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 We must bring together the worlds of SOA, BPM, Cloud, REST, and HOA. The secret to getting all these architectural trends to work well together centers on how we deal with state information. We must first separate application state from resource state, and then subsequently take the co...May. 24, 2013 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,387 |
 Imagine there was a technology that could solve some of the top issues for IT managers of large companies: managing a large fleet of users’ devices, with all the associated maintenance tasks, and maintaining the security and integrity of devices by preventing malicious software install...May. 24, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 949 |
 On May 22, Ethernet – Robert Metcalfe’s ingenious invention –celebrated its 40th anniversary. As the global tech community celebrates this milestone for one of the world’s most transformative technologies, we take a look at its evolution from a printer-to-printer communication system a...May. 24, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 685 |
 Cloud service providers store data all over the globe, and are constantly moving that data from one datacenter to the next for reasons as wide-ranging as cost considerations and redundancy requirements. Does this mean that the requirements outlined in varying data residency laws and pr...May. 19, 2013 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,303 Replies: 1 |
 Software-defined networks are all the rage these days – and why not? They offer the promised benefit of making networks far more agile and responsive to dynamically changing application requirements. Consequently, in theory, the entire networking-computing-storage-applications ecosyste...May. 19, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,416 |
 Software Defined Networking (SDN) has become a famous paradigm and also the bandwagon in the networking industry today. SDN is primarily considered to be a methodology or approach to solving some of the wider-known problems in the enterprise and service provider networking space. It’s ...May. 3, 2013 03:11 PM EDT Reads: 1,060 |
 Many software vendors, analyst and journalist are overusing the term “Data Governance” in today’s complex business and IT environments. However, it has become one of the primary goals and drivers for data-related IT projects while at the same time being one of the most difficult to def...Apr. 26, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,832 |
 Microsoft recently announced the PolyBase technology as part of SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse solution. PolyBase is a breakthrough new technology on the data processing engine in SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse designed as the simplest way to combine non-relational da...Apr. 24, 2013 09:41 AM EDT Reads: 1,421 |
 Staying current with the latest and greatest in hardware and technology is challenging for organizations of any size, but especially so for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) who are often extra challenged with limited resources and personnel. It’s no surprise then that today’s SM...Apr. 20, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,972 |
 IT departments within companies are seeing the growth of a more complex IT environment fueled by growing user demands for more flexible and productive solutions. The growing desire of users to have instant access to their IT services from any device at any given time – combined with IT...Apr. 15, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,678 |
 As the proliferation of data continues, traditional networking infrastructure is struggling to keep up with the world’s influx of information and data. Legacy networking technologies are in need of an overhaul and software-defined networking (SDN) has been touted as the response and th...Apr. 12, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,375 |
 VMware’s (VMW) recent hybrid cloud announcement was both expected and yet provocative. It falls into a pattern of successful moves made in virtualization security and networking as the company to grow its addressable market by virtualizing servers and delivering increased IT agility, e...Mar. 30, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,901 |
 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has been a hot topic for years – and every year one expert or another makes a claim that this will be the year of VDI. Finally, 2013 may be the year that VDI goes mainstream. We’re seeing the cost of VDI implementation come down to being roughly com...Mar. 22, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,652 |
 Big Data is all the rage. And at first glance, the Big Data variety, volume, velocity and value challenges may seem extraordinarily difficult. Proven technologies, such as data virtualization, provide proven approaches to addressing these “big” challenges. So if Big Data is on your ag...Mar. 11, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,109 |
 With a focus on developing affordable solutions that drive innovation for our customers’ missions, I believe that the development of cloud standards can have a positive impact on cloud adoption. The more than 370 members of the cross-domain Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) are p...Mar. 11, 2013 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,454 |
 Most people think of data virtualization as a high productivity, low cost way to integrate data for business intelligence and analytics. However, it is also very effective at legacy migration.
The key to data virtualization's migration success is how it decouples source and consumin...Mar. 8, 2013 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,582 |
 It may be terrifying for those caught in the vortex between the old and the new way of work. Most professionals earned the right degrees, responded to the demands of their professions, learned the intricacies of their industries and were rewarded under the old system. It feels like a m...Mar. 8, 2013 10:30 AM EST Reads: 3,117 |
 I love movies. There is just something about them that can teach us a lot about life. One of my favorites is “Groundhog Day.” The construct of this movie is that the main character Phil, played by Bill Murray, is trapped having to live the same day over and over again. This is what it ...Mar. 8, 2013 10:15 AM EST Reads: 1,828 |
 You may be the CIO or IT manager for a fairly complex IT environment. You also may already have begun moving your data center to a private cloud paradigm that offers greater efficiency and agility to meet your company's needs.
While there are still a few challenges to work through, m...Mar. 3, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 2,440 |
 The growth of cloud services for business has been a hot topic for years now, but 2012 was the year when the cloud went from market hype to mainstream deployment. Most organizations have now adopted a private cloud of some kind, but caution is preventing them from taking full advantage...Feb. 27, 2013 09:45 AM EST Reads: 2,546 |
 Thereʼs a popular childrenʼs book called Whereʼs Waldo, in which the lead character – with his signature red-and-white striped shirt and somewhat goofy expression – is obscured by various collections of people and things. Heʼs hidden, but in plain sight (if youʼll excuse the oxymoron) ...Feb. 23, 2013 03:00 PM EST Reads: 2,957 |
 I have been working for technology companies for 33 years now, so I don’t know why I’m always surprised at the technology myths that proliferate. For example, there is a popular notion running around that Solid State Drives (SSDs) will replace Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) as the dominant st...Feb. 22, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 3,440 |
 The promise of “the cloud” is that cloud storage delivers users seamless “just in time” storage scalability to handle growth and quickly respond to peak loads. The economics and business impact of cloud storage also delivers a compelling financial proposition in today’s budget constrai...Feb. 19, 2013 09:45 AM EST Reads: 3,259 |
 The networking industry has gone through different waves over last 30+ years. In the ’80s, the first wave was all about connecting and sharing; how to connect a computer to other peripheral devices and other computers. There were many players who developed technology and services to ad...Feb. 19, 2013 06:30 AM EST Reads: 8,557 |
 The good news about the Big Data market is that we generally all agree on the definition of Big Data, which has come to be known as data that has volume, velocity and variety where businesses need to collect, store, manage and analyze in order to derive business value or otherwise know...Feb. 19, 2013 06:00 AM EST Reads: 15,661 Replies: 3 |
 It’s common knowledge that the subscriber growth enjoyed by wireless Communication Service Providers (CSPs) over the last several years is tapering off. The CSPs really need new sources of revenue to deliver the required growth. Over-The-Top (OTT) players on the other hand are moving q...Feb. 18, 2013 09:00 AM EST Reads: 3,186 |
 The Big Data and analytics challenge that data virtualization best addresses is helping enterprises take advantage of their data. In other words, enterprises today are data rich with loads of enterprise, cloud, third party and Big Data. But they remain information poor. In this context...Feb. 15, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 2,831 |
 As an Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider, Bluelock sees a lot of migration of applications. Migration is occurring from physical servers to cloud, from private cloud to public cloud and back to private cloud from public cloud.
Migration can be tricky and a poor migration strategy c...Feb. 8, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 4,476 |
 Managing complexity is difficult in any growing business. As companies innovate, add new business lines, expand their global reach, cater to increased volume, or adopt new regulatory rules, processes proliferate and the discipline surrounding them goes out of the window. Moreover, the ...Feb. 7, 2013 12:00 PM EST Reads: 2,729 |
 VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) implementation projects are going to be priorities for many IT Managers in 2013 and a key concern will be end-user acceptance. If the users don't embrace their virtual desktops they won't use them and the project is doomed to failure. The key to acc...Feb. 5, 2013 06:09 AM EST Reads: 1,453 |
 As our reliance on effective data centers continues to grow, we run into more and more issues that must be addressed to ensure security and availability. We’ve been turning to virtualization solutions for some time now, and many organizations have come to believe that it is the cure-al...Feb. 4, 2013 06:15 AM EST Reads: 11,313 |
 Server virtualization has already proven beneficial for many enterprises. Through data center consolidation, server virtualization is able to enhance efficiency and reduce operational expenses. As this technology continues to evolve, however, IT professionals are moving beyond the basi...Feb. 1, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 1,963 |
 Innovation doesn’t just happen… it evolves out of business desires and it frequently involves changing your own view of the IT value statement. This article focuses on one of the key components needed to make the shift from maintenance to an innovation IT philosophy, Business Service R...Jan. 28, 2013 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,412 |
 Corporations around the globe rely on having highly efficient IT networks, and introducing a new piece of enterprise software into the mix will have a far-reaching impact on the entire organization. The decision to purchase and implement new business IT software is not one to enter int...Jan. 21, 2013 04:15 PM EST Reads: 3,825 |
 For many companies, the business benefits that cloud computing promises are too compelling too ignore: improved agility, lower costs, better resource allocation, and fewer operational issues. As a result, organizations have been moving commodity infrastructure and services to cloud-bas...Jan. 21, 2013 03:15 PM EST Reads: 4,213 |
 The article I’m writing for part 13 our “31 Days of Servers in the Cloud” series involves using App Controller to create a virtual machine. But to do this, you first need to connect and associate App Controller (a component of System Center 2012) with your Windows Azure subscription.
...Jan. 20, 2013 04:00 PM EST Reads: 2,633 |
 Dear Mr CIO, how is the year ahead planning program going so far? I know, sorry, it's a tough one. The deployment and integration of devices, mobile connectivity points, virtual cloud-based desktop services, security, Big Data, tablets, mini-tablets and micro-mini-tablets (don’t worry,...Jan. 17, 2013 09:30 AM EST Reads: 2,188 |
 Cloud computing has given birth to a broad range of online services. To maintain a competitive edge, service providers are taking a closer look at their Big Data storage infrastructure in an earnest attempt to improve performance and reduce costs.
Large enterprises hosting their own ...Dec. 31, 2012 01:00 PM EST Reads: 3,710 |
 Wrapping up a year of impressive growth and product innovation, Gazzang, the Linux data security company, today made its 2013 predictions covering emerging trends in big data, the cloud and open source technology adoption.
“Buoyed by increasing adoption of and trust in cloud technolog...Dec. 28, 2012 12:45 PM EST Reads: 4,064 |
 Evolving regulatory compliance requirements can be a major headache for the IT teams responsible for identity and access management (IAM). Sarbanes Oxley, the wide range of privacy regulations and other federal requirements, have transformed IAM from a problem that keeps the chief info...Dec. 27, 2012 06:11 AM EST Reads: 3,071 |
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