The term cloud computing was first coined in 2007. Enterprise Cloud Computing
seems to have emerged as a term in 2009. It's now 2012 and many are trying to
ride the wave of Enterprise cloud computing or private cloud into the future.
In a short four years, we've seen this phenomena of cloud permeate
everything. Some question its validity as a technology and a term. If you
look at the Gartner hype curve, the mere questioning of cloud can be
considered validation. The abbreviated Gartner curve shows the rapid progress
of cloud and private cloud from term introduction to the "peak of inflated
expectations." We're about to dive down into the dreaded "trough of
disillusionment." Maybe the skeptics are already there. Or maybe, cloud will
jump from its current holding spot over to the "slope of enlightenment"
without spending (measureable) time in the trough. I'll look for... (more)
Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here!
Cloud is a shift from the focus on underlying technology implementation to
leveraging existing implementations and further building upon them. Cloud
orchestration or a network of clouds is the wave of the future where these
clouds can operate with elasticity, scalability, and efficiency. Effective
service management is an important aspect of managing such networks. The
transition to the cloud will enable the further aggregation of composite web
services and enhanced business-to-business capabilities for integrating
processes and application... (more)
With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) just four months away, what
better time to start introducing you in greater detail to the distinguished
individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy
sessions at the conference...
We have technical and strategy sessions for you every day from June 11
through June 14 dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing and Big
Data, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work,
what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud that is transforming
the world of Enterpris... (more)
Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here!
The focus of Java EE 7 is on the cloud, and specifically it aims to bring
Platform-as-a-Service providers and application developers together so that
portable applications can be deployed on any cloud infrastructure and reap
all its benefits in terms of scalability, elasticity, multitenancy, etc. The
existing specifications in the platform such as JPA, Servlets, EJB, and
others will be updated to meet these requirements.
Java EE 7 continues the ease of development push that characterized prior
releases by bringing further simplification to e... (more)
Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here!
Wide and cheap availability of cloud-based media services is upon us. With
the transformations these services are already bringing to the consumption of
music, video and interactive media, change has likewise come to professional
workflows. Documents in 2012 are read, written, collaborated on, and
distributed anywhere an Internet-enabled device can reach - which is to say,
everywhere.
In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Christopher Kenneally,
Director of Business Development at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), will
discus... (more)