http://saas.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Cloud Computing Expo Copyright 2008 CLOUD COMPUTING JOURNAL Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:32:00 GMT CLOUD COMPUTING JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://saas.sys-con.com/read/608263.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/608263.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Cloud Computing is the new buzz word in the technology industry. But even industry insiders don't agree on exactly what the term means. Mike Eaton, Founder and CEO of Cloudworks and Atticus Information Systems, will be giving a breakout session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - an adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://saas.sys-con.com/read/608763.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/608763.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Just as people begin to understand the difference between web ops and IT, we are entering a period where clouds promise 'Ops-Free' computing. Because it's easy, scalable, available and disposable, the cloud is well on its way to becoming 'technology's next big thing.' However, with recent outages from Amazon and Google Apps, the question of the cloud's competence, security and reliability have come into play. In this session, Hyperic's CEO, Javier Soltero will address these issues along with the many others surrounding the cloud including: The emergence of web operations as a discipline, How cloud computing simply changes, instead of eliminating the importance of web operations, What tools are available to help better manage cloud environments? http://saas.sys-con.com/read/587551.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/587551.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT Cloud Computing offers significant benefits over traditional solutions for deploying production systems as well as for conducting development and testing activities. Dr Thorsten von Eicken, CTO of RightScale, Inc., will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - an adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://saas.sys-con.com/read/607812.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/607812.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT The future model for providing IT infrastructure and services in large organizations is what many today are calling 'Cloud Computing' - a concept popularized by Amazon through its web services efforts. Merrill Lynch analysts for example reckon that by 2011 the volume of Cloud Computing market opportunity will amount to $160BN, including $95N in business and productivity apps (e-mail, office, CRM, etc.) and $65BN in online advertising. http://saas.sys-con.com/read/590421.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/590421.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:30:00 GMT Cloud Computing, in its current incarnation, falls short on its promise to make computing as a whole as simple as plugging an application into a utility service. Kirill Sheynkman, Founder & CEO of Elastra Corporation, will be giving a session on Elastic Computing vs. Cloud Computing at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - a brand new adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://saas.sys-con.com/read/588466.htmhttp://saas.sys-con.com/read/588466.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:30:00 GMT The demand for storage has increased exponentially, placing significant stress on current 'in house' storage architectures and costly overcapacity build-outs. Patrick Harr, CEO of Nirvanix, will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - a brand new adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.