Migrating to the Cloud Headliner (Video)

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AIS sponsored this CommNexus Headliner event. View it now! Migrating to the Cloud: Public Company CIOs Reveal the Facts KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Timothy Chou Lecturer, Stanford University Member of the Board, Blackbaud PANELISTS Norm Fjeldheim Senior Vice President and CIO, Qualcomm Incorporated Steven Phillpott CIO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Amy Chiu, PhD Vice President of Information Technology, SDG&E

Cloud, IT Outsourcing Continue to Rise

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451 Research is an excellent resource when it comes to measuring and analyzing trends in the IT infrastructure and services arena. The report below, by analyst Carl Brooks, outlines the current state of the cloud and outsourcing market. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— New data shows a continued surge in buying infrastructure services Corporate …

Cloud Computing Disruption: Verizon Terremark CTO

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Listening to, understanding, and relaying the ruminations of key industry thoughts leaders is a core tenet of AIS blog posts. Below we share an article by Maribel Lopez in Forbes. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– Verizon Terremark CTO Speaks On Cloud Computing Disruption Cloud computing and mobile are two technology trends that are transforming …

Shadow IT No More

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P2V — or going from a Physical to a Virtual environment — is what the article below from TechRepublic is all about. My thanks to FierceCIO for bringing it to my attention. Cloud migration is a hot topic for any IT department or business — and it’s better to get in front of it (or get your arms around it …

Cloud Infrastructure Market Continues to Grow

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Cloud services continue to grow rapidly as indicated by the market research below from Synergy Research Group. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– Amazon’s Cloud Iaas and PaaS investments pay off New data from TeleGeography partner Synergy Research Group show that cloud infrastructure service revenues grew 15% between Q4 2011 and Q4 2012 to reach …

CommNexus: Migrating to the Cloud, March 6 in San Diego

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Migrating to the Cloud: Public Company CIOs Reveal the Facts AIS and CommNexus invite you to attend a highly relevant, informative, and entertaining Headliner session on “Migrating to the Cloud: Public Company CIOs Reveal the Facts” featuring executives from Qualcomm, SDG&E, and Amylin Pharmaceuticals and moderated by Dr. Timothy Chou, a nationally renowned authority on cloud computing. Dr. Chou is …

Private Cloud Poseurs?

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Private, public, hybrid, multi-tenant, hosted, in-house — there are all sorts of adjectives, variations, and iterations pertaining to cloud deployment. Some folks get wrapped around the axle on terminology and strict adherence to definitions; others don’t care so much as long as needs are being met. Where do YOU fall on the spectrum? Original article below by Brandon Butler in …

Hosted Private Cloud: $24B in 2016 (IDC)

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I picked up the article below by Nicole Henderson from the WHIR daily email. Anything cloud is hot, hot, hot. 50% CAGR from 2012 to 2016 would be sweet. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– Hosted Private Cloud Spending to Reach $24B in 2016: IDC Report Worldwide spending on hosted private cloud services will exceed …

Buzzword Cornucopia: Big Data, Cloud, DNA Sequencing…

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Wow, lots of juicy (and relevant) buzzwords in this post: big data, cloud, and even genome analysis and DNA sequencing. It’s almost as if the original article were written specific for the AIS audience — but it wasn’t. Caron Carlson of FierceCIO summarized the original piece by Bob Violino in Baseline. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP …

Cloud Lessons

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The cloud is a panecea, an IT elixir that is the solution to virtually everything and everything virtual. The cloud’s powers are endless, literally without bound — and replicating faster than you can upload new data. Or is it? Read on. Caron Carlson of FierceCIO covered an article originally written by David Taber in CIO. Talk to us at AIS …