Cloud Computing Expo on Ulitzer
The most anticipated talk of the day yesterday, at the 4th International
Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, was by the deputy CIO of the CIA, Jill
Singer. Her talk was entitled, "Enterprise Cloud Computing, the
Infrastructure’s Final Revenge."
She acknowledged the problem with defining Cloud Computing, and then went on
to give her paragraph-length definition of “the cloud”. Her talk focused
on the part of the Cloud behind the firewall.
“Today’s CIO must increase the flexibility of the infrastructure,” said
Singer. “Today’s CIO must manage cost to free dollars for [other
purposes] …and work to improve the competitiveness of the larger
organization.”
“Faster, Better, Cheaper, and Safer” was the overall theme of her talk,
and she pointed... (more)
Day One of the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo is in full swing. First
off, it took me nearly 30 minutes to find parking. For some reason the top
level of the parking structure of the Santa Clara Convention Center was
closed off. Not sure why. Then I walked through the San Jose Hyatt. At that
point, I ran into the lines. The lines for registration were 50-100 people
deep. And there w... (more)
CTERA announced a pair of products meant to make adding storage to “The
Cloud” easy. They also announced a marketing and distribution agreement
with RackSpace for their devices.
The first of the two devices is targeted at consumers. The Cloudplug is a
device that makes anu USB or eSata hard drive into Network Attached Storage.
CTERA is also offering an online backup service for $199 for ... (more)
The 2004 JavaOne conference opened today with the standard formula of
industry keynotes. Documentary film maker and local TV personality Jonathan
Karsh opened the show as the emcee. The 8th annual Java developer show began
in front of a backdrop of scrolling Java (which had code for catching
exceptions), Sun president & COO Jonathan I. Schwartz., started out by
delivering the standard Su... (more)
On June 30th, IBM and two US Senators announced the initial deployment of a
system to link local Mississippi law enforcements agencies to a single
database of public safety information. The federally funded project will
deliver public safety information across Mississippi to desktop and a range
of mobile devices.
The announcement, which included software vendor Tarantella, is additional
... (more)
Bill Roth is a writer and technologist living in San Jose. He is formerly the Vice President of the BEA Workshop Business Unit. Prior to this he was Chief Technical Evangelist for Epiphany. With over 20 years in this industry, he has played numerous product marketing, product management and engineering roles at companies like Sun and Morgan Stanley, and GSI Commerce.
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