Cloud Computing, a platform for fast and reliable IT operations

Having gone through a couple of decades worth of technology conferences, a familiar cycle occurs. For the first couple years, technology-related conferences are attended by engineers and operations people. Only after the technology has passed a couple of feasibility gates and begun to hit the business cycle do sales and marketing people take over. Cloud is now officially past the engineering phase, well into the sales phase – and the business community is scrambling to understand the implications of a virtualized world. At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, California, the opening keynote session venue was completely filled, with the organizer ... Read Full Story

The Cloud Computing Conference and Expo in Santa Clara has come to an end, leaving a fair share of opinion, skepticism, and robust discussion for the period of incubation leading up to the next conference. Many companies have adopted “ Cloud-something or other ” as their new name, and are aggressively bringing their products to market. We observed exhibitors displaying cloud network management software, cloud email and SMS messaging, cloud security – basically cloud everything. According to the conference organizer (SYS-CON’s Jeremy Geelan), the conference exceeded all their expectations. Those expectations were to enlighten attendees on the state of cloud computing, train those who ... Read Full Story

Announcements have certainly accelerated lately with respect to integrated infrastructure technology. Multiple vendors who provide infrastructure hardware for compute, storage and network are either partnering with each other or pursuing a “go alone” strategy. Few will disagree that more tightly integrated solutions will benefit IT customers. However an IT solution has always had the expectation and requirement to be integrated. That is why the IT industry has developed over the years standards and protocols . In other words, common industry accepted methods to move, process and protect business as well as consumer information. Traditionally large complex IT solutions have been integrated by VARs , ... Read Full Story

Announcements have certainly accelerated lately with respect to integrated infrastructure technology.  Multiple vendors who provide infrastructure hardware for compute, storage and network are either partnering with each other or pursuing a "go alone" strategy.  Few will disagree that more tightly integrated solutions will benefit IT customers. However an IT solution has always had the expectation and requirement to be integrated.  That is why the IT industry has developed over the years standards and protocols .  In other words, common industry accepted methods to move, process and protect business as well as consumer information.  Traditionally large complex IT solutions have been integrated by VARs , ... Read Full Story

The SMS message was desperate. AJ sent the plea “If I have to see one more picture of a cloud in a PPT I might lose it…” After two days of presentations at the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, where companies tried to bring the audience up to an Intro to Clouds 101 level, some attendees were grasping for new ideas, new information, new reasons why companies should release their IT models currently based on strict FUD-Factor (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) compliance, to the new generation of cloud computing. The “same slides, different day” approach was starting leave some attendees a bit glazed, until ... Read Full Story