In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Michael Driscoll, CEO & Co-Founder of Metamarkets, will present lessons learned from architecting an AWS-hosted analytics platform that manages trillions of events with millisecond latencies. Companies are storing ever-growing amounts of data on AWS, much of it generated from mobile and web applications that are unleashing data at unprecedented speed and scale. These data streams present significant opportunities for smarter pricing, more engaged customers, and greater operational awareness, but existing tools require complex integrations or simply don’t scale. Today, we are processing 100’s of billions of events each month with average query response times of <500ms.
Silicon Valley’s Quadruple Whammy: Cloud, Big Data, SDN and WebRTC
According to a report published recently by Wikibon the total Big Data market reached $11.4 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach $18.2 billion this year. IDC says big data will be $24B market by 2016.
As for the Cloud, the cloud computing marketplace will reach $16.7 billion in revenue this year, including the large and well-established SaaS category, according to a research report by 451 Market Monitor, compared to a revenue of $8.7 billion in 2010.
From the Stone Age to Today – History of Security Infographic
When you think of security do you think of locks, guards or even your home security alarm? At the moment security is more likely to bring up thoughts of hackers, PRISM and well-publicized data breaches.
Of course I think of the cloud when discussing security. In the contemporary world of information security, enterprises and institutions are increasingly acknowledging the need to find new ways to protect their most sensitive information when using cloud applications.
Given the speed of advancements in the technology world, enterprises need to be constantly changing, adapting and improving security. From the beginning of history the issue of security has been a key priority.
Let’s see what we can learn from those that came ahead of us in this PerspecSys’ infographic that takes a fun walk through the past – The History of Security.
E-commerce: The Secret Sauce for SMBs and Hosters
If you’ve sat in front of a television lately, chances are that you have seen an advertisement for a Do-It-Yourself website for your small business. Who would believe that in this hyper-wired world we live in that some businesses still don’t have a website? Clearly some don’t. And the fact that we’re getting bombarded with these offers every night during prime time shows you just how significant an opportunity exists.
DIY websites are all the rage. For the end-user, they are low-cost, low-risk, full-featured, and easy-to-use. For hosters, they are a great way to attract and retain new SMB customers, and to eventually sell them more services and increase ARPU. And, because of intuitive WYSIWYG design and editing tools, they are also fairly easy to support.
The jump from having no web presence to having a basic website can be dramatic for a SMB – suddenly they are discoverable and contactable – but it’s not the same as having a storefront with goods and services available for purchase 24/7/365. It’s like the difference between having a ‘business’ or a ‘business card’ at your web address.
Enter e-commerce, SaaS-style.
Lunch Keynote at Cloud Expo: What About Your Private Cloud?
Want to gain an edge in your technical career? Industry insiders suggest that over 70% of businesses now run at least two virtualization platforms in their IT environment. That’s why IT pros who understand multiple platforms are invaluable to their companies and clients. With all the talk about the wonderful technologies in the public cloud space, what about all the great work you are doing in your private cloud? The modern datacenter is already virtualizing, and likely virtualizing using VMware vSphere, vCenter, and so on.
In his Lunchtime Focus Keynote at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Matt Hester, Senior Information Technology Professional Evangelist for Microsoft, will help you get familiar with all that Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 can do; and in terms that you’ll understand.
Big Data and Analytics as Part of the Political Process
The Democratic National Committee leveraged big data analytics to better understand and predict voter behavior and alliances in the 2012 U.S. national elections.
To learn more about how the DNC pulled vast amounts of data together to predict and understand voter preferences and positions on the issues, join Chris Wegrzyn, Director of Data Architecture at the DNC, based in Washington, DC.
The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.
Cloud Expo | Big Data Is a Big Deal: Running Hadoop in the Cloud
Get a solid understanding of the underpinnings and principles of Hadoop, perhaps the most sought after high-paying skill for a developer today.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Bruno Terkaly, an evangelist for Microsoft, will begin by illustrating how you build your own single node cluster of Hadoop on the Linux virtual machine (CentOS) for free so you can start learning immediately. It will begin with a raw Linux VM and all the needed components will be downloaded and installed. You can be up and running quickly in the cloud within 30 minutes. This session will contain code and will show no more than a few slides. We will learn about writing the low-level map/reduce code in Java, which is really the low-level assembly language of Hadoop code. From there we will introduce more efficient approaches to analyzing big data with Hadoop, running high level queries and analyzing crime information from San Francisco as the example.
Cloud Expo Platinum Plus Sponsor HGST and Gold Sponsor Verizon Team Up
As 13th Cloud Expo / Cloud Expo Silicon Valley draws near, two of its major sponsors are working together in a high-profile way. Hitachi GST (HGST), a Western Digital company, and Verizon Enterprise Solutions today announced that HGST is providing solid-state storage solutions for Verizon’s recently introduced Verizon Cloud. HGST’s s800 Series Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class solid-state drives (SSDs) are being deployed in Verizon’s cloud servers, providing large enterprises, mid-size companies and small businesses with high-performing, highly reliable solid-state storage on a scalable platform.
Why SoftLayer believes in a “really good” future with IBM #AppsWorld
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider SoftLayer has been making all the right noises since its acquisition by IBM back in July.
Earlier this month CloudTech reported on the health of the IBM-SoftLayer relationship, with many IBM divisions reputed to be actively collaborating with the SoftLayer team to migrate existing apps and develop new ones.
And for Jonathan Wisler, EMEA general manager, speaking at Apps World Europe earlier today, things couldn’t be any smoother.
“It’s been really good,” Wisler tells CloudTech. “In the short term, it’s opened up a lot of opportunities with customers, and the customers are asking for cloud, which is a great place to be.
“And then also IBM is deploying some of their software as a solution on their stack, which is another validation of their belief in the platform,” he adds.
It’s a straightforward enough value proposition; SoftLayer, as a “purely …
Cloud Expo: How to Accelerate the Need for Cloud-Based Applications
According to IDC Research, cloud-based applications (apps) consumed via software-as-a-service (SaaS) will grow nearly five times faster than traditional on-premise application development. SaaS-based apps address a company’s desire to increase business capabilities without the need for additional capital expenditure and/or IT resources. These next-generation apps must be configurable without the need for IT and empower the business to easily adapt to market demand, be accessible through multiple touch points (Web, Mobile, Social), and support bi-directional end-user interaction with existing enterprise systems.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Jesse Shiah, CEO & Co-Founder of AgilePoint, will highlight how AgilePoint enables customers to modernize their IT infrastructure with cloud-based applications and reap the benefits of SaaS. Our business-oriented development platform provides a collaborative environment where the business and IT can create these applications with minimal code. Come and join us to see how companies are doing more with less.