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Reality Check at the Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST

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.

Enomaly ECP 3.0.3 Service Provider Edition Released

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:22:00 EST

Enomaly is proud to announce the general availability of The Enomaly Elastic Computing Platform (ECP) Service Provider Edition 3.0.3. Enomaly is proud to announce the general availability of The Enomaly Elastic Computing Platform (ECP) Service Provider Edition 3.0.3. ECP is a carrier-class architecture & cloud hosting platform which supports the deployment of very large public cloud infrastructure for service providers. The platform has been designed to span multiple federated data centers in disparate geographies around the globe handling hundreds of thousands of VM's and multi-tenant customers.

Telx Director of IP Development and Engineering Speaking at LINX 67

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:22:00 EST

Michael Lucking, Telx’s Director of IP Development and Engineering, will present an educational session to the members of the London Internet Exchange on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at the Exchange’s bi-annual member meeting, being held at Goodenough College in London. Lucking will present overview of the evolution of peering in the U.S., the Internet peering market in the United States, as well as an overview of the various Internet exchanges available. In addition, Lucking will demonstrate the various connection points between Internet exchanges and show the depth of interconnectivity offered by Telx within its Internet Exchange.

4th International Cloud Computing Expo: Photo Album

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST

SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, held on November 2 – 4, 2009, in Santa Clara, attracted more than 40 sponsors with over 2,000 delegates, a record attendance. The three content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing. Enjoy here the photo album of the show.

Tech Recession Is Over

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST

Cloud Computing Expo is the new PC Expo, Comdex or InternetWorld, and will be the next global IT event for the decade starting with 2010. This year's West Coast conference had 1,700 pre-registered delegates on the Friday before the conference opened. More than 500 additional registrations came in over the weekend and on-site registrations, which brought the number of delegates who registered and attended for the conference to roughly 2,250, more than double a year ago. As far as the expo floor goes, out of 50 sponsors and exhibitors, 46 companies confirmed during the conference that they will participate in the 2010 Cloud Computing Expo at the same or higher level. Most exhibitors on the expo floor highlighted the quality of the leads they got from the conference, which is due to the fact that we had no free expo option on the registration page. I personally believe Cloud Computing Expo had the most qualified audience of any technology event in recent years.

Citrix Makes Virtual Desktops Enterprise Ready

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:00 EST

Citrix Systems today launched the new Citrix Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program to further accelerate large-scale enterprise virtual desktop deployments with Citrix® XenDesktop™. The Citrix Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program includes more than 10,000 products from over 200 vendors that have been validated as ready to deploy in production environments with the recently launched XenDesktop 4. The Open Desktop Virtualization program helps make virtual desktops a safe choice for enterprise-wide deployment by eliminating the guess work and ensuring customers that XenDesktop 4 has been tested to work with the software, hardware and services they already uses in their IT environments today. Products that have been verified to work with XenDesktop 4 include thousands of applications, servers, storage systems, backup solutions, client devices, printers, desktop peripherals, security products, desktop management software and systems management solutions.

VMware Takes Another Whack at Desktop Virtualization

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:00 EST

VMware figures to push virtualization onto more desktops with the release next week of its next-generation View 4.0, advertised as the only purpose-built desktop virtualization solution in the industry. The gussied-up vSphere-based widgetry, a gateway to the desktop as a managed service, is supposed to overcome the barriers of user experience, cost and scale that have so far limited the adoption of desktop virtualization to what VMware calls a “small niche group of industries.” VMware claims View’s performance will match the most demanding environment while reducing desktop TCO by as much as 50%.

Intalio Announces Jetty 7

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

Intalio, the Enterprise Cloud Company, today announced the immediate availability of Jetty 7, the leading lightweight open source Java application server. The new release includes features and capabilities that extend Jetty's reach into mission-critical environments, as well as support its deployment on top of cloud computing platforms.

Sun Revenues Drop 25%

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

Poor beaten-up Sun Microsystems confided the financial results of its September quarter to the SEC on Friday and they weren’t pretty. Sun was supposed to be part of Oracle by now and not washing its linen in public anymore but the European Commission hasn’t sanctioned the union, and isn’t expected to now unless Oracle does something about Sun property MySQL. What the EC wants exactly isn’t clear.

Special Report on the Emerging Cloud Computing Trend

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:00 EST

McWilliams has displayed uncanny accuracy in predicting the ebb and flow of the markets this year. He not only nailed the March bottom to the day, but also predicted the exact catalysts that would start what has been one of the most significant recovery rallies in NASDAQ history. Following his March prediction, McWilliams advised readers to buy the early July dip and predicted that Intel would blow away even the highest estimate of the 36 analysts covering the stock and, in doing so, ignite a huge July rally. Again, McWilliams was right on; so much so that one Next Inning reader wondered if he wrote the script for the Intel Q2 conference call. Q3 was a repeat performance and has further fueled McWilliams' nearly 200% overall return, 11 times higher than the S&P 500.

Cloud Computing Expo 2010 East to Attract More Than 5,000 Delegates in New York City

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

SYS-CON Events announced today that the 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will take place April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. The three-day event will offer a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing with more than 80 sponsors and exhibitors on the 70,000 sq. ft. show floor and over 5,000 estimated delegates from well over 48 different countries.

Microsoft Cuts Broad Cloud Pact with Taiwan’s No. 1 Teleco

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

Microsoft has cut a broad cloud alliance with Taiwan’s number one telecom company, the erstwhile state-owned Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (CHT). The pair Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to develop software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud applications and services using Windows Azure and other Microsoft widgetry.

5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: Call for Papers Is Open

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST

Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is going from strength to strength.

Microsoft Cloud Center Set for Taiwan

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST

Microsoft and the government of Taiwan are going to set up a cloud research center before the end of the year. It should help local contract manufacturers develop cloud devices and services. Quanta, for instance, intends to start churning out cloud servers at some point. Microsoft means to spend $9.5 billion in 2010 and a lot of it is earmarked for the cloud.

Intel Market Share Up a Snip

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:45:00 EST

This may not be the best time to mention this – given New York’s antitrust suit – but Intel’s share of PC processors was up marginally year-over-year in Q3 from 81.2% to 81.5% according to Mercury Research and AMD gained a tenth of point year-over-year to 17.8%, but lost 0.7% sequentially. Between the two of them they’ve got 99.3% of the market.

Carly Throws Her Hat in the Ring

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

Carly Fiorina, HP’s ousted CEO, has formally made herself a candidate to run for the U.S. Senate on the Republican ticket seeking to dethrone three-term Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer on the strength of her business background. Actually HP has done quite well with her acquisition of Compaq. Now she’s got to make it through the primaries and emerge as the Republican Party’s nominee.

F5 Program Helps Channel Partners Drive Data Solutions Business

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

F5 Networks, Inc. today announced that its ‘ARX® Select’ program for North American channel partners has strengthened F5’s Data Solutions business. The goal of the ARX Select program, announced in July 2009, is to reward F5’s best ARX partners for driving incremental business. The program defines a new level of relationship designed to build business with channel partners who have the required skills, storage expertise, and desire to lead with ARX for file virtualization opportunities.

Microsoft Acquires Teamprise Assets

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will purchase the Teamprise-related assets of SourceGear LLC, which enable developers using the Eclipse IDE or operating on multiple operating systems, including Unix, Linux and Mac OS X, to build applications with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Development organizations will benefit from increased integration in heterogeneous environments, as well as reduced time and complexity associated with application development tasks. Functionality from the Teamprise Client Suite will be integrated into the Visual Studio product line beginning with Visual Studio 2010.

More Microsoft Layoffs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:45:00 EST

Microsoft, which announced its very first mass layoffs even in January, canning 5,000 people, is on to a second round of 800 cuts to adjust to economic conditions. The company said they were 25% at home, the rest worldwide and did not identify any particular unit or job category. A spokesman told the AP most of the first 5,000 have been let go. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn’t changing his story about IT spending not coming back any time soon, maybe never. “We will see growth,” he said, “We will not see recovery.”

Hitachi Gets Serious About Linux

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:00 EST

Hitachi has joined Red Hat’s year-old Advanced Mission-Critical Program and offer high-end to mission-critical workloads on Linux to customers in Japan. The program is meant to mimic the kind of workloads, services levels, support and long lifecycles previously thought to be supported only on more expensive legacy platforms and should reduce customer costs. Its expanded support options include a 10-year lifecycle, the ability to standardize on a single update release for up to 18 months and proactive notification to reduce system disruption.

Visual WebGui Issues Code Challenge to Experienced Developers

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:14:29 EST

In the first code challenge of its kind, Visual WebGui is offering a $10,000 and giving away prizes valued at thousands of dollars in their call to developers to be the first to submit a Webmail application written by another framework with fewer lines of code.

i365 Collaborates on Cloud Data Protection Solution with Microsoft

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST

i365, Inc., today announced a collaboration with Microsoft on development of a heterogeneous solution that will allow IT managers to extend Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 across non-Microsoft platforms and into the cloud, using i365’s EVault data protection software and cloud-connected storage solutions infrastructure. The combined solution will be available in several configurations. The first configuration will include an appliance-based backup solution, powered by Seagate® technology, which is scheduled for delivery in first half of 2010 with the release to manufacturing of DPM 2010. This collaboration includes both technology and joint go-to-market components.

Windows Identity Foundation Release Candidate

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:15:00 EST

Windows Identity Foundation (formerly called code name Geneva framework) is a new Microsoft .NET Framework technology that gives developers a programming model and SDK to create new advanced identity capabilities in .NET applications. It provides developers pre-built .NET security logic for building claims-aware applications, enhancing either ASP.NET or WCF applications. Windows Identity Foundation makes it easier to [...] Related posts:

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The Cloud Computing Kettle Heats Right Up

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

The past month has seen an unprecedented concentration of Cloud-related articles, events, tweets, and - above all - product launches, partnership announcements and M&A moves. So is Cloud Computing, after three years, finally coming to the boil? Here, by way of allowing you to judge for yourself, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal brings you a timeline of the trajectory of the Cloud so far.

Prometheus Research Launches HT//SQL Software

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

Prometheus Research announced today the availability of its new database software tool, HT//SQL, a web application that web-enables databases in all industries quickly, securely, and at low cost. Prometheus Research, a leader in biomedical research informatics, has been using a form of its HT//SQL software for its biomedical research customers, including leading universities and private foundations, which use the tool to analyze and share research data with colleagues through a simple, easy-to-navigate, web-based URL. With the commercial launch of HT//SQL, Prometheus envisions extending the benefits of the software to businesses, government agencies, and other data-centric organizations that recognize the power of data-driven intelligence but struggle with issues of cost and access.

Fujitsu Interstage BPM Version 11

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:46:00 EST

Fujitsu today announced the worldwide release of Interstage Business Process Manager (BPM) Version 11, offering enhanced "Sense and Respond" capabilities that let users proactively address changing business requirements. The latest release of Interstage BPM, which is also optimized to be offered via the Cloud, provides teams involved in collaborative, highly dynamic processes with past performance data and workload predictors as well as with the flexibility to veer from established process paths to find more efficient ways to get work done. It is ideal for processes related to project management, case management, and new product introductions. Interstage BPM Version 11 delivers complete visibility across the end-to-end business process -both the structured and unstructured segments. It captures these unpredictable, hybrid collaborative process patterns as they are being established thereby uncovering processes that really work for the business.

Cisco Transforms Unified Communications

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST

As part of today's portfolio announcement at Cisco's Collaboration Summit, the company introduced a ground-breaking version of its industry-leading unified communications platform, featuring innovations and enhancements designed to reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies between and within global enterprises. Cisco® Unified Communications System Release 8.0 enables organizations to collaborate in new ways that remove barriers to communications with partners, suppliers and customers through integrated voice, video, presence, instant messaging and Web sessions.

Farewell Old Tech, Hello New Tech

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:30:00 EST

It was only a matter of time, especially as with the SDK 3.0, developing for an accessory was made possible. Now within the next few weeks Apple Retail will withdraw the Symbol based devices running Windows CE and replace it with an iPod Touch based device with custom credit card reader. Is that a cheer I hear? I've always wondered when this will happen and initially the roll put will be in the US, but other countries will follow soon after.

Likewise Wants To Move the Moochers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:00 EST

Likewise, which authenticates Linux, Unix and Mac users with Microsoft Active Directory, has started offering three starter packs that combine its Enterprise software with support and training services. They are designed to move customers from the company’s open source software to Likewise Enterprise. Likewise Enterprise controls access to applications and data, centrally manages settings with group policies and creates reports for regulatory audits. It’s also the only solution to provide 100% native support for Apple’s Workgroup Manager application.

Eucalyptus’ Cloud Platform Hits First Update

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST

The new widgetry features multi-cluster support and enhanced concurrency management to improve scaling so users can seamlessly overlay their Eucalyptus cloud on top of virtually any existing IT infrastructure, regardless of size or configuration. Eucalyptus is meant for implementing an on-premise cloud using an organization’s own IT infrastructure. It supports the same APIs as public clouds, and with the release of version 1.6.1, claims to be the only on-premise cloud platform that’s fully compatible with the Amazon AWS public cloud infrastructure.

The Case for Market Based Patent Reform

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:00 EST

In the wake of the financial crisis and its attendant repercussions across the global economy, the U.S. Congress stands poised to address the issue of patent reform. Much debated and long anticipated, patent reform legislation is back under consideration with the bill possibly coming up for vote, prior to the end of 2009. Under the stewardship of a set of legislators well sensitized to the salient issues and with the thoughtful counsel of David Kappos, President Obama’s business savvy head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the stars are aligning to usher in legislation that promises to offer significant advances in an arena that has been overdue for reform.

Yahoo Open Sources Traffic Server Code

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

It says Traffic Server enables the session management, authentication, configuration management, load balancing and routing of an entire cloud computing stack. It’s supposed to offer fast, reliable and scalable access to cached online content and speed responses to requests for stored web objects, such as files, news articles or images, reducing bandwidth usage and costs.

Red Hat Virtualization for Servers Goes GA

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

The company says “extensive collaboration with large enterprise beta customers, such as Comviva, Host Europe, NTT Communications, Qualcomm and Swisscom, resulted in enhanced product capabilities designed to meet enterprise requirements for deploying and managing heterogeneous virtualization and cloud environments.” It didn’t say what exactly. The widgetry includes a standalone, lightweight, secure, high-performance KVM hypervisor designed to host Linux and Windows virtual servers and desktops whose memory-sharing technology reportedly permits more efficient guest consolidation and enterprise features such as live migration.

Parallels Makes It Harder To Tell a Windows from a Mac App

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

It claims the widgetry, which lets Mac users run Windows and Linux alongside Mac OS X, is faster, smarter, easier and more powerful than previous generations. Unlike Apple’s own Boot Camp, which forces people to reboot between operating systems, Parallels users can switch between Mac and Windows seamlessly because of virtualization.

Economy Beginning To Accelerate: Cisco CEO

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST

Cisco CEO John Chambers, who has turned into something of an economic oracle probably because he is more in command of his catbird seat than most big-time CEOs, said Wednesday when Cisco reported its quarterly results that the economy hit a “clear tipping point” before mid-summer and is now accelerating worldwide, enough for Cisco itself to start cautiously spending again. He’s planning targeted hiring.

Browser Underdogs Want Ballot Screen Changes

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST

Microsoft’s browser rivals aren’t satisfied with the tentative “ballot screen” settlement that the company came to with the European Commission, which would offer all its European users a chance to download a rival browser. Google, Mozilla and Opera want changes made. According to the New York Times, Mozilla doesn’t like the idea of the top five browsers by market share in Europe would appear in a row alphabetically from left to right. That would put Apple’s Safari first. Mozilla doesn’t think that’s fair on the theory it would give Safari – not your first thought for an Internet Explorer substitute – an advantage; it wants them to appear randomly.

Get HD Videos to FLV with Fancy Player for Online Sharing

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST

Do you have digital camera? Do you record special events around you? Publish them on your website with the fast conversion without duration limit. Flash Video MX Std has been updated with better support to HD videos like AVCHD (MTS, M2TS), MOD, TOD formats.

Big Data Kills 30-Year-Old Market

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:00 EST

According to Aster Data, applications need to go to “Big Data,” not the other way around. And to do that the company’s got a massively parallel data-application server that can embed applications inside a massively scalable MPP data warehouse and analyze petabytes of data – or terabytes, if that’s all you’ve got – ultra-fast. Apps are automatically parallelized for scale; users can take their existing Java, C, C++, C#, .NET, Perl and Python applications, MapReduce-enable them and push them down into the data.

Smearing Cloud Lipstick on a Legacy Tech Pig

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:00 EST

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.

The Real Time Infrastructure Ultimatum

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

As virtualization entered the data center it became an accidental standard bearer for network automation. The power of virtualization helped to drive a cultural (including x as a service) shift in expectations, just as Nicholas Carr was declaring war on traditional “old world” IT with the help of Google, Amazon and a host of other cloud (and not so cloud) players.