A recent study revealed that the government is saving around $5.5 billion a year since the shift to cloud, according to this CRN article. The study was created from interviews with 108 federal IT managers and CIOs and was published by MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange. The study also found that if they had been more aggressive in cloud adoption, the government could have saved $12 billion.
Concentric Cloud Solutions to Exhibit at Cloud Expo 2012 New York
SYS-CON Events announced today that Concentric Cloud Solutions, a provider of new cloud computing, content acceleration, and cloud voice solutions for businesses, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11–14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Concentric Cloud Solutions offers businesses advanced cloud-based computing, content acceleration, and cloud voice solutions. Through its cloud-based platforms and online portal, Concentric Cloud Solutions helps organizations simplify the procurement and management of critical infrastructure, accelerate application and web site performance, and improve interactive communications with customers.
Apperian Rolls Out New Mobile Application Lifecycle Management Architecture
Apperian (www.apperian.com) today announced the latest release of its Enterprise App Services Environment (EASE), which will significantly broaden the capabilities of mobile application management (MAM).
Businesses have outgrown the basic functionality of “create, deploy and manage apps,” which used to define mobile application management. They now require a cloud platform that covers the full mobile application lifecycle management architecture, ranging from inspection of applications when they are imported for the first time, to socialization functions that foster better app creation and adoption. EASE now provides all of this in a modular solution, and all functions can be managed from a single admin console.
Aiming to provide businesses with the best products and services to meet their mobility requirements, EASE supports both native and third-party extensions, which are plugged into an “AppBus” in the platform. There are six core slots supported by the AppBus that cover all functions required for complete mobile application lifecycle management:
- Inspect – Malware detection, automation, validation and signing
services - Protect – Geo-fencing, data encryption, app delete and device
level management - Extend – Dynamic policy, remote control, silent install,
private app network and single sign-on - Personalize – Role-based apps, custom branding, targeted
content and recommendations - Analyze – Adoption and usage of apps, compliance reports, app
inventory and performance - Engage – Sharing and liking apps, app rating, crowdsourcing and
gamification features
“Because the EASE platform is modular, IT managers can easily apply the exact capabilities they require for their mobile environment. This approach surpasses the current capabilities of mobile device management, which are out of date and cannot effectively support today’s world of employee owned devices, and the maturing application lifecycle,” said Carlos Montero-Luque, Apperian’s Senior Vice President, Engineering. “EASE brings together all the components and services required to support the full mobile application lifecycle, all managed through the EASE Admin Portal. The simplicity and elegance of this architecture significantly improves the development, adoption and security of enterprise mobile apps and devices.”
Apperian, Inc. is a mobile application management company. The Apperian EASE platform delivers enterprise mobility services that enable many of the world’s largest corporations to securely deploy and manage mobile apps for iOS, Android and Blackberry. Apperian is empowering the liberated enterprise to support the BYOD revolution.
JDSU, NetSocket Partner on PacketPortal
NetSocket, the creator of the world’s first real-time cloud service assurance solutions, announces its relationship with JDSU as a PacketPortal™ application partner. PacketPortal is JDSU’s recently launched Smart Network Application Platform (SNAP) that allows communications service providers to more intelligently capture and analyze network data remotely to provide the highest-quality subscriber experience.
NetSocket delivers immediate insight into cloud networks, providing complete service visibility. It enables network managers to anticipate, isolate and remediate IP service issues before they become end-user problems. NetSocket’s solution automatically provides a comprehensive view of content, session and IP topology on a hop-by-hop basis. It captures and correlates network behavior in real time on any size network and across multiple vendors. NetSocket provides a trouble-free cloud experience, ensuring higher session quality and lower support costs.
PacketPortal enhances the capabilities and improves the efficiency of today’s network monitoring and troubleshooting software applications by extending visibility to the network edge while reducing complexity by focusing on only critical data. The partnering relationship announced today allows customers to use PacketPortal along with the NetSocket application to truly visualize the customer experience for IP cloud-based communications and collaboration services.
“Through our partnership with NetSocket, JDSU creates new opportunities for enterprises and service providers to derive value from the PacketPortal platform,” said Doug Fantuzzi, vice president in JDSU’s Communications Test and Measurement business segment.
“By integrating with PacketPortal, NetSocket can provide carriers and enterprises with immediate visibility into the location and causes of customer experience issues, especially in remote sites where previously it was difficult to obtain data,” said John White, CEO, NetSocket. “Now we can extend our correlation/isolation abilities to a broader market and reduce troubleshooting time and costs, minimize downtime, and improve productivity.”
JDSU will demonstrate the PacketPortal-enabled NetSocket solution this month at Interop 2012, May 8-10 in Las Vegas, Nev., at JDSU’s booth No. 2443. JDSU is also exhibiting at the DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) Customer Partnership Conference in Tampa, May 7-9, booth No. 942.
To learn more about JDSU, please visit http://www.jdsu.com/.
Public & Private Clouds: What Every Company Needs to Know at Cloud Expo NY
Deploying the right technology solutions can significantly increase a company’s productivity and profitability. However, for most companies today, lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their technology infrastructure is a top priority and they’re now evaluating cloud computing as a viable option to meet their needs.
As companies and enterprises expand their technology footprints, they need to carefully weigh and understand the various infrastructure solutions available to them including both Public and Private Clouds. Buyers must beware – many of the supposed cloud options are dated, expensive, and consume huge amounts of human capital that in the end don’t result in cost savings.
Guest Post: Making federated authentication work in the cloud
3rd May 2012
One of the greatest barriers to wider adoption of cloud services, particularly among smaller to medium sized businesses, is the challenge of access administration. Is federated authentication the answer? Andy Richardson, CEO of Influential Software explains all.
Cloud Expo East Five Weeks Out
The only place to be June 11-14th is the NY Javits Center at Cloud Expo 2012 East. Join us there as delegates from all over the world come to listen to and engage with speakers and sponsors from the leading Cloud Computing, Big Data and Virtualization companies such as Dell, SHI, Intel, Compuware, Citrix, Rackspace, Terremark, Akamai and more. The event features 100+ Technical Sessions, General Sessions, Industry Discussion Panels, and Keynotes by thought leaders in the Cloud, Big Data and Virtualization space. There is no better way to get in front of the market that IDC is predicting will represent 25% of all IT spending growth worldwide through 2012. Cloud Expo 2012 East is an invaluable resource for meeting with today’s top industry buyers, making new contracts and, most importantly, closing business deals.
Cloud: Use It? Sell It? Have Your Cake and Eat It Too at Cloud Expo NY
The rapid pace of technology adoption growth is driving application consumption. It impacts an ever-increasing spectrum of projects across IT organizations such as data center consolidation/expansion, application distribution, mobile workforce enablement, disaster recovery, backup and security policies, all of which effects the total cost of ownership technologies such as virtualization, VDI and web enablement and has helped improve the ways IT organizations can get more with less. But that’s not enough. A true automated, standardized cloud environment is the next step in truly utilizing the business of cloud computing
In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Darryl Brown, Sr. VP Global Sales & Marketing at Appcore, will cover how everyone can use cloud. He will also discuss how cloud can be used and what the hidden costs are for enterprise IT. He will also cover how cloud truly deliver on total cost of ownership and ROI, plus how Appcore Onsite makes the transition to cloud fast and easy – revenue-ready in 45 days.
The Cloud and the Changing Role of the Investor
Tech entrepreneurs can see clearly now; the rain is gone, thanks to the cloud. Cloud computing is making it easier and more affordable for people all over the world to be entrepreneurs, and individuals and businesses are acting accordingly.
Nirvanix Raises Over $25M Series C Round
Nirvanix announced on Thursday it has raised over $25M in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures. Current Nirvanix investors Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures and Windward Ventures also participated in the round. The company plans to utilize the capital infusion to significantly expand its engineering organization and accelerate the delivery of innovative new cloud storage services while increasing its global footprint across sales and marketing. The new investment brings Nirvanix’s total capital raised to $70M.
«Our enterprise cloud storage focus has clearly resonated with customers, as demonstrated by the fact that we booked more revenue in Q1 of 2012 than nearly all of 2011,» said Scott Genereux, President and CEO of Nirvanix.