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01.25.2012
This year, the Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, is taken to the private cloud.
IBM, the tournament’s official technology partner, has developed a global cloud computing system that will enable uninterrupted access to content by millions of viewers around the globe.
The private cloud allows continuous flow of real-time data and with its flexible characteristic, it can easily scale the unpredictable and erratic data demand of fans. One of the highlighted features is the enhanced IBM Slamtracker, a tool that provides analytics to examine more than 39 million data points from seven years of Grand Slam tournaments – all of which may also be accessed though iPhone and android smartphone applications.
The aim of the event organizer, Tennis Australia, is to give a connected experience for the tournament. According to Samir Mahil, CIO of Tennis Australia, the private cloud solution will be able to instantly provide quality data even during the peak times of the competition. In addition to that, Sarah Cole, the IBM project lead, said that the Australian Open is known to be one of the most sophisticated spectator sports in the world, and is greatly attributed to its successful adoption of technology innovation.
To read the full news and get updates about Australian Open’s cloud adoption, visit Delimeter.
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01.24.2012
As wave after wave of organizations have started to fully embrace the cloud, they are also starting to realize that, like all things, it comes with unavoidable complexities; more particularly, in the aspect of management
More often than not, the cause for the unsatisfactory or even failed result of cloud adoption is the impulsive dive without carefully considering the technical implications within and after the process. Two separate articles raise very crucial points that need to be considered in an organization’s migration process to the cloud.
The first was based on an article about the five key tips to cloud migration. In summary, the organizations need to asses their needs and determine which type of cloud service should be obtained. As a guide, businesses need to ask leading questions like:
Another important factor is discussed in an article in IT Business Edge, that while cloud has its complexities, organizations already need to consider as many policy issues as possible. The objective of this article is to communicate that IT personnel also need to be motivated to efficiently implement cloud adoption in their respective organizations.
The bottom line is, businesses need to have the mindset that the cloud is just a means to an end, and not the end in itself – meaning, it is but another tool that can be used to make systems more efficient. Organizations, especially their IT people, still need to keep their business objectives in mind.
Read more about the identification of issues in cloud migration and the recommendations on how to address these issues in Appreciating the Complexities of Cloud Computing. Also, take a more comprehensive look at the important drivers to adoption in Cloud Migration: Five Key Tips.
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01.23.2012
While cloud adoption by SMB’s is rampantly increasing, the market has responded rather quickly. This year, there have already been several companies that offer Platform as a Service and those that were set-up to manage big data.
A series of entries in Cloudtweaks reported these promising start-ups that will strengthen the value of cloud services this year and in the years to come.
Some PaaS start-ups mentioned were:
For further data on these companies, you may visit the entry here.
Start-up companies that offer organization and management services related to big data have also been identified:
Read more about these big data management firms and how they can help you analyze data that you can use to your firm’s development, visit Cloudtweaks now.
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01.20.2012
Cloud Expansion is Good, But People Still Need to Ask and Tell “Why”
Technology allows innovation and improvement, and now that companies have been largely subjected to “cloudwashing”, C-level executives might have overlooked the true purpose of the cloud.
An article in sys-con media talks about the deployment of cloud-for-cloud’s-sake instead of truly using the solution to plan for the future.
This is a point of concern, the author views the high level mindset to be looking at new technology as beautiful new carts with exceptional quality of its components. The IT mindset, according to the author, instead sees new technology as the horse that powers whatever cart the company wants to pull.
Basically, this article encourages corporations to entertain the “why” before deploying any new system. Read the full version of this article at sys-con media.
Legal Concerns on the Cloud
The Oregon State Bar has responded to the going legal concern on the extremely fast growing of cloud computing. Last December 2011, the state ethics committee released the Oregon Rules of Professional Responsibility of Competence and Confidentiality, which lawyers need to strictly comply to.
The objective of the directives is to ensure confidentiality and security of materials being expressed through:
It was explained that though third party vendors have their own security measures, the organization’s regulations will allow for flexibility to protect data and withstand the test of time should the vendor’s security become obsolete.
Visit the Daily Record to read the comprehensive article about the policies. This will also provide information on which ethics committees have made the necessary move to further protect data.
FedRAMP Watch
In the continued enforcing of the agency-wide standardization of cloud computing security requirements, the Federal CIO Council has released more that 150 new controls in new categories.
Aside from the on-going risk assessments and continuous monitoring, the council believes that these regulations will help in the implementation of FedRAMP. These standards were curated from a joint feedback from those in the industry and government. Some categories covered by the policy are:
Read the full article in the Information Week and see the rest of the categories that are included in the list of requirements.
Better Opportunities With the Cloud
A video posted in Huffington Post entitled Portraits of a Smarter Planet shows Lauren States, VP for Cloud Computing at IBM, as she discusses how much cloud computing has helped businesses.
She mainly stressed on the cost savings from maintenance that allows a business to use those funds to increase profitability. Some instances given were:
This short video shows that technology truly allows new ideas to flourish. To watch the full video, click here.
Useful Cloud Applications
A basic but very helpful article in Host Review revisits the various applications that can be used in the cloud. As we all know, cloud computing can be applied to almost all spheres of business activities that delivers great value.
Here are some applications and uses of the cloud:
Any industry whether IT, finance or even service can surely have at least one application that wil get much benefit from the cloud.
To read the full article, visit the site.
Encryption As A Service
An article in savidtech.com was written in reference to Gartner’s prediction that 1,000 companies will store customer data in the public cloud this year, which attributes a 50% increase. It discussed how cloud encryption or Encryption as a Service (EaaS) is being used by more global firms to enable them to leverage on the public cloud.
The author gave an overview of the EaaS:
Learn more on cloud encryption and how it helps companies secure sensitive data. Visit Savidtech now.
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