Key issues can make or break an organization's strategic cloud adoption. The
intersection of cloud computing with business strategy, Big Data, vendor
lock-in, globalization, collaboration, security, licensing, virtualization,
confidence, and the ‘new normal' can act as huge points of concern. So I
put down some thoughts on this, and ended up - in no particular order - with
the following 11 tips for the successful adoption of cloud computing:
1. The ‘new normal' makes cloud mandatory, not optional - the growing gap
between flat (or down) IT budgets and the increasing business demand for
innovation, new services, and growth is not sustainable. Any CIO who does
nothing about this gap will be out of work - because they failed to deliver
to business need, or because the business simply did it themselves. Cloud
fills the gap by using time, money, and resources far more eff... (more)
Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:BIRT), the people behind BIRT® and the leader in
open source business intelligence (BI), today announced financial results for
the first quarter 2012.
First Quarter 2012 Financial and Operational Highlights:
License revenue for Q1 up 15% year-over-year to $13.4 million; Q1 revenue
included 3 transactions with a license component in excess of $1 million; Q1
non-GAAP revenue of $34.8 million, an increase of 8% from the same period a
year ago; Non-GAAP operating income of $8.5 million up 51% year-over-year;
Non-GAAP operating margin of 24.4% up over 690 b... (more)
Racemi has announced its DynaCenter can now quickly and easily migrate server
images to public cloud provider GoGrid and CA's AppLogic cloud computing
platform.
The latest release, DynaCenter 4.1, is image-based provisioning software that
automates the movement of entire server images, whether physical or virtual -
including operating systems, storage and network configurations and
applications - to a cloud computing resource or another physical or virtual
server. Unlike other technologies, Racemi does not require modifications to
the server workload.
Support for GoGrid is adde... (more)
With Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) starting today Monday
November 7 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, let's introduce you in
greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker
Faculty for the technical program at the conference...
We have technical and strategy sessions for you dealing with every nook and
cranny of Cloud Computing, 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 Enterprise IT?
CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: Ross Mas... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that CA was named "Gold Sponsor" of the
upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA
World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City.
CA is the world's leading independent information technology (IT) management
software company. We help companies manage IT to better perform, compete,
innovate and grow their businesses. With our Enterprise IT Management (EITM)
vision and technology, customers can unify IT and simplify the management of
complex computing environments.
15th International SOA World Confe... (more)
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