new level, Brother is preparing to showcase its latest mobile-focused innovations – and has literally gone beyond the clouds and into space.
The office tech specialist’s newest technology is designed to meet the demands of today’s mobile savvy workforce – so office functions like printing, digitising and virtual conferencing are more accessible.
Simon Stones, Senior Manager, S&S Commercial from Brother International Europe (BIE), said: «We are making giant leaps to ensure technology is available when and where it is needed. Taking this to the extreme – children at venues across Japan have communicated in real-time with an astronaut during a space mission, using our OmniJoin web conferencing platform[1] – proving just how powerful today’s office technology can be.
It’s time to stop thinking of G-Cloud as a golden ticket to public sector sales
As the latest round of procurement for G-Cloud opened at the end of February it won’t be long until we get to see who’s made it onto the refreshed roster of suppliers on CloudStore when the new framework goes live in May.
With the new framework in the pipeline there are signs of renewed ambition for G-Cloud to deliver more business to a wider set of suppliers as evidenced by Francis Maude’s goal for a further £100m to be spent through the platform by May 2015.
The trouble is that when you look at the numbers, this is little more than a gnat’s bite from the elephantine £13.8bn spent on Government each year. What’s more, this is the total spend on a framework where there are now 1186 suppliers vying for business.
It is clear that G-Cloud has a long way to go. So …
IBM rebrands as a cloud company, moves $1bn of investments into hybrid play
It’s official. IBM is now a cloud company. Big Blue has announced it is to push $1bn (£597.6m) of its resources and investments into cloud, including a developer-friendly platform as a service (PaaS) offering called BlueMix.
The Armonk giant also revealed it was to push SoftLayer into a variety of new zones, including making Watson available on the platform.
Amidst a plethora of announcements within the billion dollar investment, IBM SVP software and cloud solutions Robert LeBlanc described it as “another significant move in extending true cloud integration.”
“IBM is ushering in a bold new era of innovation by partnering with developers in an open environment to accelerate the emerging world of hybrid cloud computing,” he said. “We are combining the strength of our developer ecosystem with the depth of subject matter expertise to build a scalable model that easily spans from a single developer to global teams …
Stephen Colbert Unveils “Cloud Fog: Part Cloud, Part Fog, All Security”
A very hybrid cloud…
Knock-Knock Entrepreneurs: Cloud Is Here for You!
Being a businesswoman, I know how busy an entrepreneur’s life is. In order to make sure that my business runs cost-effectively and everything happens on time, I have opted for a number of ideas and services. I have realized over time that management of IT is something which consumes a lot of money and time. In order to eliminate my headache related to IT services, I have opted for the Cloud.
CRM and Cloud: Do They Complement Each Other?
Businesses have been a witness to how rapidly customer dealing has been changing over many years. Earlier businesses had to face a stiff competition in order to get new clients but now they face competition even in retaining the existing clients. This is the point where Customer Relationship Management comes into play.
You would have realized that everything these days is moving on the cloud. Whether it a business data, or a crucial software, or anti-viruses, or books, everything is there on the cloud. It would be highly profitable for the businesses if they move their CRM on the cloud. Here are some reasons to prove that the combination of CRM and cloud is worth million dollars.
Its Not All Sunshine and Rainbows in the World of the Cloud
No matter how much this technology progresses on an international scale, it still is cloudy in the land of the cloud.
In a perfect world, we all would be on the cloud living our lives happily ever after. There’s no denying the limitless potential possessed by this revolutionary technology which has not only changed the way we do business, but also how we live our lives.
IBM Invests $1B to Deliver Unique PaaS Capabilities
IBM has announced a unique new development environment and capabilities-as-a-service to help clients and developers speed the adoption of «hybrid» clouds, which have the potential to usher in a new era of innovation across the enterprise. As part of its initiative, IBM has invested more than $1 billion for software cloud development and is launching new capabilities running on SoftLayer.
With today’s news, IBM is addressing three fundamental issues to help speed the adoption of hybrid clouds.
1. Enabling enterprise developers for the cloud: According to Evans Data, there are more than 18 million software developers worldwide yet less than 25 percent are developing for the cloud today [1]. As the industry moves to the cloud era, millions of developers are