Cloud Expo Silicon Valley $800 Savings here! Traditionally, the cost of deployment has not been considered an important parameter of architectural tradeoffs. Since the main driver of cloud computing is its promise of cost savings through "pay for what you use," there is a strong incentive to build applications that consume fewer resources. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Udayan Banerjee, CTO at NIIT Technologies Ltd., will: Establish the need: 10% less resource required = 10% cost saving Identify what we need to unlearn: Parallel and distributed world is a different world Provide pointers: How to approach the problem of cost optimization Review platform-specific variance: Impact of the difference between main providers Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Speaker Bio: Udayan Banerjee is CTO at NIIT Technologies Ltd. An IT indus... (more)

CA Technologies Executes on Its Cloud Strategy

CA Technologies on Wednesday announced new product, customer and partner proof points of how its identity and access management (IAM) technology supports use of cloud applications by enhancing security, helping to ease compliance efforts, and automating processes for improved operational efficiencies in managing the IT supply chain. The announcement includes the availability of new CA Identity Manager capabilities that extend identity management to cloud applications; it highlights how a customer has leveraged the CA SiteMinder portfolio to control access to its SaaS application... (more)

The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem

In the run-up to the next Cloud Expo, 7th Cloud Expo (November 1–4, 2010) being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, it's time to give my earlier list a complete overhaul. Here, accordingly, is an expanded list of the most active players in the Cloud Ecosystem. I have increased it from the 'mere' 150 I identified back in January of this year, to 250, testimony – as if any were needed! – to the fierce and continuing growth of the "Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing. Editorial note: The words in quotation marks used to describe ... (more)

Stoneware Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley $800 Savings here! SYS-CON Events announced today that Stoneware, a leader in private cloud computing, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1-4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Headquartered in Indianapolis and founded in 2000, Stoneware is a privately held corporation providing innovative software that enables organizations to build their own 'private' cloud with a virtual web desktop to access a... (more)

Cloud Services with Windows Azure - Part 1

For a complete list of the co-authors and contributors, see the end of the article. Microsoft's Software-plus-Services strategy represents a view of the world where the growing feature-set of devices and the increasing ubiquity of the Web are combined to deliver more compelling solutions. Software-plus-Services represents an evolutionary step that is based on existing best practices in IT and extends the application potential of core service-orientation design principles. Microsoft's efforts to embrace the Software-plus-Services vision are framed by three core goals: User expe... (more)