Although we tend to think of the Cloud in centralizing terms, where hosting
an app ‘in the Cloud’ means moving it to a remote data-centre, in
contrast it is actually part of an overall trend of technology becoming much
more distributed. From entirely standalone mainframes through the first PC
LANs to the n-tier web architecture computing has continued to explode
outwards.
The ‘X Internet’ represents the next stage in this evolution. It’s been
used to refer to the ’Executable Internet’ and also the ‘Extended
Internet’, with both meaning the Internet expanding another order of
magnitude to become an “Internet of things”.
X Internet
As described in this white paper from Motorola (11 page PDF) it goes
beyond people sharing content on PCs and laptops to software running on any
and all devices, from your watch to RFID tags, to share real-time data like
stock control i... (more)
What changes in the cloud computing and big data landscape should we be
expecting in 2013?
In this article we offer a round-up of industry experts' opinions as they
were asked by Cloud Expo / BigDataExpo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan to
preview the fast-approaching year ahead.
2013 Will Be The Year of Big Data | The Internet of Things | Cloud To The
Rescue (DR) | SSD
John Engates | @jengates
CTO of Rackspace Hosting
Now its CTO, John joined Rackspace in August 2000, just a year after the
company was founded, as VP of Operations, managing the datacenter operations
and customer-service teams. Two years later, when Rackspace decided to add
new services for larger enterprise customers, he created and helped develop
the Intensive Hosting business unit. Most recently, he has played an active
role in the evolution and evangelism of Rackspace's cloud computing strategy
an... (more)
A completely new computing platform is on the horizon. They're called
Microservers by some, ARM Servers by others, and sometimes even ARM-based
Servers. No matter what you call them, Microservers will have a huge impact
on the data center and on server computing in general.
What Is a Microserver...and What Isn't
Although few people are familiar with Microservers today, their impact will
be felt very soon. This is a new category of computing platform that is
available today and is predicted to have triple-digit growth rates for some
years to come - growing to over 20% of the server market by 2016 according to
Oppenheimer ("Cloudy With A Chance of ARM" Oppenheimer Equity Research
Industry Report).
According to Chris Piedmonte, CEO of Suvola Corporation - a software and
services company focused on creating preconfigured and scalable Microserver
appliances for deployin... (more)
"[Java's] not about just PCs, but everything of value on the network." "Java
is everywhere. It's not about just PCs, but everything of value on the
network. Java technology runs on over 200 million cell phones around the
world, 500 million Java cards, 550 million PCs and 80 percent of the
enterprise servers in the world."
Ingrid Van den Hoogen, Director of Strategic Marketing, Sun
"Your clocks, cars, pets, thermostats and luggage will be connected"
"It will be an Internet of things. Your stuff will be connected so you don't
have to [be]. Your clocks, cars, pets, thermostats and luggage will be
connected. Your car will run an auction with gas stations in range,
negotiating best price to refill your tank [and] will also check to see what
is low in your fridge and direct you to [the] nearest gas station with
convenience store."
Scott McNealy, Chairman, President & CEO of... (more)
What's "Cloud 2.0"? Who's behind "SHadoop"? Why is the Cloud so important to
the Big Data boom? Are you turning your data into dollars? Which cloud model
is right for your company?
Register to attend 11th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley and get your
questions answered November 5–8.
Here's what you can look forward to, expressed numerically:
1 Convenient Venue – Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA 2
Interlocking Themes – Cloud Computing & Big Data 4 Content-Packed Days –
November 5–8, 2012 6 Industry Keynotes 8 Distinct Parallel Tracks 174
Breakout Technical & Strategy Sessions 203 Expert Speakers & Panelists 90,000
Square Feet of Expo Floor and 1 Not-To-Be-Missed Opening Night Welcome
Reception on Nov 5 !
The event is co-located with 2nd International BigDataExpo. Registration
includes both events.
Whether you are a large enterprise, a growing busines... (more)
View Aaater Suleman's @ThingsExpo sesion here
The goal of any DevOps solution is to optimize multiple processes in an
organization. And success does not necessarily require that in executing the
strategy everything needs to be automated to produce an effective plan. Yet,
it is important that processes are put in place to handle a necessary list of
items.
Register For DevOps Summit FREE (before Friday) ▸ Here
Flux7 is a consulting group with a focus on helping organizations build,
maintain and optimize DevOps processes. The group has a wide view across
DevOps challenges and benefits, including:
The distinct challenge of a skills shortage in this area and how
organizations are coping to meet demands with limited resources. The
technical requirements: From stacks to scripts, and what works. The practical
and political challenges: Beyond the stacks and the human element... (more)
What do you get when you combine Big Data technologies….like Pig and
Hive? A flying pig?
No, you get a “Logical Data Warehouse”.
My general prediction is that Cloudera and Hortonworks are both aggressively
moving to fulfilling a vision which looks a lot like Gartner’s “Logical
Data Warehouse”….namely, “the next-generation data warehouse that
improves agility, enables innovation and responds more efficiently to
changing business requirements.”
In 2012, Infochimps (now CSC) leveraged its early use of stream processing,
NoSQLs, and Hadoop to create a design pattern which combined real-time,
ad-hoc, and batch analytics. This concept of combining the best-in-breed Big
Data technologies will continue to advance across the industry until the
entire legacy (and proprietary) data infrastructure stack will be replaced
with a new (and open) one.
As this is happening, I predi... (more)
From CloudEXPO TV Archives:
The World's Many IoTs: Which Are the Most Important?
The Internet of Things is clearly many things: data collection and analytics,
wearables, Smart Grids and Smart Cities, the Industrial Internet, and more.
Cool platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel's Galileo and Edison, and a
diverse world of sensors are making the IoT a great toy box for developers in
all these areas.
In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger
Strukhoff, panelists discussed what things are the most important, which will
have the most profound effect on the world, and what should we expect to see
over the next couple of years.
Panelist Bios:
Chris Matthieu is the co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, a revolutionary
real-time IoT platform recently acquired by Citrix. Octoblu connects things,
systems, people and clouds to a global mesh netwo... (more)
New Year 2010 on Ulitzer
It's that time of year again, so I am sharing some thoughts about what 2010
should entail for technology. Here are some leading technology experts who
share their valuable insights.
Richard MacManus, Founder & CEO, @rww
1. There will be a breakthrough consumer application for Internet of Things -
involving the iPhone, RFID tags and a major consumer product such as books or
groceries. In general, Internet of Things will ramp up in 2010, with
thousands more everyday objects becoming connected to the Internet.
2. Google will acquire PostRank and promptly consign it to the same graveyard
Feedburner went to.
3. Microsoft will acquire Wolfram|Alpha and Bing will continue to make small
gains in the search market. Google will be distracted by increasing consumer
complaints about content farms polluting Google search results.
4. A price war will erup... (more)
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Machine Learning - It's All About the Data
Data is the fuel that drives the machine learning algorithmic engines and
ultimately provides the business value.
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In his session at Cloud Expo, Ed Featherston, a director and senior
enterprise architect at Collaborative Consulting, discussed the key
considerations around quality, volume, timeliness, and pedigree that must be
dealt with in order to properly fuel that engine.
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Speaker Bio
Ed Featherston is a director/senior enterprise architect at Collaborative
Consulting. He brings 35 years of technology experience in designing,
building, and implementing large complex solutions. He has significant
expertise in systems integration, Internet/intranet, and cloud technologies,
Ed has deliv... (more)
From CloudEXPO TV Archives:
In his keynote at @ThingsExpo, Chris Matthieu, Director of IoT Engineering at
Citrix and co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, focused on building an IoT platform
and company. He provided a behind-the-scenes look at Octoblu's platform,
business, and pivots along the way (including the Citrix acquisition of
Octoblu).
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Speaker Bio:
Chris Matthieu is the co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, a revolutionary
real-time IoT platform recently acquired by Citrix. Octoblu connects things,
systems, people and clouds to a global mesh network allowing users to
automate and control design flows, processes and sensor data, and
analyze/react to real-time events and messages as well as big data trends and
anomalies.
Prior to co-founding Octoblu, Chris was the founder of Nodester, an
open-source Node.JS PaaS which was acquired by AppFog... (more)
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