Healthcare provider Sentara Healthcare has improved its IT operations and services delivery at higher quality and higher speed, making IT an internal business-service provider, and deploying better monitoring of app services.
To learn more about how Sentara Healthcare excelled at application and data delivery and has progressed toward an automated lifecycle approach for high-performance applications management, join Jason Siegrist, Manager of Enterprise Management Technologies at Sentara.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: How the Cloud Brings Clarity
Enterprise data is proliferating at such a ridiculous pace that the folks in your organization simply can’t make sense of it all. But it’s not just the volume of data that cripples decision-makers – it’s the ability (or lack thereof) to access information how, where and when they need.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Chris Wintermeyer, Chief Advocate at Domo, will walk through common data challenges that organizations are facing, as well as cloud tech and tips to solve them.
With 20 years of experience in the technology industry, Chris has helped hundreds of companies around the world develop and deploy solutions in business intelligence, analytics, virtualization, and social media. Today he serves as Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions at Domo, where he works on the front lines with organizations that want to derive more value from their BI investments by dramatically improving the user experience and effectiveness for executives and managers. A native of Ohio, Chris now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business and IT from Southern Methodist University.
Akamai Unveils Open Platform Initiative
Akamai on Wednesday introduced the Akamai Open Platform Initiative. Designed to give customers and partners the ability to more easily architect for Akamai services, the set of programs and components that comprise the Open Platform Initiative is intended to create more opportunities for community collaboration and innovation, and provide deeper visibility into and greater control of how enterprises interact with Akamai technology.
«Offering our customers and partners the right technology and the freedom to use it in compelling ways are at the foundation of the Akamai Open Platform Initiative,» explained Rick McConnell, president, Products and Development at Akamai. «The ability to use the power of the Akamai Intelligent Platform enables developers to take advantage of emerging Internet opportunities and create innovative web experiences optimized for their customers.»
Akamai Unveils Open Platform Initiative
Akamai on Wednesday introduced the Akamai Open Platform Initiative. Designed to give customers and partners the ability to more easily architect for Akamai services, the set of programs and components that comprise the Open Platform Initiative is intended to create more opportunities for community collaboration and innovation, and provide deeper visibility into and greater control of how enterprises interact with Akamai technology.
«Offering our customers and partners the right technology and the freedom to use it in compelling ways are at the foundation of the Akamai Open Platform Initiative,» explained Rick McConnell, president, Products and Development at Akamai. «The ability to use the power of the Akamai Intelligent Platform enables developers to take advantage of emerging Internet opportunities and create innovative web experiences optimized for their customers.»
Ensuring Platform Success by Growing Ecosystems
In the past, innovation in the IT industry consisted of a few large vendors developing hardware and software products in virtual isolation. This behavior stemmed from the desire to hide trade secrets from competition and maintain a lead in the market. Few solutions dominated the IT landscape and gave customers limited options while allowing products to thrive on high profit margins. Ever since the success of Linux, the market has been moving to a new paradigm in which hardware and software platforms harness co-development supported by a larger ecosystem of developers and partners.
WebRTC Summit | Wrangling WebRTC in the Cloud: Taming the Beast
WebRTC as a technology for real-time communication is gaining a lot of traction and as we move to using WebRTC in real-world use cases, how does a cloud-based WebRTC infrastructure fit into this equation?
In his session at WebRTC Summit, Badri Rajasekar, VP of Engineering at TokBox, will dive into various client-side considerations and what it takes to support them from a cloud offering perspective such as NAT traversal, mobile support, quality of experience, signaling and analytics. He will also delve into how this all fits together in the WebRTC landscape and what it takes to develop a cloud-based WebRTC offering.
WebRTC Summit | Wrangling WebRTC in the Cloud: Taming the Beast
WebRTC as a technology for real-time communication is gaining a lot of traction and as we move to using WebRTC in real-world use cases, how does a cloud-based WebRTC infrastructure fit into this equation?
In his session at WebRTC Summit, Badri Rajasekar, VP of Engineering at TokBox, will dive into various client-side considerations and what it takes to support them from a cloud offering perspective such as NAT traversal, mobile support, quality of experience, signaling and analytics. He will also delve into how this all fits together in the WebRTC landscape and what it takes to develop a cloud-based WebRTC offering.
Oracle and Accenture take pharma R&D to the cloud
Andrew Brosnan, Senior Analyst, Health Sciences
Life sciences companies are faced with significant economic challenges that necessitate a change in their business model: the cost of developing new drugs is too high, and the current cost of healthcare is unsustainable. As a result, big pharmaceutical companies must leverage new technologies to extract greater value from their data while reducing the cost of drug development.
At this year’s Oracle OpenWorld conference, Oracle and Accenture outlined the R&D IT platform that they are developing to provide pharma companies with enhanced analytical capabilities while streamlining the industry’s drug development operations.
A complex environment and increasing trial costs necessitate change
The cost of clinical trials has been steadily increasing, and the thresholds for the commercialization of new drugs have been raised. Clinical trials are becoming more difficult to run and more complex in nature, particularly with the increasing application of personalized …
How to Sell the Cloud to a Reluctant Executive
There are a lot of reasons to consider cloud or SaaS software options for your business systems. But there are two things you must do when you pitch the idea to executives: cut through the jargon and address security concerns in accessible terms.
How to Sell the Cloud to a Reluctant Executive
There are a lot of reasons to consider cloud or SaaS software options for your business systems. But there are two things you must do when you pitch the idea to executives: cut through the jargon and address security concerns in accessible terms.