Cloud News
GigaSpaces Previews XAP for Cloud, Data Grid
GigaSpaces Technologies is showing a “preview version” of its soon-to-be released eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) enterprise-grade application server for distributed applications. XAP 7.1 will sport new features tuned for cloud and data grids, and is due to ship Q1 2010.
Full Story >i365 EVault Looks To Help Onramp ISV Software to Cloud, SaaS
i365 Inc. is debuting its EVault Cloud-Connected Services Platform, a cloud platform that lets independent software vendors (ISVs) securely and efficiently send data to the cloud and provide their own SaaS offerings.
Full Story >Boomi's Cloud-Based Integration May Signal VAN-less EDI
Cloud computing is taking a bite out of expensive and entrenched VAN-based EDI services. Cloud-based integration PaaS Boomi is providing ASP Global Services, a supply chain SaaS firm, reliable and high-visibility EDI integration and management services. EDI success may signal a huge uptick in on-demand integration from the cloud.
Full Story >Survey: Enterprise IT Eager for ‘Hybrid’ Cloud Options
A just-released Evans Data Corp. survey finds cloud computing set to rumble to reality in 2010. Evans’ Cloud Development Survey found 61% of developers expect to move ‘at least some’ IT resources to the cloud, and prefer a ‘hybrid cloud’ option that combines public and private cloud models.
Full Story >EMA Survey: Enterprise IT Says Cloud Cut Costs
New research on real customers from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) finds more than 75% of enterprises report cloud computing has delivered in “real, measurable cost savings,” under the proper deployment. The EMA report, “The Responsible Cloud,” surveyed 159 enterprise IT decision-makers.
Full Story >Compuware, OpSource Team Up for Cloud SLAs, Performance Monitoring
OpSource, a leading cloud operations provider, is partnering with CompuWare’s Gomez web performance division to deliver customers better performance monitoring options for cloud users, and help them ensure their cloud-based applications continue to meet service level agreements (SLAs).
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Videos
On a Smarter Planet: New ideas for Smarter IT
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Play VideoIBM’s VP for Cloud Services Ric Telford describes Big Blue cloud solutions that allow customers to improve capital utilization, cut IT labor times and slash provisioning and cycle times from months to minutes – all in 90 days or less.
- Ric Telford: Vice President, Cloud Services
HP Cloud Assure: Enabling business confidence in the cloud
HP’s Director of SaaS Products Tim Van Ash discusses how HP’s Cloud Assure accelerates cloud adoption with its ability to deliver (1) Security, (2) Availability and (3) Performance to meet SLA requirements to cloud options.
- Tim Van Ash: Director, HP Software-as-a-Service Products
Convergence in the Cloud: How Cloud Computing and SOA Produce Real Change
IBM’s CTO for WebSphere discusses key considerations for enterprise IT when providing and consuming services from today’s three major types of clouds – private, hybrid and public. A discussion of WebSphere cloud-facing options is also featured.
- Jerry Cuomo: IBM Fellow & WebSphere CTO
The Cloud Management Platform
RightScale CEO Michael Crandell shares several results-focused cloud solutions to solve problems and reduce pain for both IT and business – in 90 days or less. Also, get a no-nonsense tour of how RightScale accelerates the launch of cloud projects.
- Michael Crandell: CEO
Cloud-Con 90 Keynote
- Michael Crandell - CEO and Founder
- Jerry Cuomo - IBM Fellow & WebSphere CTO
- Tim Van Ash - Director of Products for Software-as-a-Service
- Ric Telford - Vice President - IBM Cloud Service
