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What Are WebSockets?
WebSockets provide new protocol between client and server which runs over a persistent TCP connection. Through this open connection, bi-directional, full-duplex messages can be sent between the single TCP socket connection (simultaneously or back and forth). Because it is an independent TCP-based protocol, it doesn’t ideally require HTTP tunneling (similar to Netflix and other streaming services), allowing for simplified communication when sending messages.
WebSockets come after many other technologies that allow servers to send information to the client. Web applications that use Comet/Ajax, push/pull and long polling all do this over HTTP. Other than handshaking the Upgrade Header, WebSockets is independent from HTTP.
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Cloud Expo® 2013 Silicon Valley, November 4-7, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
AppZero to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that AppZero, the fastest way to move enterprise applications to the cloud, 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.
AppZero is the fastest, most flexible way to move server applications to and across any cloud or datacenter, without code change or lock-in. Encapsulating Windows applications in VM/OS-free packages, AppZero’s patented software moves complex server applications with ease. AppZero allows you to modernize your infrastructure, moving from an old OS to a newer one with the click of a button – modernize and move to the cloud in one step.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: The Cloud and License Management: Now What?
License and compliance management was difficult when most everything you needed was terrestrial – on the ground, tangible, and countable. But as assets float toward and into the cloud, license and compliance management are more complex, more challenging, and even more important.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Erik Iversen, Leader, Software Asset Management Team at SHI International, will demonstrate how to use a simple three-step model to help your company get ready.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Shocking Hybrid Cloud Secrets Revealed!
Like most companies, yours is probably building both an internal, flexible IT environment and leveraging the power of public cloud providers (i.e., Amazon, Azure, etc.). Each plays a key role in the IT footprint – and together, they offer unparalleled flexibility, efficiency and the agility to meet changing business needs. You may be starting small – or moving quickly to address a range of business needs, geographies or users. As you do, consider the role of an integrated, holistic management model to your enterprise.
In his session at the 13th International Cloud Expo®, Alan Chhabra, Vice President, Global Architects at BMC Software, will introduce the key qualities of integrated management, built to address the hybrid use cases of public cloud, on-premise converged fabrics, advanced service catalogs, multi-data center deployments, and, ultimately, IT transformation using cloud. You’ve likely already dabbled in – or even mastered – the basics of cloud. Now learn from two case studies what it takes to reach the next level and lead your company to success with a hybrid cloud!
Harbinger Systems Named “e-Bulletin Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
SYS-CON Events announced today that Harbinger Systems, a global provider of software engineering services, has been named “e-Bulletin Sponsor” of 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.
Harbinger Systems is a leading provider of software engineering services to some of the world’s best product companies. Since 1990, Harbinger has developed a strong customer base worldwide. Harbinger’s customers are software product companies, including hi-tech startups in Silicon Valley, to leading product companies in the US and large in-house IT organizations. Harbinger Systems services span across Enterprise Software development, Advanced Testing services for software ISVs and Solution Consulting in eLearning.
Harbinger Systems is a part of Harbinger Group (www.harbingergroup.com). Harbinger Group is a leading global provider of innovative software products and services to companies in over 57 countries.
Rethinking IT as a Service Experience
Inside the world’s companies and government departments, IT organizations have traditionally focused on delivering to internal customers. This has created an environment where IT is expected to align the services it delivers with age-old business processes that have evolved over years of operation, and is focused on efficiency. Delivering innovation and new ideas has become fraught with unnecessary complexity and internal politics, and strategically IT remains a back-office function.
Meanwhile, in the outside world, things have changed. IT is now front of house, delivering to consumers via online and mobile apps, whose expectations are higher. IT is part of the customer relationship and, as a result, it is expected to deliver its service promise and for problems not to occur. Social media has meant that when there are problems, they occur publicly. In the time it can take to raise a trouble ticket on a service management system, a consumer problem can surge on Twitter and reach thousands, damaging an organization’s reputation. At the same time, organizations now have access to more information about their customers and services than ever before, which provides huge potential for transforming their services.
Cloud Expo Silicon Valley: Securing Identities in the Cloud
As web applications continue to proliferate, identity theft and fraud expand to chronic levels in the US. Back in 2006, the FTC reported over 8M victims of identity theft with cases costing $5000 and 1200 hours to repair the damage, and it’s only gotten worse since then. MasterCard and Visa spend over a billion each year to fight identity theft and web companies are increasingly the subject of class action lawsuits due to online security breaches. Web companies need to find a safer method for securing the identity of their users.
Thankfully new cloud solution companies are responding, offering solutions with strong authentication and the convenience of the cloud and your mobile device. These solutions can be easily deployed utilizing new technologies like secure QR codes, smart silicon embedded in laptops and tablets, and secure mobile apps. Recently, a few ASPs like Twitter and Facebook have deployed SMS authentication for additional security. These incremental steps are moving in the right direction but fall short of what is required to stop hackers.
Case Study: Kettle Corn Manufacturer Sees Sweet Growth through the Cloud
Growth is good, but sometimes it may not feel that way when the business you love has outgrown your ability to manage it. When Post-It notes can’t support your customers, it’s time to change. When you’re apprehensive about winning that big, new account because you don’t have the capacity to manage it, it’s time to change. Change came to Old Mill Kettle Corn, a company that manufactures healthy corn-based snacks, when McKee Foods Corporation a national snack food manufacturer approached it with a distribution offer that the company couldn’t refuse.
Old Mill Kettle Corn had never used an ERP platform or a formal food safety management system (FSMS) but with the imminent expansion and new market opportunities, management realized it was no longer feasible to use paper spreadsheets and manual processes to manage product quality, inventory, supply chain communications and other processing operations aspects.