The 3D modeling manufacturing process has brought about major changes in the manufacturing world and is having a growing impact among established companies and entrepreneurs. These new manufacturing innovations are allowing people to have greater ability to bring their ideas to life and, if they’re running a business, to get their products in the market more quickly. Many established manufacturing processes are still in place, but industry manufacturers are aware of how the field is changing as designers and small businesses are no longer as dependent on them as they once were.
The Maker Movement & the Democratization of Enterprise Manufacturing
The 3D modeling manufacturing process has brought about major changes in the manufacturing world and is having a growing impact among established companies and entrepreneurs. These new manufacturing innovations are allowing people to have greater ability to bring their ideas to life and, if they’re running a business, to get their products in the market more quickly. Many established manufacturing processes are still in place, but industry manufacturers are aware of how the field is changing as designers and small businesses are no longer as dependent on them as they once were.
In-Memory Data Grids and Cloud Computing
The use of in-memory data grids (IMDGs) for scaling application performance has rapidly increased in recent years as firms have seen their application workloads explode. This trend runs across nearly every vertical market, touching online applications for financial services, ecommerce, travel, manufacturing, social media, mobile, and more. At the same time, many firms are also looking to leverage the use of cloud computing to meet the challenge of ever increasing workloads. One of the fundamental promises of the cloud is elastic, transparent, on-demand scalability — a key capability that has become practical with the use of in-memory data grid technology. As such IMDGs are becoming a vital factor in the cloud, just as they have been for on-premise applications.
How to Save Money While Doing Green IT
There have been a flurry of «green cloud» announcements recently, and that got us thinking about the relationship between green IT and saving money. Green is also the color of money, after all, and companies are discovering that reducing data center costs leads to substantial green benefits. The cloud takes cost reduction and green even further.
In the first announcement, IBM continues to innovate in cloud and in green, and it has patented technology for distributing compute workloads for cloud computing in a way that reduces power consumption. I’d liken it to a load balancer, but instead of trying to reduce response times, they’re trying to reduce power utilization overall. Now, it’s really interesting because this is not just a green initiative but it is also a cost-savings opportunity for cloud service providers.
Power consumption is a major cost driver for cloud service providers. Often, it’s pay-as-you go for storage, for compute, even for bandwidth. But no cloud provider is really charging for power utilization. This is a way for cloud service providers to reduce their sunk cost and improve their margins without having to charge the customers more. It’s green, but it’s also green for your wallet.
Why the PaaS market as we know it will not die off
I’ve been hearing a lot about Platform as a Service (PaaS) lately as part of the broader discussion of cloud computing from both customers and in articles across the web. In this post, I’ll describe PaaS, discuss a recent article that came out on the subject, and take a shot at sorting out IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
What is PaaS?
First a quick trip down memory lane for me. As an intern in college, one of my tours of duty was through the manufacturing systems department at an automaker. I came to work the first day to find a modest desktop computer loaded with all of the applications I needed to look busy, and a nicely printed sheet with logins to various development systems.
My supervisor called the play: “I tell you what I want, you code it up, I’ll take a look at it, and move …
WSM – Website Movers International to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New York
SYS-CON Events announced today that WSM, the pioneer and global leader in web and data server migrations, will exhibit at 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.
WSM – Website Movers International is the first and largest web/data server migration services provider in the industry. The company has progressively evolved under the same founder since 1996, initially as a hosting services provider. Following a sale of the hosting company, Website Movers Incorporated was established in 2003 as the first ever specialized web/data server migration company.. Now doing business as WSM, the company has over 60 technical staff in 4 locations, as well as established partnerships with industry-leading hosting service providers such as Rackspace, SoftLayer/IBM, Peer1, Hosting.com and many others. WSM expanded service solutions include web/application configuration, development, load testing, performance tuning, proactive and responsive security audits/remediation, maintenance and support delivering most comprehensive ‘Server-to-Browser’ service experience for all WSM customers and partners.
Network Neutrality, Victory or Disappointment? | Part 1
Despite the fact that the net neutrality debate is a discussion that has been ongoing for years, a January 14th ruling from the United States Federal Court of Appeals has stirred the pot once again. The court’s decision has created a renewed upsurge in comments, opinions and future-gazing, with debate squarely landing in two very different camps. And, as is to be expected, there is actually very little neutrality.
One is left to ask if it is in fact possible to look at this topic objectively, without taking sides from the outset. Perhaps the passage of time has helped to put the topic in perspective. It may be that the Internet itself, which plays such a central role in our daily lives, has achieved a sort of self-defining momentum that will in due course make some of the net neutrality debate academic.
GoodData Rated Cloud BI Platform Leader in Nucleus Research Value Matrix
GoodData on Thursday announced its ranking in the Leader Quadrant of Nucleus Research’s Technology Value Matrix for Business Intelligence and Analytics. Nucleus Research places vendors in the BI Leader category who provide key functionalities, including «data discovery and visualization products, cloud-based and as-a-service business intelligence tools» that improve business value with high levels of usability.
«GoodData has established itself as a leading cloud BI provider over more traditional vendors based on its software’s usability, data governance, licensing, cloud model and thought leadership,» said Nina Sandy, principal analyst, Nucleus Research. «The GoodData platform provides organizations with the ability to collect, store, refine, visualize, analyze, report and integrate data, propelling it to the leadership quad in our Value Matrix.»
Lenovo to Acquire IBM’s x86 Server Business
Lenovo and IBM have entered into a definitive agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. This includes System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. The purchase price is approximately US$2.3 billion, approximately two billion of which will be paid in cash and the balance in Lenovo stock.
IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances.
Lenovo to Acquire IBM’s x86 Server Business
Lenovo and IBM have entered into a definitive agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. This includes System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. The purchase price is approximately US$2.3 billion, approximately two billion of which will be paid in cash and the balance in Lenovo stock.
IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances.