Cloud Computing Expo on Ulitzer
The talk at the Cloud Computing Expo this week in Santa Clara was all about
enterprise cloud adoption. Is it real? Is it already happening? If so,
who’s doing it, which applications are they running and which clouds are
being tested?
To a large extent, cloud computing is a victim of its own somewhat
out-of-control hype cycle. Since so much has been written and discussed about
the cloud in 2009, there is now a growing impatience for actual results. The
fact that 2000 people showed up at the Cloud Expo in Santa Clara this week
(double the number from last year’s show) suggests that at the very least,
interest in enterprise cloud computing remains very real, and the need for
practical solutions and use cases is growing more urgent.
There w... (more)
Cloud Computing Journal
The recent announcement from Amazon of the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
represents the next big advance in the evolution chain for cloud computing.
Enterprises can now integrate their IT infrastructure with Amazon's vast
computing and storage resources, using a VPN connection from their data
center to their own virtual private cloud which then looks like part of th... (more)
This post is part of a series examining the issues involved when moving
applications between internal data centers and public clouds.
The true challenges in storage and data management in the cloud result from
the diverse and often unfamiliar processes and infrastructures offered by the
cloud providers, including: new provisioning methods, storage properties,
data population and transfer,... (more)
Every enterprise has a unique network infrastructure for accessing servers
and allowing applications to communicate between components. Various layers
support the management of network addressing, deliver critical services, and
ensure security. The infrastructure includes specific addressing
(sub-nets), address services like DHCP/DNS, identity and directory services
like LDAP, and fire... (more)
Cloud Computing Journal
The cloud computing landscape is evolving rapidly, with more and more players
introducing cloud products and services of all kinds. Most recently we’ve
seen the announcements by VMware partners including Terremark, BlueLock and
others, as well as the introduction of Rackspace’s Cloud Servers. EMC is
planning to offer a compute cloud in addition to its existing Atm... (more)
Ellen Rubin is the Founder & VP Products at CloudSwitch. She's an experienced entrepreneur with a proven track record in founding innovative technology companies and leading strategy, market positioning and go-to-market. Prior to founding CloudSwitch, Ellen was a member of the early management team at Netezza (NYSE: NZ), the pioneer and market leader in data warehouse appliances, where she helped grow the company to over $125M in revenues and a successful IPO in 2007. Prior to Netezza, she founded Manna, an Israeli and Boston-based developer of real-time personalization software. Rubin began her career as a marketing strategy consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.
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