April 25-26, 2013 | Hotel Valley Ho 6850 East Main Street Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Throughout the Life Science industry, forward-thinking corporations are leveraging advancements in technology throughout their organizations in order to create streamlined operating procedures, lower risk, and ultimately reduce costs. The exponential number of technological solutions to these challenges provides IT executives with a wide array of choices when …
Wireless vs. Data Centers: Which Consumes More Energy?
Here’s a bit of news / research that struck me as completely non-obvious and somewhat sobering: Wireless access networks (e.g., Wi-Fi, 3G, and 4G/LTE ) consume MUCH more energy than the cloud-based services to which they connect. It’s non-obvious (to me, anyway) because data centers have the reputation of being really big energy sinks. They are really big energy sinks, …
US Navy: Yesterday Grog, Tomorrow Cloud
Hear ye, hear ye, the following is an important dispatch from central command. Prepare to copy … the U.S. Navy’s new public cloud computing policy. Details below, with emphasis in red added by Seaman Recruit Wood. Please acknowledge. Repeat, please acknowledge. Break. ———– U.S. Navy Issues New Cloud Computing Policy The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON) recently …
It’s NOT the Economy, Stupid
James Carville became a household name in the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign when he coined the phrase, “The economy, stupid” in reference to one of the three key campaign talking points. The post below, by Barb Darrow in GigaOm, debunks the common misperception that cloud adoption is all about price. Well, it turns out it’s not. Instead, it’s about agility …
The Evolution of Service-Level Agreements
“There are no guarantees in life — except death and taxes.” And data center SLAs (Service Level Agreements), of course. Analyst Al Sadowski of 451 Research wrote the piece below on the evolution of SLAs. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing —————- It’s Time for Service-Level Agreement 3.0 Ask any buyer, and they will tell you …
David Linthicum on Cloud Security
David Linthicum is a well-regarded thought leader in the cloud computing arena. His post below from GigaOm Pro address the “cloud security” issue straight-on — and clearly outlines the data and rationale for why public cloud services are often MORE SECURE than enterprise networks. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———- Security: Getting to the truth …
Clash of Titans? Amazon and Google Drop Trou
Music to our ears: the big guys continue to create awareness of, and demand for, public cloud services. Don’t just be a lemming, though — we encourage you to do your own homework and look before you leap into any cloud. Our own AIS BusinessCloud1 has a number of significant advantages over the so-called cheap-and-cheerful offerings from the gorillas. Don’t …
Data Center Market Continues to Grow (DRT)
Good news: Our market is growing! The succinct DRT press release re-posted below has all the key takeaways highlighted in red (by me). Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————– Digital Realty Announces Results Of Annual North American Data Center Demand Survey Independent study commissioned by Digital Realty indicates continued strong growth driven by industry demand for increased security, energy efficiency, new …
The State of Hypervisor Competition
VMware is the most popular hypervisor — which is why AIS BusinessCloud1 uses VMware vCloud Director. But other hypervisors have their own fan base too. The article below is from analysts Rachel Chalmers and Peter ffoulkes of 451 Research. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————– Another look at the big four (or five) hypervisors – …
It’s Getting Even Cloudier in Seattle
It’s good to be in a market where some of the largest, richest, and most-headline-grabbing companies are pioneering the way. Witness Amazon, Google, and Microsoft in the cloud space. Thank you, titans, for leading the charge. Article by Claire Cain Miller and Quentin Hardy in The New York Times. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– …
