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ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing -2012
The ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing 2012 is the third in a new series of symposia that brings together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners interested in cloud computing. Co-sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups on Management of Data (SIGMOD) and on Operating Systems (SIGOPS), SoCC 2012 will take place from October 14th-17th in San Jose, CA. For the first time, ACM SoCC 2012 is being held independently, recognizing the growing research fertility and societal/commercial importance of cloud computing. (SoCC was previously held in conjunction with the SIGMOD and SOSP).
The complete proceedings can be viewed here
Cloud Architect: Who is he and what does he do?
Cloud Architect is a challenging job. Here is an explanation on the role and responsibilities of a cloud architect
The Literacy Ladder: 3R's to Cloud Computing Literacy
The success or even survival in any society depends on acquiring certain skills-set. In the early days of human society those skills were simple and almost learnt by observation. with the advent of technologies and their gradual inroad into society and its institutions- a new range of skills emerge. For example with the invention of printing press- a new set of skills become necessary- Reading, Writing and Arithmetic- popularly known as 3R's. Such survival skills are also called Literacy skills or simply Literacy
For long print remained a sole media and 3R's remained the standard Literacy. With the arrival multimedia - citizens are required to acquire what is known as Media Literacy
Similarly with the advent of computer and hence information society- Information skills become Vogue.
Latest to add in this list is Cloud Computing Literacy- ability to discover and use widely accessible cloud resources for personal and professional productivity
Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry
Cloud Computing CRM implementations are reasonably new to the life sciences industry. Here in an outline of ways in which CRM and Cloud Computing have helped the life sciences industry to grow and evolve, and discusses how content management can help life sciences take the next big leap into cloud technology.
- Q. How do you see CRM and Cloud Computing as having evolved within the Life Sciences industry over the last 10 years?
A. Five years ago, there were literally zero cloud computing CRM implementations in the life sciences industry. The leading CRM systems were built on massive client/server platforms that, while effective at the time, had become too inflexible to support the rapidly changing needs of pharmaceutical companies of all sizes. Today, all new CRM deployments are in the cloud. Adoption of cloud technology has gone from 0 to 100% in five years…an unprecedented technology adoption cycle in any industry but especially for the life sciences industry. Even still, there are some technology providers that try to label their offerings as ‘in the cloud’ but true cloud-based systems today are multitenant – this is the key to achieving the well-known massive economies of scale that enable all of the signature cloud benefits like cost savings, flexibility, scalability, low-maintenance, fast implementation, and easy upgrades. For complete story see here
Former Yahoo Cloud Chief Aims to Ease Hadoop Development
Todd Papaioannou knows a thing or two about Hadoop. The former chief cloud architect at Yahoo, Papaioannou is now leading a new startup called Continuuity.
Continuuity's aim is to make the benefits of the Hadoop framework available to folks other than data scientists. The key, according to Papaioannou, is making it easier for enterprise application developers to build apps leveraging Hadoop.
"We think the next wave in the Big Data market is going to be application development. So far, we've seen companies in the infrastructure layer like Cloudera and Hortonworks, but we think that as the market evolves what will be needed are applications," he said. "Ultimately customers want to pay for business value and insight. They don't want to pay for infrastructure; they want applications." For complete story read here
Cloud Benefits for Public Safety
The nature of public safety applications is such that the advantages of shared systems are greater in both cost and utility. Public safety applications are increasingly interconnected to inter-agency, regional, state, and national systems and databases. Each premise-based system must be individually connected to each external system. Every point to- point connection takes network engineering, interfacing, monitoring, maintenance, support, and may require time-consuming certi cations and audits. Shared systems come with shared external connections, live and pre-certifi ed.
As new data sources and applications become available, the cloud model makes it possible to amortize the investment required (to make third-party plug-in services available to users) over the entire user population. With lower integration costs come greater incentives for the creation of new, innovative technologies. As the cost-benefi t of supporting third party services is enhanced by lower up-front costs, support for the add-on marketplace becomes a competitive advantage. Here is a complete report
As new data sources and applications become available, the cloud model makes it possible to amortize the investment required (to make third-party plug-in services available to users) over the entire user population. With lower integration costs come greater incentives for the creation of new, innovative technologies. As the cost-benefi t of supporting third party services is enhanced by lower up-front costs, support for the add-on marketplace becomes a competitive advantage. Here is a complete report
Five benefits of cloud computing
Edwin Schouten, cloud services leader for IBM Global Technology Services, has produced a list of five key reasons companies should look to use cloud computing. He points out that one of the major benefits for implementing the technology is increased efficiency, but there is much more to it than that.Here is the summary. The complete story is available here
- The first area he highlights is ‘business agility’. This is where a firm can deliver faster results in a cheaper manner to give them an edge on their competition.“I have seen a data analytics project being reduced from four months to just three weeks, reducing the projects time-to-market and overall cost significantly,” Schouten said.
- The second advantage of the cloud he points out is the fact that it allows firms to try out new business models, Mr Schouten says that utilising its flexible structure can result in new and innovative business structures being created and this can result in new areas of revenue becoming available to the company. “There are even companies that are building entirely new business models and value propositions solely using cloud services. I see this last category especially in small and medium enterprises, but also think of Spotify, and BitCasa,” he pointed out.
- Next up is reduced operational issues. This is an area where business continuity is improved and less time is spent trying to sort out problems.
- Benefit number four is a better use of resources. Because the cloud gives more “business agility” this means that staff members can now spend more of their time focusing on areas which offer greater value to the firm.Mr Schouten said: “This benefit is different for every organisation and harder to quantify, but people are an organizations biggest asset and this allows you to better utilise this asset.”
- Lastly, and most importantly to many companies, is reduce capital expense. Because data is held remotely, firms can reduce their storage costs but they can also save money on staff and maintainance.
Cloud Computing enables Educational Entrepreneurship
A businessman who set up a company to tackle the problems of China's classrooms has been named Entrepreneur of the Year. It uses cloud computing to create a teaching platform that can be used by teachers, pupils and parents.
Cloud Computing in Five Years: A Veteran's Views
Since 1998, Phil Wainewright has been a thought leader in cloud computing as a blogger, analyst and consultant. Here are his views on prospects of cloud in next five years
- Cloud is delivered on mobile, includes social. Ask a technologist for a definition of cloud and you'll soon get dragged into discussions of virtualization, automated management and even data center design. Ask a business person and they'll talk about the freedom of interacting with applications, resources and contacts without being tied to a physical location. The business people have got it right: what's important about the connected technology of the cloud is the incredible speed, agility and transformation it enables in business. Some people say cloud is a buzzword that is nearing the end of its heyday, but I think it will endure, not as a technology buzzword but as a layman's term for connected automation.
- Many businesses will thrive because of cloud. Cloud, in its widest sense of being connected to a global network of on-demand resources, is transforming entire industries. Look at all forms of media and publishing, look at retailing, look at advertising and marketing, look at information technology. The businesses that are using the Web to pioneer new ways of delivering goods and services are growing fast — as Marc Andreessen put it so memorably, software is eating the world. For other prospects and complete story read here
Cloud Computing is Affecting and Benefiting one and ALL
As I have been stressing in my presentations and posts, cloud computing is really a plenary technology and has potential to affect all. Something similar view is expressed in this CloudTimes Post by
With the current popularity cloud computing is experiencing, it is not surprising to expect that it will have a great impact on the global economy. In fact, according to the International Data Corporation, it is expected for cloud computing to generate at least 14 million jobs worldwide. In a recent Forbes article by Joe McKendrick, he pointed out 5 ways in which cloud computing will change how businesses are implemented. According to him, cloud computing will also indirectly affect jobs.
For complete story on how cloud computing can benefit each one of us see here
With the current popularity cloud computing is experiencing, it is not surprising to expect that it will have a great impact on the global economy. In fact, according to the International Data Corporation, it is expected for cloud computing to generate at least 14 million jobs worldwide. In a recent Forbes article by Joe McKendrick, he pointed out 5 ways in which cloud computing will change how businesses are implemented. According to him, cloud computing will also indirectly affect jobs.
Cloud Fever Grips Oracle and Focuses on India
With a strong focus on emerging markets, Oracle is moving aggressively in India in terms of investments and positioning its products and solutions for customers here. “Cloud computing has moved beyond early adopter stage to mainstream in India,” says Sandeep Mathur, managing director, Oracle India (see interview). The setting up a datacentre here to cater to the regional demand for cloud computing is high on the agenda
Truth be told, Oracle was slow to embrace this trend. But the Redwood Shores, California-based firm subsequently introduced its own offerings in the rapidly growing area and also acquired several firms selling internet-based software as its corporate customers embraced younger cloud rivals including Salesforce.com, Amazon.com and Google. For complete story on Oracle strategy towards cloud computing read here
How to get your first cloud computing job?
As indicated earlier Cloud Computing is a new and emerging career option. Here is an interesting perspective on Cloud computing Jobs landscape from Infoworld
Cloud computing is expanding rapidly, with an accompanying need for for cloud computing "experts" to make this technology work. That translates into many new jobs chasing very few qualified candidates. At the same time, many IT professionals are attempting to figure out how they can cash in on the cloud.
Most of the cloud jobs to be found these days require deep knowledge around a particular technology, such as Amazon Web Services, OpenStack, Salesforce.com, or Azure. This is typically due to the fact that the company has standardized on a cloud technology. I call these jobs cloud technology specialists, in that they focus on a specific cloud technology: development, implementation, management, and so on. The complete story is available here
Cloud computing is expanding rapidly, with an accompanying need for for cloud computing "experts" to make this technology work. That translates into many new jobs chasing very few qualified candidates. At the same time, many IT professionals are attempting to figure out how they can cash in on the cloud.
Cloud Operating System TransOS Coming Soon Say Researchers
The push The push toward a world of total cloud computing continues, as a group of Chinese researchers are developing a critical piece of software meant to be accessed and stored offsite: The operating system.
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These days, even the most casual of computer users understands the importance of the operating system. Be it Google’s Chrome OS, Apple’s Mac OSX or Microsoft’s Windows, the OS is the piece of software which not only ties together the bits and pieces of the computer, but also provides a platform on which applications and programs can be run.
As time and technology have progressed, these operating systems, like many other aspects of computing, have gotten much smaller. However, now that many are looking to the cloud as a cheap and viable option for storing data offsite, it seems only inevitable that a truly cloud-based OS would one day allow users to keep all of their data in the cloud. Here is the complete story
Cloud based tools for the arts
Cloud Computing is helping cultural organizations too. " In the past 12 months there has been a proliferation of web based tools which can offer cultural organisations more convenient ways of working at a cost which was previously unimaginable. Source
These tools, which are known as cloud based services can transform the way that those in the sector work, whether that is replacing Microsoft Office with Google’s free alternative, enabling staff to access files from home with Dropbox or ditching the notebook for Evernote. Here are three free web based tools that every Culture Geek should know about.
Piracy Drives Microsoft To The Cloud
Cloud comes to Microsoft's rescue says Peter Pham
Microsoft (MSFT) launched the Windows Server 2012 cloud operating system in China on Sept. 18. This is the first time that the Windows Server 2012 OS has taken up the cloud design. It is the successor to Windows Server 2008 and comes in time for the launch of Windows 8. Both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will feature the new user interface.
Piracy is why Microsoft is focusing on tablets for the future over PCs, as the OS is shipped as a ROM with the device and you can't buy a blank tablet and load the OS on it, bypassing the license fee. The OS is married to the hardware, which destroys the opportunity for piracy and affords Microsoft the opportunity to capture that lost revenue in Windows 8/RT licenses. Bundling Office with all Windows 8/RT tablets lets the company ensure it monetizes both cash cows more effectively, albeit at a lower price. more details here
Microsoft (MSFT) launched the Windows Server 2012 cloud operating system in China on Sept. 18. This is the first time that the Windows Server 2012 OS has taken up the cloud design. It is the successor to Windows Server 2008 and comes in time for the launch of Windows 8. Both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 will feature the new user interface.
An Introduction to Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Content is both heart and blood of contemporary networks such as the Internet. Here is a wikipedia introduction to Content Delivery Networks - designed and deployed for managing the content.
A content delivery network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers in the Internet. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with high availability and high performance. CDNs serve a large fraction of the Internet content today, including web objects (text, graphics, URLs and scripts), downloadable objects (media files, software, documents), applications (e-commerce, portals), live streamingmedia, on-demand streaming media, and social networks.
A CDN operator gets paid by content providers such as media companies and e-commerce vendors for delivering their content to their audience of end-users. In turn, a CDN pays ISPs, carriers, and network operators for hosting its servers in their data centers. Besides better performance and availability, CDNs also offload the traffic served directly from the content provider's origin infrastructure, resulting in cost savings for the content provider.[1] In addition, CDNs provide the content provider a degree of protection from DoS attacks by using their large distributed server infrastructure to absorb the attack traffic. While most early CDNs served content using dedicated servers owned and operated by the CDN, there is a recent trend[2] to use a hybrid model that uses P2Ptechnology. In the hybrid model, content is served using both dedicated servers and other peer-user-owned computers as applicable.
A content delivery network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers in the Internet. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with high availability and high performance. CDNs serve a large fraction of the Internet content today, including web objects (text, graphics, URLs and scripts), downloadable objects (media files, software, documents), applications (e-commerce, portals), live streamingmedia, on-demand streaming media, and social networks.
A CDN operator gets paid by content providers such as media companies and e-commerce vendors for delivering their content to their audience of end-users. In turn, a CDN pays ISPs, carriers, and network operators for hosting its servers in their data centers. Besides better performance and availability, CDNs also offload the traffic served directly from the content provider's origin infrastructure, resulting in cost savings for the content provider.[1] In addition, CDNs provide the content provider a degree of protection from DoS attacks by using their large distributed server infrastructure to absorb the attack traffic. While most early CDNs served content using dedicated servers owned and operated by the CDN, there is a recent trend[2] to use a hybrid model that uses P2Ptechnology. In the hybrid model, content is served using both dedicated servers and other peer-user-owned computers as applicable.
Cloud Computing Case Studies
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Case Studies in Cloud ComputingWhite Paper by David Cearley and Gene Phifer.
Cloud Computing In the Government
As a second part to this report, is a case study written by Tom Kwasniewski, Software Engineer at Quanterion Solutions, Inc. that is a detailed account of migrating an existing application to the Microsoft Azure cloud environment. The actual implementation of the migration and the issues found are discussed.
Cloud Migration: A Case Study of Migrating an Enterprise IT System to IaaS Khajeh-Hosseini, A.; Greenwood, D.; Sommerville, I.; This case study illustrates the potential benefits and risks associated with the migration of an IT system in the oil & gas industry from an in-house data center to Amazon EC2 from a broad variety of stakeholder perspectives across the enterprise, thus transcending the typical, yet narrow, financial and technical analysis offered by providers. Our results show that the system infrastructure in the case study would have cost 37% less over 5 years on EC2, and using cloud computing could have potentially eliminated 21% of the support calls for this system. These findings seem significant enough to call for a migration of the system to the cloud but our stakeholder impact analysis revealed that there are significant risks associated with this. Whilst the benefits of using the cloud are attractive, we argue that it is important that enterprise decision-makers consider the overall organizational implications of the changes brought about with cloud computing to avoid implementing local optimizations at the cost of organization-wide performance.
Open Source Cloud Computing Tools: A Case Study with a Weather ApplicationCase Study by Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez, Jaime Seguel and Melvin Greer. Cloud Computing is a promising paradigm designed to harness the power of networks of computers and communications in a more cost effective way. Clouds provide elastic capacity to serve a wide and constantly expanding range of information processing needs, including government, military, business and education. The Cloud Computing paradigm is maturing rapidly and is being considered for adoption in government and business platforms. Open source systems refer to software systems whose source code is available, allowing for immediate incorporation of improvements and adaptations of the system by its users. This paper reports on an evaluation of open source development tools for Cloud Computing. The main tools examined are Eucalyptus, Apache Hadoop, and the Django-Python stack. These tools were used at different layers in the construction of a notional application for managing weather data. The results of our experience are reported in terms of a capability matrix that grades nine different aspects associated with the use of these tools in the development and deployment of applications in open source Cloud Computing environments.
Public Sector Cloud Computing Case Study: DISAUsing cloud computing technology to provide on-demand virtual server space for development teams . Download the full report here.
State and Local Cloud Computing Case StudiesWeb site contains a list of case studies that provide recent examples of how state and local governments are using cloud computing technologies.
Cloud Computing Certifications You Can Take
Here is a list of Certifications for You courtsey
A cloud computing certification is a powerful tool to advance your career in IT. Since many organizations and professionals are shifting towards cloud computing, it is expected that they will need assistance as they adopt the new system. A cloud computing professional certificate proves that you have the necessary skills to assist a cloud computing user. This certification is also a proof that you are dedicated to continually improving your skills as an IT professional. This will increase your motivation, commitment, and responsibility towards your career, while making you eligible for new career opportunities in cloud computing. Some of the certification you can take are as follows.
The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) evaluates your competency in basic cloud security issues. It usually consists of 50 questions which must be answered within an hour, and the passing grade is 80 percent. The multiple-choice examination can be taken online and it costs US$295. Although the CCSK certificate has no expiry date, you may need to take updated exams because of changes in the body of knowledge in cloud computing.
The CloudU Certification, on the other hand, is for business leaders and IT professionals who want to enrich their knowledge on the basics of cloud computing. Advantages of acquiring a CloudU Certificate include an understanding of: cloud computing integration issues into an organization’s current regulations, risk, and compliance framework; an ability to build an economic importance inside the organization by implementing cloud innovations; understanding cloud computing integration into an organization’s IT infrastructure; a technical knowledge of cloud computing foundations; and a tool to demonstrate professional development. The certificate can be earned by successfully completing each of the ten CloudU quizzes and a final examination consisting of 50 questions. The passing grade is 80 percent.
An IBM Cloud Computing Certification allows you to become a Certified Solution Advisor for Cloud Computing Architecture V2, a professional who understands cloud computing concepts, benefits, design and architecture principles. This certification demonstrates that you are able to describe how cloud computing can help a user as well as map user requirements to IBM’s various cloud computing products and services.
Taking another IBM Cloud Computing Certification, you can become an IBM Certified Solution Architect for Cloud Computing Infrastructure V1, an expert in IBM’s cloud computing plan, management, design, and architecture principles. This certificate will demonstrate your proficiency in IBM’s cloud computing design principles and concepts and your ability to provide a user with a roadmap towards a cloud solution. You will also be able to design a complete solution using IBM’s design as well as blue principles in order to meet a user’s requirements. Finally, this certification demonstrates your skills in applyingIBM’s Cloud Management Principles.
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