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 The notion that PaaS exists solely "in the cloud" as a discrete environment of developer services is hampering the maturation of enterprise PaaS.
The three most common answers to "give me an example of PaaS" are: Force.com, Azure, Google. I didn't even need to do an unscientific Inter...Jun. 18, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 793 |
 Software defined networking (SDN) has been in the spotlight since its conception in recent years because of the revolutionary potential that this emergent technology has for the future of IT networking. SDN is like a testament to the changing times. It is a confluence of several of the...Jun. 18, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 508 |
 As with everything else, the best way to get a view of a new technology area is by asking for independent opinions. The old adage of the 6 blind men and the elephant comes to mind. Coincidentally, there were six "blind men" on the panel, including our very engaging host, Mr. Geelan. An...Jun. 17, 2013 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,498 |
 Cloud Expo 2013 New York is all about the technlogies that enable cloud computing. The multiple tracks,, boot camp, keynotes and general sessions all focus on how to enable cloud computing through hosting, storage, data, APIs and services and application - grouped under IaaS, PaaS, and...Jun. 17, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,464 |
 If you think that small businesses are not an enticing enough target to breach, think again. While the media has certainly upped it’s coverage over the last couple years pertaining to data loss, many of the headlines involved global brands and tens of thousands records…not the corner ...Jun. 17, 2013 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,455 |
 Legacy apps are surely the albatross of the modern cloud-enabled IT department – you put them there, and now you have to live with them.
Short of scrapping millions of dollars of worth of investments, something needs to be done with these apps, especially when cloud adoption is alte...Jun. 17, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,786 |
 As the leader of Netuitive’s dedicated professional services team, I believe I work with some of the best and the brightest in the industry. My team is focused on enabling our IT analytics software to be delivered as a turnkey solution, and we have cut our teeth doing this at the world...Jun. 17, 2013 06:45 AM EDT Reads: 933 |
 The title of this article seems unpleasant as it talks about serializing java object graph without the use of Serializable interface. It is true in case of Core Java. We know that to serialize a java bean we have to implement Serializable interface ( let us not consider the Externaliza...Jun. 3, 2013 11:08 AM EDT Reads: 894 |
 This article provides an outline of java bean validation using javax annotations provided in Java EE 6 and Hibernate validator.
As you know modern programming paradigm suggests validating a java bean with annotations. A java bean can be validated in many ways. You can refer to my earl...May. 29, 2013 04:21 PM EDT Reads: 832 |
 Although often misunderstood, cloud computing ultimately relies on the same technological underpinnings as traditional server and storage options. While software, platforms and even infrastructure are farmed out to third-party providers, their ability to operate efficiently is constrai...May. 25, 2013 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,155 |
 While movement to the cloud keeps accelerating, fears about security hang on. Let’s take a look at the most common myths about cloud security that might be holding businesses back from taking advantage of the flexibility and scalability of the cloud model.
This is the piece of “common...May. 24, 2013 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,400 |
 Daryl Taft’s article in eWeek reminded me that next month, on June 6th. IBM’s DB2 RDBMS product will celebrate its 30th. anniversary. This has a personal significance for me. I was part of the DB2 planning team then and on … May. 21, 2013 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,317 |
 In the coming years, big data will change the way organisations and societies are operated and managed. Big data however, is not the only trend that will impact significantly how organisations operate. Another major trend at the moment is gamification. Gamification will change the way ...May. 19, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,297 |
 Without an enterprise-level automated solution for ensuring the integrity of APIs and API-driven composite applications, organizations risk:
Brand erosion as faulty software drives away customers
Time-to-market delays that diminish market share
Exposure to legal liability associated...May. 15, 2013 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,065 |
 Welcome to Java Certification Path. If you are reading this article, it means that you are thinking or have decided to take Java Certification. Let me start off by congratulating you on this decision to boost your career strength.
To become a successful Java professional it is good to...May. 14, 2013 01:03 PM EDT Reads: 1,428 |
 Have you heard of products like IBM’s InfoSphere Streams, Tibco’s Event Processing product, or Oracle’s CEP product? All good examples of commercially available stream processing technologies which help you process events in real-time.
I’ve been asked what I consider as “Big Data” ver...May. 11, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,968 |
 ViPR is not a technology creation developed in a vacuum instead includes customer feedback, wants and needs. Its core themes are extensible, open and scalable.
What is ViPR addressing?
IT and data infrastructure (server, storage, IO and networking hardware, software) challenges for t...May. 8, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,585 |
 You know those conversations that you have more times than you can count? Well, I recently had one of those at Design West with a very bright software engineer. This poor guy had a number of experiences with static analysis tools that left him with the “compiler warning equivalence” im...May. 8, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,186 |
 Are you AWS certified?
Last week several reporters, including Gathering Clouds friend in the field Barb Darrow, analyzed Amazon’s recent announcement of its cloud certification program. Widely seen as a positive move for the company, the announcement does raise some questions.
While ...May. 7, 2013 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,825 |
 If you have been thinking how to choose your public cloud vendor you are not the only one. There are hundreds of offerings that you can choose from and comparing those can be a cumbersome exercise. Hence most of the people just run to the vendor (or technology) they are either most fam...May. 4, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,551 |
 We so often hear about companies putting "customers first" that the very notion can seem trite. But when it comes to innovation, listening to and learning from your customers is an absolute imperative. At Gazzang, the company I work for, we have a mantra that borders on religious fanat...May. 3, 2013 11:43 AM EDT Reads: 1,137 |
 As with most new exciting (read: hyped) technology there's always some initial fragmentation that occurs in the market. Everyone wants to have their fingers in the newest pie and from that comes what musicians call "variations on a theme." The melody is the same, but the harmony and ch...May. 3, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,313 |
 My favorite and least favorite question I get is the same – “Can you help me build a business case and ROI for cloud computing?”
Well, yes… and no. The issue is that cloud computing has such a massive impact on how IT is delivered that many of the metrics and KPIs that are typically u...May. 3, 2013 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 5,020 |
 We often discuss the virtues of private and hybrid clouds, since so many companies utilize more complex clouds as they scale. But where public cloud is concerned, we thought we’d share some ideas for how to frame a smart approach to ensure that your public cloud is serving the needs of...May. 1, 2013 04:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,742 |
 Even though today's crowning ceremony in Amsterdam enjoyed some modest sunshine, the temperatures across Europe are at an all time low. A more reliable indication that spring has started, are the annual Cool Vendor reports being published.
For the first time this series includes a not...May. 1, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,381 |
 BusinessSuccessWith cloud computing becoming the center of almost every new enterprise IT project, more and more startups decide to compete in the area. This raises the question: "Are they ready to fulfill the enterprise needs?" Forget the need to have one big customer. This can open f...Apr. 30, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,256 |
 What does today's retail banking customer expect from a financial institution, and how can business technology be applied to enhance the overall experience. The latest results from the Cisco Customer Experience Report focused on the retail banking sector.
The global report examined co...Apr. 26, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,256 |
 Don't laugh or next week we'll talk fractals and tessellations and nature and tie that back to ERP. Somehow. Don't tempt me. I'm not kidding.
The other day I was shopping (on-line of course, because you know, Internets) as I often do: I was putting things into my shopping cart and o...Apr. 26, 2013 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,219 |
 Simply outsourcing your cloud technology isn’t where the benefits your company can access end. By leveraging your cloud provider for more than just the technology, you can gain a wealth of experience and know-how (read: tech support) that can help your business get more value from you...Apr. 25, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,804 |
 Network perimeters are all but erased and traditional security strategies such as stacking don't adequately address the current needs of a modern enterprise. Many companies are still using strategies rooted in 2002 technologies and approaches. The new intelligence-based security model ...Apr. 22, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,250 |
 If you’ve ever developed for an enterprise IT department, and had to please the end user, you know very well that they don’t care about what your technical limitations are, they care about getting a tool that helps them do their job better. Oh some will commiserate with you about your ...Apr. 22, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,198 |
 Fraud is definitely top of mind for all banks. Steve Rosenbush at the Wall Street Journal recently wrote about Visa’s new Big Data analytic engine which has changed the way the company combats fraud. Visa estimates that its new Big Data fraud platform has identified $2 billion in poten...Apr. 19, 2013 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,594 |
 Piston CTO Josh McKenty predicts a radical shift in the cloud computing space. Building off of his firm’s recent product launch, McKenty — who cofounded Piston in January 2011 — tells IT World that he expects to see a “giant explosion of businesses moving off Amazon Web Services.” Goin...Apr. 17, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,890 |
 Here is an answer I wrote to my dear friend StorageBod’s latest piece on Object Storage. As my response turned out quite a bit longer than initially intended, I thought I’d post it here as well.
Very nice blog post as usual. Let me sacrifice my first sunny afternoon of the year in Bel...Apr. 15, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,449 |
 The convenience, efficiency and cost benefits cloud computing offers organizations has made moving healthcare data and records to the cloud make sense for hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers. Security and data breaches are a concern for any industry utilizing the cloud...Apr. 15, 2013 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,943 |
 With the increasing prevalence and acceptance of the cloud as a viable alternative to on-premise IT, today’s IT organizations are faced with a wide range of options. In fact, had you just woken from a five-year slumber, you might find the available array of cloud service options quite ...Apr. 13, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,162 |
 Now that would be a fun amusement park ride – the Crime Coaster – with the hills and valleys designed based on crime statistic charts. You can even get a digital photo of yourself as you fly thru the Tunnel of Turmoil. Muuhahahahahahahahahah!
With all the dire warnings of how cyber...Apr. 12, 2013 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,427 |
 The new and enhanced HIPAA omnibus standard brings an interesting question with regards to cloud security and the shared responsibility model in IaaS clouds. Since the release of the HIPAA omnibus, we’ve received many questions around “BAA” agreements, and how the responsibility split ...Apr. 12, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,659 |
 Yes, I'm about to say something that's on the order of heresy in the church of virtualization. But it has to be said and I'm willing to say it because, well, as General Patton said, "If everyone is thinking the same... someone isn't thinking."
The original NFV white paper cited in t...Apr. 11, 2013 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,278 |
 Cost, tech, service: Which do you value most in a cloud solution?
Whenever you go shopping there are usually a few factors that determine what you buy and what you pass up.
One is obviously money (though we all wish this wasn’t the case). Price can be a deciding factor, but often we ...Apr. 10, 2013 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,516 |
