As we move closer toward everything-as- a-service (XaaS), the title “Internet of Agents” seems to fit what is really happening. Agents are systems and devices that sense what is going on, and they exchange information with and act on behalf of other agents and people in ways that ultimately result in useful services being performed.
When we start to view the delivery of services as a distributed cooperative effort conducted by millions of agents, as opposed to the actions of a few dedicated and single-minded service platforms, we start to get a glimpse of the huge potential of the Internet of Agents. We also must face the challenge of keeping track of this expanding service universe: managing security and permissions, making the dynamic portfolio available and usable, and ultimately monetizing all of this and ensuring that each contributor to these increasingly complex value chains is compensated for the fragments of service capability provided.
BYOD and Mobile Security Solutions
“We see many companies looking to adopt BYOD strategies for employees, but few who are solely BYOD,” observed Milja Gillespie, Director of Product Marketing, Mobile Security, SAP, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Computing Journal. “Often, they offer corporate devices for certain types of workers for whom mobility is a core function and BYOD for others who may want to access business resources on a personal device but don’t require it for productivity purposes.”
Cloud Computing Journal: Describe for us a bit the recent growth of mobile, and the projected growth over the next few years.
Milja Gillespie: According to a recent Infonetics Research survey, respondent organizations reportedly averaged approximately 9,000 devices on their networks, which is expected to grow to 20 percent by 2015, and about 2/3 of those enterprises surveyed allow their employees to bring their own devices into work and connect to the company networks today.
Aria Systems Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Expo 2014 NY & Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Aria Systems, the recurring revenue expert, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of 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, and the 15th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Aria Systems helps leading businesses connect their customers with the products and services they love. Industry leaders like Pitney Bowes, Experian, AAA NCNU, VMware, HootSuite and many others choose Aria to power their recurring revenue business and deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.
The Top 10, Top 10 Predictions for 2014
This time of year the crystal balls get a viewing and many pundits put out their annual predictions for the coming year. Rather than thinking up my own, I figured I’d regurgitate what many others are expecting to happen.
Cybersecurity in 2014: A roundup of predictions: ZDNet might have picked up that I have done this for the past two years and Charles McLellan put together his own collection. This is a good place to start with lists from Symantec, Websense, FireEye, Fortinet and others. Mobile malware, zero-days, encryption, ‘Internet of Things,’ and a personal favorite, The Importance of DNS are amongst many predictions.
The Top 10, Top 10 Predictions for 2014
This time of year the crystal balls get a viewing and many pundits put out their annual predictions for the coming year. Rather than thinking up my own, I figured I’d regurgitate what many others are expecting to happen.
Cybersecurity in 2014: A roundup of predictions: ZDNet might have picked up that I have done this for the past two years and Charles McLellan put together his own collection. This is a good place to start with lists from Symantec, Websense, FireEye, Fortinet and others. Mobile malware, zero-days, encryption, ‘Internet of Things,’ and a personal favorite, The Importance of DNS are amongst many predictions.
Telx and Peak Partner to Deploy Cloud Services
Telx together with Peak® (formerly PeakColo) announced on Thursday Peak’s expansion into two Telx data centers, SCL2, a 40,000 square foot data center at 2820 Northwestern Parkway in Santa Clara, California and in ATL1, a 160,000 square foot data center located : at 56 Marietta Street in Atlanta, Ga.
«Peak represents the latest in a broad range of cloud service providers that have selected Telx, ranging from IaaS to SaaS (Software as a Service) providers. We are servicing some of the world’s largest network service providers and enterprises across a wide range of business verticals, such as digital media and entertainment, social networks, video streaming, financial services, healthcare, retail, other cloud companies, and startups,» said Chris Downie, CEO, Telx.
Gemalto Launches Identity-as-a-Service Solution
CloudEntr allows users to gain convenient access to all their web-based applications by authenticating just once with a unique log-in credential. With CloudEntr businesses are also able to smoothly transition from weak user-selected passwords to stronger protection, through complex passwords that don’t need to be remembered or two-factor authentication capabilities, including mobile one-time-passwords (OTP).
With a potential of 330 million(1) professional users in the US and Europe alone, Gemalto’s new Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offer enables cost-effective and speedy deployment of advanced web-based strong authentication for businesses looking to manage employees’ access identities. CloudEntr’s scalability and frictionless technology offers companies a self-serve approach that easily interfaces with existing IT systems. CloudEntr introduces users to an optimal balance of convenience and security while being universally compatible with mobile technology for anytime, anywhere access to web-based applications.
3 reasons to love the bare metal cloud
When infrastructure-as-a-service is referenced, we are generally discussing virtual server offerings. Bare metal challenges that assumption, having become a major part of how hybrid clouds blend public, dedicated, and private virtual infrastructure.
Gathering Clouds’ contributor and cloud computing expert David Linthicum notes: “…virtualization and cloud computing are not mandatory partners.”
Indeed, Linthicum’s point should not be ignored. Too often, virtualization is confused for cloud, leading to the wide spread “cloud washing” ideology that has occurred over the last few years. Many companies suffer as a result; gaining the agility that virtualization delivers for infrastructure management but gaining none of the cost and performance benefits that true clouds can deliver. Linthicum continues to mention:
“It’s a fact that virtualization is not a requirement when creating cloud computing services, but it is helpful to those who manage the service. “
So when considering leveraging bare metal as part of a cloud …
ClearDATA nails $14m funding round, increases push to healthcare cloud
Cloud healthcare specialist ClearDATA has announced the conclusion of its series B round of funding to the tune of $14m, expanding its opportunities to provide cloud technology in the health industry.
The company, which describes itself as “exclusively dedicated” to healthcare in the cloud, has a solution which is approved by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and serves over 300,000 healthcare professionals.
The investors in the second round of funding included usual suspects Excel Venture Management and Norwest Venture Partners, as well as crucially the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, which is the company’s strategic investor.
Darin Brannan, ClearDATA CEO, said in a statement: “The IT demands on healthcare organisations are greater than ever – and they will continue to grow as big data and analytics take hold in the industry.
“Our investors recognise the escalating need for hosting and services in the cloud that can help …
Proud to Be Joining Veterans 360 and Cloud for Vets!
Today I’m proud and honored to announce my appointment to the Board of Advisors for Veterans 360. Their mission is to provide young, recently-separated combat veterans with a program of support that will help them develop the professional and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in civilian life. The goal of this worthwhile organization is to use engagement, education, employment, and healing to help our student-veterans utilize what they have learned to manage the resources that are available to them and become better equipped to ensure a successful transition into civilian life.