The way organizations are consuming IT services is evolving, driven by the cloud and mobile era. Cloud enables new IT service delivery models. This represents a disruptive change for both business and IT, but with this comes increased complexities and expanded management and integration scope. Leveraging the cloud requires more than just technology migration. It requires a new approach for designing, building and operating IT solutions in the new cloud service delivery model. This, in turn, requires a common methodology across multiple cloud providers and internal infrastructure, along with a centralized approach to unify provisioning, procurement, metering and control. Our cloud workshop will helps organizations get started in the cloud with the right strategy, methodology and a proven tactical approach to enable the business value of cloud.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Chad M. Lawler, Director of Consulting, Cloud Computing at Hitachi Consulting, will explore the aggregation integration, customization, and automation of cloud solutions design, architecture, provisioning, procurement, deployment, management and governance in the cloud service broker model. Attendees will receive an overview of how innovative cloud brokerage technologies are helping organizations streamline cloud sourcing, procurement, on-boarding, billing and use of different cloud services for cost savings, centralized management and increased governance control.
HP: How the cloud drives the unpredictability of mobile apps #AppsWorld
Earlier this year Infor CEO Charles Phillips claimed that enterprise apps and software “sucked” – but not so according to Hewlett Packard’s Paul Evans who is part of the company’s Application Transformation global marketing division.
“Enterprise apps can be beautiful. For us mobile apps are enterprise apps,” says Evans, who is speaking at Apps World Europe at Earls Court 2 on October 22-23. However he admits that they have evolved hugely from their more cumbersome origins.
“When enterprise apps came out they weren’t designed to be fun or intuitive. Now with a better design people can do all sorts of things without that level of training. Enterprise apps going forward can be fun and intuitive and that will be done by giving people a very design led environment,” he says.
The worry of course about the greater proliferation of enterprise apps comes from their wider adoption both in …
CA Technologies Launches CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap
In a move that disrupts the rapidly growing worldwide IT management market for emerging enterprises and departmental/line-of-business customers, CA Technologies on Tuesday announced the availability of CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap – a free, feature-rich version of its acclaimed CA Nimsoft Monitor solution.
«Until today, under-resourced customers faced an unacceptable choice between non-integrated ‘point’ monitoring tools, technically challenging open-source code, and conventional enterprise-class technology that cost too much and took too long to implement,” said John Smith, General Manager, Infrastructure Management, CA Technologies. “With CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap, these customers finally have a solution that genuinely meets their specific needs.»
CA Technologies Launches CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap
In a move that disrupts the rapidly growing worldwide IT management market for emerging enterprises and departmental/line-of-business customers, CA Technologies on Tuesday announced the availability of CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap – a free, feature-rich version of its acclaimed CA Nimsoft Monitor solution.
«Until today, under-resourced customers faced an unacceptable choice between non-integrated ‘point’ monitoring tools, technically challenging open-source code, and conventional enterprise-class technology that cost too much and took too long to implement,” said John Smith, General Manager, Infrastructure Management, CA Technologies. “With CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap, these customers finally have a solution that genuinely meets their specific needs.»
How enterprises are competing with digital infrastructure and cloud computing
Enterprises are defining their own cloud strategies, their own way, ignoring vendor hype and requiring metrics that reflect security (61%), mean-time-to-recover from outages (57%), number of data center outages (51%).
This and many insights were gained from attending the 451 Research Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas last week. 451 Research provided a free pass to the event but did not cover travel, hotel or meals.
What’s refreshing about 451 Group’s conferences is that each of their companies including 451 Research, Uptime Institute, and Yankee Group rely on solid methodologies to research their coverage areas and markets. This results in presentations that are packed with insight and are based on a solid foundation of interviews and research.
I had a chance to catch up with SoftLayer’s Lance Crosby, Simon West and Andre Fuochi for an update on how the IBM …
Seven Causes of IT Security Paralysis & Cloud-Based Cures
Stats show risk grows in disproportion to IT security readiness. Security deployed, managed from the cloud provides strong results.
How cloud security overcomes the obstacle. It’s simple, really. More bang for the buck. Using the ability to apply operation expenses over capital ones is a significant savings in itself. No expensive servers to buy, no software to maintain and watch depreciate, etc… More importantly is the realization that a company can incorporate a fully capable enterprise juggernaut for pennies on the dollar they would otherwise spend to manage on-premises. Most of us are already aware of the justifying benefits that cloud-based applications provide. I’ve gone on record before stating that for the amount a mid-size company currently pays in support and maintenance for their on-premise initiative, they can easily deploy a robust, fully integrated, fully-capable suite of enterprise-class security solutions from the cloud. The stumbling block here is the proof that such a deployment can adequately meet the specific needs of the unique company. However by applying the 80/20 rule, by covering 80 percent of a company’s needs, it is more than likely well ahead of anything they are currently doing. Now on top of all that is all the professional services and consulting costs that ostensibly go away, or at least are tremendously reduced when managing from the cloud.
Optimizing Oracle DBA Efficiency
The journey to private cloud computing begins and ends with virtualization. Removing the physical 1:1 relationship between Oracle database instances and the server hardware they run on unlocks new capabilities for Oracle DBAs. This white paper explores the advantages of EMC for Oracle for Oracle DBAs and discusses how EMC is delivering real advantages in performance, management, and cost.
Optimizing Oracle DBA Efficiency
The journey to private cloud computing begins and ends with virtualization. Removing the physical 1:1 relationship between Oracle database instances and the server hardware they run on unlocks new capabilities for Oracle DBAs. This white paper explores the advantages of EMC for Oracle for Oracle DBAs and discusses how EMC is delivering real advantages in performance, management, and cost.
Cloud Expo: Delivering Competitive Applications in the ‘Cloud of Clouds’
With the rapid rise of open cloud services, organizations face a future of sourcing and integrating functionality from multiple open APIs. But harnessing this API-centric ‘cloud of clouds’ to deliver competitive applications is not simple. You will need to understand and adopt new disciplines, processes, and technologies – like service analysis, cloud brokering, process orchestration, service integration, agile development, accelerated testing, devops collaboration, continuous delivery and, of course, API management and security.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, technology strategist Andi Mann (author of Visible Ops – Private Cloud and The Innovative CIO) will explain how the new digital enterprise can take advantage of this API-centric ‘cloud of clouds’ to deliver new competitive applications faster, cheaper and safer. Aimed at an architect-level audience, this session will include multiple case studies, implementation advice, execution best practices and other practical lessons.
Stratogent to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Stratogent, a custom managed services organization, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 13th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 4–7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Stratogent is a custom managed services organization based in San Mateo, California. Since 2005, we have been supporting IT infrastructures 24×7 for customers ranging from funded startups to large corporations.
Stratogent takes a unified approach to managing IT infrastructures and services in all three layers: on your premises, in a datacenter and in the Cloud.