Connected Globe News Weekly – Week of July 20, 2014 | Linux
Linux Authors: Liz McMillan, Yeshim Deniz, Roger Strukhoff, Elizabeth White, Carmen Gonzalez Blog Feed Post
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The Modern Enterprise model is presented as a newer way to think of enterprise IT, which takes a more holistic approach to embracing modern technologies.May. 6, 2015 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,815IBM Watson, Big Data, and the CloudBy Liz McMillanWhat exactly is a cognitive application? In her session at 16th Cloud Expo, Ashley Hathaway, Product Manager at IBM Watson, will look at the services being offered by the IBM Watson Developer Cloud and what that means for developers and Big Data. She'll explore how IBM Watson and its partnerships will continue to grow and help define what it means to be a cognitive service, as well as take a look at the offerings on Bluemix. She will also check out how Watson and the Alchemy API team up to offer disruptive APIs to developers.May. 6, 2015 05:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,299Site24x7 to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New YorkBy Liz McMillanSYS-CON Events announced today that Site24x7, the cloud infrastructure monitoring service, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Site24x7 is a cloud infrastructure monitoring service that helps monitor the uptime and performance of websites, online applications, servers, mobile websites and custom APIs. The monitoring is done from 50+ locations across the world and from various wireless carriers, thus providing a global perspective of the end-user experience. Site24x7 supports monitoring H...May. 6, 2015 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,578IndependenceIT to Present at Cloud ExpoBy Liz McMillanThe Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) market will grow to $6.4B by 2018. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Seth Bostock, CEO of IndependenceIT, will begin by walking the audience through the evolution of Workspace as-a-Service, where it is now vs. where it going. To look beyond the desktop we must understand exactly what WaaS is, who the users are, and where it is going in the future. IT departments, ISVs and service providers must look to workflow and automation capabilities to adapt to growing demand and the rapidly changing workspace model.May. 6, 2015 04:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,117SafeLogic Named “Sponsor” of Cloud ExpoBy Elizabeth WhiteSYS-CON Events announced today that SafeLogic has been named “Bag Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
SafeLogic provides security products for applications in mobile and server/appliance environments. SafeLogic’s flagship product CryptoComply is a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic engine designed to secure data on servers, workstations, appliances, mobile devices, and in the Cloud.May. 6, 2015 04:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,611Akana Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud ExpoBy Carmen GonzalezSYS-CON Events announced today that Akana, formerly SOA Software, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Akana’s comprehensive suite of API Management, API Security, Integrated SOA Governance, and Cloud Integration solutions helps businesses accelerate digital transformation by securely extending their reach across multiple channels – mobile, cloud and Internet of Things. Akana enables enterprises to share data as APIs, connect and integrate applications, drive part...May. 6, 2015 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,581Open Data Centers to Exhibit at Cloud ExpoBy Liz McMillanSYS-CON Events announced today that Open Data Centers (ODC), a carrier-neutral colocation provider, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Open Data Centers is a carrier-neutral data center operator in New Jersey and New York City offering alternative connectivity options for carriers, service providers and enterprise customers. May. 6, 2015 03:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,345Dyn to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New YorkBy Elizabeth WhiteSYS-CON Events announced today that Dyn, the worldwide leader in Internet Performance, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Dyn is a cloud-based Internet Performance company. Dyn helps companies monitor, control, and optimize online infrastructure for an exceptional end-user experience. Through a world-class network and unrivaled, objective intelligence into Internet conditions, Dyn ensures traffic gets delivered faster, safer, and more reliably than ever.May. 6, 2015 03:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,049F5 Networks to Present at @DevOpsSummit NYBy Carmen GonzalezDevOps tends to focus on the relationship between Dev and Ops, putting an emphasis on the ops and application infrastructure. But that’s changing with microservices architectures. In her session at DevOps Summit, Lori MacVittie, Evangelist for F5 Networks, will focus on how microservices are changing the underlying architectures needed to scale, secure and deliver applications based on highly distributed (micro) services and why that means an expansion into “the network” for DevOps. May. 6, 2015 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,890Vicom Computer Services to Exhibit at Cloud ExpoBy Liz McMillanSYS-CON Events announced today that Vicom Computer Services, Inc., a provider of technology and service solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. They are located at booth #427.
Vicom Computer Services, Inc. is a progressive leader in the technology industry for over 30 years. Headquartered in the NY Metropolitan area. Vicom provides products and services based on today’s requirements around Unified Networks, Cloud Computing strategies, Virtualization around Software defined Data Ce...May. 6, 2015 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,569@ThingsExpo Accepting Hackathon ProposalsBy Liz McMillanThe 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo – to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY – is now accepting Hackathon proposals. Hackathon sponsorship benefits include general brand exposure and increasing engagement with the developer ecosystem.
The Bluemix Developer Playground, for developers of all levels, highlighted the ease of use of...May. 6, 2015 02:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,396DevOps Summit NY Keynote Proposals OpenBy Carmen GonzalezDevOps Summit 2015 New York, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals.
The widespread success of cloud computing is driving the DevOps revolution in enterprise IT. Now as never before, development teams must communicate and collaborate in a dynamic, 24/7/365 environment. There is no time to wait for long development cycles that produce software that is obsolete at launch. DevOps may be disruptive, but it is essential.May. 6, 2015 01:45 AM EDT Reads: 4,518Gridstore to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New YorkBy Pat RomanskiSYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore’s hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry’s first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...May. 6, 2015 01:15 AM EDT Reads: 5,369AIC to Exhibit at Cloud Expo 2015 New YorkBy Pat RomanskiSYS-CON Events announced today that AIC, a leading provider of OEM/ODM server and storage solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
AIC is a leading provider of both standard OTS, off-the-shelf, and OEM/ODM server and storage solutions. With expert in-house design capabilities, validation, manufacturing and production, AIC's broad selection of products are highly flexible and are configurable to any form factor or custom configuration. AIC leads the industry with nearly 20 years of ...May. 6, 2015 01:15 AM EDT Reads: 5,906Daunting Challenges for Industrial InternetBy Roger StrukhoffWe heard for many years how developing nations would be able to develop mobile-phone networks quickly, perhaps even leapfrog developed nations, because their lack of traditional, wired networks would not inhibit them from deploying the new technology. Now there is talk of history repeating itself with the Industrial Internet--a key aspect of the emerging Internet of Things. For example, Guo Ping, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Chinese electronics giant Huawei, said in a recent report from the World Economic Forum, "The Industrial Internet will afford emerging markets a unique opportunity ...May. 5, 2015 11:00 PM EDT Reads: 782Avnet a Top Business Technology Innovator By Elizabeth WhiteAvnet, Inc. has announced that it ranked No. 4 on the InformationWeek Elite 100 – a list of the top business technology innovators in the U.S. Avnet was recognized for the development of an innovative cloud-based training system that serves as the foundation for Avnet Academy – the company’s education and training organization focused on technical training around top IT vendor technologies. The development of this system allowed Avnet to quickly expand its IT-related training capabilities around the world, while creating a new service that Avnet and its IT solution providers can offer to their...May. 5, 2015 04:15 PM EDT Reads: 967Ayla Networks Named a Cool Vendor in the IoTBy Pat Romanski Ayla Networks, whose agile Internet of Things (IoT) platform makes it easy for manufacturers to deliver secure, connected products, today announced it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the Internet of Things report by Gartner, Inc.
“Gartner knows how important it is that manufacturers of all kinds of products have the right IoT solution to help turn their products into connected ‘things,’” said David Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Ayla Networks. “The market for Ayla’s IoT platform has accelerated dramatically this year compared to last year. Today’s largest manufacturers ar...May. 5, 2015 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 557B2Cloud to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New YorkBy Liz McMillanSYS-CON Events announced today that B2Cloud, a provider of enterprise resource planning software, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Tony Shan will first scan the IoT landscape and investigate the major challenges and barriers. The key areas of consideration are identified to get started with IoT journey. He will then pinpoint the need of a tool for effective IoT adoption and implementation, which leads to IoTMM in which five maturity levels are defined: Advanced, Dynamic, Optimized, Primitive,...May. 5, 2015 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,191Containers and Microservices By Roger StrukhoffContainers and microservices have become topics of intense interest throughout the cloud developer and enterprise IT communities. Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 16th Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York June 9-11 will find fresh new content in a new track called PaaS | Containers & Microservices
Containers are not being considered for the first time by the cloud community, but a current era of re-consideration has pushed them to the top of the cloud agenda. With the launch of Docker's initial release in March of 2013, interest was revved up several notches. Then late last...May. 5, 2015 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,956MORE » Latest StoriesSlides: ‘Next Frontier’ Victoria LivschitzBy Pat RomanskiMay. 6, 2015Slides: ‘Open Source’ Krishnan SubramanianBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015Finding Security a Home in a DevOps WorldBy Pat RomanskiMay. 6, 2015DevOps Summit Hits New York in JuneBy Roger StrukhoffMay. 6, 2015IBM Scales DevOpsBy Yeshim DenizMay. 6, 2015FierceDevOps to Exhibit at Cloud Expo NYBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015JFrog Adds Docker Support to BintrayBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015A DevOps Approach to SecurityBy Elizabeth WhiteMay. 6, 2015IBM Watson, Big Data, and the CloudBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015Orchestrating Distributed DeploymentsBy Elizabeth WhiteMay. 6, 2015Site24x7 to Exhibit at Cloud Expo New YorkBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015WSM International to Exhibit at Cloud ExpoBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015IndependenceIT to Present at Cloud ExpoBy Liz McMillanMay. 6, 2015Slides: Michael Murray ‘The DevOps Lifecycle’By Elizabeth WhiteMay. 6, 2015SafeLogic Named “Sponsor” of Cloud ExpoBy Elizabeth WhiteMay. 6, 2015
Tweets by @ThingsExpo @ThingsExpo BlogsThe Benefits of IoT for Security SystemsBy Elizabeth WhiteA network-centric systems approach to IoT has begun to dramatically affect physical security. The opportunity reaches well beyond simply connecting new sensors and information sources. Integration of sensors and controllers is a necessary step and serves as a foundation for generating all the information to transform customers' business processes. For safety and security systems, the integration results in enhanced accuracy, responsiveness, automation, and scale.May. 5, 2015 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,103The Industrial Internet ArisesBy Roger StrukhoffAs we approach the next @ThingsExpo, to be held June 9-11 at the Javits Center in New York, my thoughts naturally turn to the Internet of Things. The IoT is a leviathan—in the best possible sense of the term—that will sweep up most everything in the ocean of data and technology being created today and tomorrow. But rather than try to grasp all of its possible uses, for today I'm looking at “just” the Industrial Internet part.
I just read a long paper co-authored by Tim Berners-Lee about the possibility of describing a “web science,” that is, discipline that combines the study involved ...May. 5, 2015 06:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,077IoT: Device-Focused or Service-Focused?By Aria BlogEveryone’s talking about the Internet of Things recently, but one topic I don’t see addressed much is the difference between Service-Focused IoT and Device-Focused IoT. The concept of “The Internet of Things” has always been about vast, heterogeneous networks of small, limited-purpose devices. However, there is a growing need to further differentiate IoT into the two delivery models.
In my previous blog, I discussed how hardware manufacturers are able to leverage IoT and recurring revenue to further lock in customers, increase lifetime value, and raise exit barriers around their services. H...May. 5, 2015 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,159Sensing and Sharing the Physical WorldBy Kevin BenedictWe spend a lot of time talking and writing about the IoT (Internet of Things) in the macro, as a giant worldwide network of objects and things, communicating with themselves and others. That is indeed interesting, but the most interesting components of the IoT, in my opinion, are the sensors. Sensors are defined as, "Devices that detect or measure a physical property and record, indicate, or otherwise responds to it." In the context of IoT, sensors detect or measure a physical property and then communicate the findings wirelessly to a server for analysis. Sensors are our digital fingers tha...May. 5, 2015 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,012Amazon Dash Embodies the Stackato VisionBy Bernard GoldenLast week we announced the release of “Enabling the Future of Applications: The Stackato Vision.” This video describes how the nature of information technology is changing – from automating business-supporting processes to being the business offering itself. Using IDC’s Third Platform concept as a framework, we identify the critical success factors necessary to be a Third Platform company and present examples like Uber and Airbnb. If you’re not familiar with IDC’s Third Platform, it represents the confluence of four technology trends – social, mobile, Big Data, and cloud computing – that in ...May. 5, 2015 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,096Performance Testing for WearablesBy Tim HindsThis week’s post is about the trials and tribulations of companies who make wearable applications – from fitness trackers to the nascent smartwatch market. They have a tough road ahead, and the competition is heating up. And everyone is talking about them. You may be thinking: what is going on here?
Last year, I made my first wearable purchase on a whim - a Vivofit wristband tracker. I had heard mixed reviews about a lot of wearables. A former roommate's rant about his always-broken wearable was permanently etched in my mind. Would my case be different? Well, as it turned out, I liked the Viv...May. 5, 2015 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,170Internet of Things: Changing How We Live By AppDynamics BlogHarvard Business Review published a blog about the Internet of Things (IoT) and markets where IoT has grown strong. Blog author, Simona Jankowski, wrote, “IoT is expected to connect 28 billion “things” to the internet by 2020, ranging from wearable devices such as smartwatches to automobiles, appliances, and industrial equipment.” That kind of development is enough to spur an evolution in how we live on a daily basis.
See Jeremy and his family have been living in Kathmandu for a while now. His wife, in fact, is the Danish Ambassador to Nepal!May. 5, 2015 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,196Locking Down Super-Users for CybersecurityBy Tom KempPrivileged Identity Management (PIM) is the lowest common denominator in today’s most treacherous corporate and governmental security breaches. Or more accurately: Privilege Mismanagement. Sony, Target, Anthem, JP Morgan Chase, the city of San Francisco and many others succumbed to the reality that the identity of a single super-user account can be subverted for the purposes of manipulating sensitive organizational data, correspondence, commercial goods and intellectual property.May. 5, 2015 11:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,006Containers and Microservices By Roger StrukhoffContainers and microservices have become topics of intense interest throughout the cloud developer and enterprise IT communities. Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 16th Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York June 9-11 will find fresh new content in a new track called PaaS | Containers & Microservices
Containers are not being considered for the first time by the cloud community, but a current era of re-consideration has pushed them to the top of the cloud agenda. With the launch of Docker's initial release in March of 2013, interest was revved up several notches. Then late last...May. 5, 2015 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,956Monitoring an Ear of Corn with an IoT Sensor?By Kevin BenedictOnce upon a time, farmers would walk through a field or ride a horse around it to determine the amount of fertilizer and water their crops required. I have done this myself. Today agricultural drones with sensors and analysis software can fly over large fields and analyze the crops and their needs precisely in seconds. If we wanted to get even more ambitious, we could place an IoT (Internet of Things) sensor next to every stalk of corn to monitor and optimize its growth. Although these steps are all feasible today, some are not yet economically advantageous. That might, however, soon chan...May. 5, 2015 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,200Can We Predict the Size of the IoT Market?By Judith HurwitzI had a very interesting discussion the other day with an executive for a technology company. He had just come from a presentation about the Internet of Things (IoT) market. The presenter projected that the market would be valued at around $7 trillion market within the next decade. What did I think about this projection? Is it correct? Is this the true size of the market? Now, as a disclaimer, I don’t do market sizing. I assume that those smart people who figure out how big or small a market will be use sound judgment. However, I don’t think that as we sit at the dawn of this new era we can tr...May. 5, 2015 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,183Intelligent Process Automation, Siri and MoreBy Kevin BenedictIn this interview we discuss Rob Brown's recent white paper titled Robots and I, the different forms of robots, and then dig deep into how software robots are transforming many industries today with expert Matt Smith. Enjoy!
May. 5, 2015 10:13 AM EDT Reads: 431IoT Effect on ApplicationsBy Peter SilvaAs more applications are needed to run those Things, traditional infrastructure concerns like scale and reliability will become paramount. Additional challenges with identity and access, improving the user experience, and the need for faster provisioning of services could overwhelm IT departments. A robust, scalable and intelligent infrastructure will be necessary to handle the massive traffic growth.
Combined with real-world scenarios and use cases, the IoT Bootcamp is not just based on presentations but includes hands-on demos and walkthroughs. We will introduce you to a variety of Do-It-Yourself IoT platforms including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Spark and Intel Edison. You will also get an overview of cloud technologies s...May. 5, 2015 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,968