As virtualization becomes more widely deployed, and enterprises look for new ways to leverage this revolutionary technology, the consumption and delivery of this technology is changing. At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, Simon Crosby will talk about how it is no longer one-siz...

This session deconstructs cloud computing into its true value proposition. Traditional IT operations are buckling under the increased demand from business organizations. A significant change is needed. Game-changing strategies for IT organizations will be outlined to address this incre...

At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, Peter Coffee’s session will discuss how cloud computing should not merely relocate the familiar pains, delays, and costs of conventional application development. The cloud already offers developers an expanding field of high-leverage framewor...

The applications that support of an enterprise exhibit a wide range of operational characteristics. That diversity is the key to business success, but it has consequences. In his general session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Tony Bishop, Founder and CEO of Adaptivity, discusses...

While the benefits for cloud computing are compelling, the cloud brings an additional level of security risk that must be managed and secured. In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Tim Brown, VP and chief architect for Security Management at CA, will address security nee...

As the Cloud Computing model proliferates, so will the potential threats. Thanks to the Cloud, the line between the endpoint and the enterprise has blurred. Therefore, it calls for a radically different kind of approach using a trustworthy computing model. At the Cloud Computing Confer...

Yahoo! is running the largest Hadoop clusters in the world – 25K+ servers, analyzing billions of Web pages, multiple petabytes of storage and billions of records per day. In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Eric Baldeschwieler, VP Hadoop Software Development at Yahoo!,...

Too often organizations have deployed virtual infrastructure tactically to reduce server sprawl or speed application deployments. Without a higher level view of organizational priorities, bad habits persist; unused snapshots and zombie VMs become more the rule than the exception causin...

If you are looking to implement a fully distributed cloud storage infrastructure, then this session is for you. In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Ed Beauvais, Senior Product Manager in the Cloud Infrastructure Group at EMC, will demonstrate how to roll out an enterpr...

Hundreds of definitions from swarms of providers have created confusion and devalued the cloud storage landscape. In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Cameron Bahar, Founder and CTO of ParaScale, will skip to the real questions, who is using cloud storage and why? He wi...

Like the agility benefits of public Platform as a Service (PaaS), but concerned about lock-in, security, integration and compliance? Considering an enterprise private PaaS for running Java apps? In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Mohamad Afshar, VP of Product Manageme...

Has there ever been a more exciting time to be a small software vendor? Or a larger market opportunity for service providers? Or greater flexibility for customers? Cloud is more than a shift in technology architecture; it's a shift in the full business lifecycle of technology provide...

Rich Internet Applications has become a de facto standard for enterprise software applications. Cloud computing is becoming the standard for software delivery. However, if you want to move your RIA apps into the cloud, using your favorite AJAX framework and putting them in a third-part...

Managing various providers and ensuring data and processing are safe, compliant, and trustworthy is a growing concern. In his session at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Brian Boroff, CSC's VP of Cloud Computing and Software Services, will discuss how organizations can manage off- an...

Tilera, the start-up building high-performance multi-core processors that aren’t x86, laid out a roadmap Monday that will see it sampling a single processor with a hundred RISC-based cores in the first quarter of 2011 and producing the widgets a few months later. Imagine that, 100 core...

“Cloud computing,” the concept of devices connecting to the internet “cloud” to access powerful applications to accomplish whatever they need, is a concept Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been foretelling for the past 10-15 years. Today it is a phenomenon even greater than the advent of pe...

Basically Nirvanix is another cloud storage platform, featuring pay as you use model with no commitment and upfront costs. There are a few important differences however. First, Nirvanix guarantees up to 100% (!) availability and it is up to you to select the SLA that works for your bus...

The city of Los Angeles can’t make up its mind whether to trash its clunky Novell system and go with Google Apps for e-mail and office applications, citing costs and necessity. It was supposed to be a showcase account for Google. The decision will now move from LA’s budget and finance ...

Colorado Technical University (CTU), a leading provider of education to career-motivated students, has launched six graduate degree programs designed to help prepare professionals to use technology and social media to meet changing business demands. The new programs include two doct...

Microsoft has cut non-exclusive deals with both Facebook and Twitter for Bing to search their real-time data feeds. Google has followed suit at least with Twitter, but Facebook is the prize because it has like 40 million updates a day from its 300 million users. Not all Facebook update...

This alliance will enhance BigMachines' and EDL Consulting's existing solutions. BigMachines enables sales teams, channel partners and resellers to quickly configure products, generate quotes and proposals, manage complex pricing, generate legal contracts, and submit and manage orders....

Carl Icahn announced today that he had informed the Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. that he was resigning as a director of Yahoo!. Mr. Icahn told the Board that in his view there was not a need at this time for an activist director at Yahoo! Mr. Icahn indicated that there are a numbe...

Wall Street declared Microsoft the winner over the economy Friday morning when the results of its September quarter weren’t as bad as everybody thought they were going to be. As a reward, its stock price was pushed up to the highest point since June of last year. Still the economy put ...

SYS-CON Events announced that Rhomobile, a provider of the Rhodes open source mobile application development framework for enterprise mobility, was named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Sa...

SYS-CON Events announced that M/Gateway, a provider of cloud database and advanced web application technologies, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, ...

SYS-CON Events announced that Zetta, a provider of Enterprise Cloud Storage On Demand, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. The event is e...

Greenplum Software is stepping out of the giant data warehouse business and into something a little smaller and comfortable with the general availability this week of its spanking new Single-Node Edition, a free, potentially viral, data mart version of its database. It has all Greenplu...

SYS-CON Events announced that LSI, a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convent...

SYS-CON Events announced that Hubspan, the leading provider of business integration solutions, will be exhibiting at the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, taking place November 2-4, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Hubspan’s cloud-based int...

Zetta, a year-and-some Silicon Valley start-up barely out of its cradle, wants the enterprise to entrust its data to Zetta’s storage cloud as its primary storage solution. The start-up went commercial Wednesday with its Enterprise Cloud Storage on-demand NAS after three rounds of priva...

SYS-CON Events announced that Altor Networks, a leading innovator and provider of virtual and cloud security will exhibit and present at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa...

SYS-CON Events announced that Dasher Technologies, a leading supplier of high quality, HP Enterprise solutions and complementary technologies, will be Exhibiting at the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, taking place November 2-4, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Ce...

There is now a thing called EuroCloud, for the moment a French-based SaaS and cloud community whose 70-odd members include IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce.com, France Telecom and SAP and whose 30 supporters include Amazon. The object of the name is to share best practices and expand...

SYS-CON Events announced that Tranxition, a leading provider of PC personality management, was named "Wireless Network Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo (www.VirtualizationConference.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara...

SYS-CON Events announced that CloudSwitch, which provides an enterprise gateway to the cloud, was named "Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center,...

SYS-CON Events announced that Vizioncore, an industry leader which is helping thousands of organizations maximize their ROI from their investments in virtualization, named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo colocated with the 4th Internatio...

Some of the concerns I've heard repeatedly is the potential barriers to entry for participation in this type of association. The last thing this association should be is an inclusive club for a few select technology vendors and insiders. It needs to be available to all and should foste...

SAML Provisioning is just another step in strengthening the union between the private cloud and public cloud providers. Provisioning identity information from the private cloud to the public provider simplifies management and strengthens integration resulting in cost savings for both t...

There are tangible economic benefits and efficiencies to be gained from cloud computing. To realize those benefits, companies should consider specific criteria and develop a strategy for how to optimize their datacenters to gain efficiencies and significantly improve datacenter TCO. ...

Saba announced Saba People Management Cloud, an edition of Saba's people management solutions to be delivered on Amazon Web Services (AWS). By enabling Saba’s award winning products for the Amazon cloud, large and mid-sized enterprises will be able to easily unify, engage, mobilize and...