SOA in the Cloud

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! SYS-CON Events announced today that OpSource, Inc., Dimension Data's wholly owned enterprise cloud and managed hosting business, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of 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. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Headquartered in Santa Clara, with operations in California, Virginia, the UK, Ireland, and India, more than 600 enterprises, service providers and Software-as-a-Service ISVs rely on OpSource's expertise, experience and cloud automation technology to operate high-availability, business-critical ... (more)

Cloud Expo New York: Big Data, Colocation and the Cloud

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! As more enterprises are adopting clouds, the nature of cloud computing is changing. Previously, clouds were used to test applications or for non-mission critical applications. Today, enterprises are using clouds for cost-saving advantages and launching more mission critical applications that have defined performance needs. In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Eric Shepcaro, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Telx, will discuss how distributed computing has many advantages. It would allow organizations to have a cloud at various... (more)

Cloud Computing Procurement

When it comes to procurement, any technology or service should be evaluated with a good set of criteria. Executive decisions should not be weighted solely on a single selection criterion such as price. This applies to any cloud computing service as well. The twelve criteria listed below (see Chart 1) forces executives to take a broader review of the many elements of the total cloud computing service, and not just price. Each criteria starts with an R, F, or P which makes it easy to remember the total framework for the Yardstick for Technology Procurement (RFP). Chart 1: Yardsti... (more)

Cloud Expo New York: The Dark Side of Virtualization

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Virtualization and private cloud are good for server consolidation, creating flexible environments, and saving IT budget dollars. A recent survey of 1200 companies with 500+ employees showed that 59% had server virtualization in production or pilot. But that doesn't tell the whole story. In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Dave Asprey, VP of Cloud Security at Trend Micro, will explain the types of situations when you should consider not virtualizing some of your applications. Reasons range from technical to legal to IT ops t... (more)

The Enterprise Cloud Tightrope - Balancing for Success

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Implementing a successful Enterprise Cloud requires that the needs of all stakeholders be balanced and in harmony. Without this balance, it simply doesn't work, leading to failed projects - as a number of early cloud adopters have already discovered to their cost. Balance is not just about consultation, it's about selecting technology that works to address the needs of each stakeholder. In his Day 2 Keynote at the 9th International Cloud Expo, Pete Malcolm, CEO of Abiquo, demonstrated that not only is balance possible, but that with it, th... (more)