This document discusses Oracle's transformation to enterprise cloud computing. It describes how Oracle moved from siloed and fragmented infrastructure in different countries to a standardized global infrastructure with single instances. This increased efficiency and reduced costs. Oracle now operates large private clouds for development, production applications, and Oracle University. The private clouds provide self-service access, resource pooling, and increased utilization rates. Oracle is further evolving its cloud services to better match consumer needs and provide end user services like desktops in the cloud.
Overview of Cloud Computing and how it can be used by startups. Case study on how the cloud helped the development of PriceChirp.com. Talk given to Barcamp NOLA 2009
Cloud computing in libraries, a case studyErik Mitchell
This document summarizes a mid-sized library's experience moving IT services to the cloud. It outlines pathways for assessing services and goals, training, planning, and implementing a cloud migration. It provides examples of library systems that could be moved to software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) models in the cloud. The library currently uses Amazon EC2 to host some endpoint services and data subscriptions, and Amazon S3 for server disks, application storage, and as a platform for EC2 systems.
This document discusses cloud computing and its various service models. It begins by describing how cloud computing represents a fundamental change to IT implementation by allowing services to be deployed, developed, scaled and maintained in a pay-per-use model. It then defines cloud computing and discusses its key characteristics of on-demand self-service, ubiquitous network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and pay-per-use billing. The document goes on to describe the various cloud deployment models and then discusses the main cloud computing services including storage, database, information, process, application, platform, integration and security as services.
The document discusses cloud computing and provides a case study on moving a financial company's data service to the cloud. It outlines two options: 1) migrating the existing service to Amazon EC2, which would require addressing various technical and operational challenges, or 2) redesigning the service to leverage cloud databases and services, which could reduce costs but would require significant development work. The document cautions that moving workloads to the cloud requires careful analysis and that the hype around cloud computing should be taken in perspective, as integration and other business issues are more significant than technical challenges. It emphasizes establishing metrics to measure the benefits of cloud initiatives.
Air Canada was experiencing inefficiencies from using legacy software systems that were not integrated. Maintenix, an aviation MRO software from MIX Technologies, improved operational efficiency and decision making by providing an integrated system with enhanced visibility of fleet-wide data to allow maintenance, engineering and finance divisions to easily share information. Maintenix consists of six modules that support decisions like scheduling maintenance based on technician availability, reserving and issuing requested parts, and ensuring minimum inventory levels. Amazon provides cloud computing services like EC2 and S3 on a pay-as-you-use basis, benefiting subscribers through lower costs and increased scalability while generating additional income for Amazon through underutilized capacity. However, some businesses remain cautious due to lack
Salesforce.com is a global cloud computing company that provides customer relationship management software and platforms. It uses cloud computing through software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) models. Some challenges it faces include increased competition from traditional companies and new entrants replicating its model, expanding its business areas, and ensuring constant system availability. Depending on costs, integration needs, and performance requirements, companies could potentially run their entire operations using Salesforce's offerings like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and applications on the AppExchange.
This document discusses Oracle's transformation to enterprise cloud computing. It describes how Oracle moved from siloed and fragmented infrastructure in different countries to a standardized global infrastructure with single instances. This increased efficiency and reduced costs. Oracle now operates large private clouds for development, production applications, and Oracle University. The private clouds provide self-service access, resource pooling, and increased utilization rates. Oracle is further evolving its cloud services to better match consumer needs and provide end user services like desktops in the cloud.
Overview of Cloud Computing and how it can be used by startups. Case study on how the cloud helped the development of PriceChirp.com. Talk given to Barcamp NOLA 2009
Cloud computing in libraries, a case studyErik Mitchell
This document summarizes a mid-sized library's experience moving IT services to the cloud. It outlines pathways for assessing services and goals, training, planning, and implementing a cloud migration. It provides examples of library systems that could be moved to software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) models in the cloud. The library currently uses Amazon EC2 to host some endpoint services and data subscriptions, and Amazon S3 for server disks, application storage, and as a platform for EC2 systems.
This document discusses cloud computing and its various service models. It begins by describing how cloud computing represents a fundamental change to IT implementation by allowing services to be deployed, developed, scaled and maintained in a pay-per-use model. It then defines cloud computing and discusses its key characteristics of on-demand self-service, ubiquitous network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and pay-per-use billing. The document goes on to describe the various cloud deployment models and then discusses the main cloud computing services including storage, database, information, process, application, platform, integration and security as services.
The document discusses cloud computing and provides a case study on moving a financial company's data service to the cloud. It outlines two options: 1) migrating the existing service to Amazon EC2, which would require addressing various technical and operational challenges, or 2) redesigning the service to leverage cloud databases and services, which could reduce costs but would require significant development work. The document cautions that moving workloads to the cloud requires careful analysis and that the hype around cloud computing should be taken in perspective, as integration and other business issues are more significant than technical challenges. It emphasizes establishing metrics to measure the benefits of cloud initiatives.
Air Canada was experiencing inefficiencies from using legacy software systems that were not integrated. Maintenix, an aviation MRO software from MIX Technologies, improved operational efficiency and decision making by providing an integrated system with enhanced visibility of fleet-wide data to allow maintenance, engineering and finance divisions to easily share information. Maintenix consists of six modules that support decisions like scheduling maintenance based on technician availability, reserving and issuing requested parts, and ensuring minimum inventory levels. Amazon provides cloud computing services like EC2 and S3 on a pay-as-you-use basis, benefiting subscribers through lower costs and increased scalability while generating additional income for Amazon through underutilized capacity. However, some businesses remain cautious due to lack
Salesforce.com is a global cloud computing company that provides customer relationship management software and platforms. It uses cloud computing through software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) models. Some challenges it faces include increased competition from traditional companies and new entrants replicating its model, expanding its business areas, and ensuring constant system availability. Depending on costs, integration needs, and performance requirements, companies could potentially run their entire operations using Salesforce's offerings like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and applications on the AppExchange.
This document discusses an IoT connectivity management solution suite that includes:
1) A connectivity management platform that provides real-time visibility and control over SIMs, guaranteed connectivity, and works with any SIM or connection type.
2) A virtual enhanced packet core that provides a robust and cloud-native network optimized for IoT.
3) An IoT business support system that enables customized billing plans, self-management of products and workflows, and consolidation of inputs from multiple operators.
4) A patented SIM-agnostic applet called floSIM that provides greater flexibility and control over connectivity at a lower cost than eUICC-based solutions.
5) A device management system that allows automated
Hosted video solutions store video data with a third party provider over the internet rather than onsite. This eliminates the need for companies to purchase, maintain and manage their own video storage equipment. Hosted video provides benefits such as lower costs, higher security, simple plug-and-play installation, and the ability to access video remotely from any internet connection. It is well suited for businesses that lack large IT budgets and staff but have security monitoring needs.
The document discusses key considerations for companies evaluating cloud-based email solutions. It outlines various factors companies should examine, such as cost, availability and service level agreements (SLAs), data protection, compliance, security monitoring, archiving policies, and industry experience. Specifically, the document advises assessing the true total costs, understanding what is and isn't included in pricing, examining backup strategies and availability guarantees in SLAs, evaluating data encryption, asking about security monitoring practices, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, and reviewing industry experience supporting companies of similar size and needs.
This document discusses IBM's new System x M5 server portfolio and its partnership with Lenovo. Some key points:
- IBM introduced its new System x M5 servers featuring up to 18 cores and improved security, efficiency, and reliability.
- IBM is divesting its x86 server business to Lenovo but remains committed to supporting partners and customers through the transition.
- The partnership with Lenovo will provide partners with new opportunities and a more complete solution portfolio while maintaining IBM's service and support leadership.
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Today's workplace is rapidly changing. Workers are increasingly mobile. Over 52% of employees carry at least three devices for work, and may bring their own devices to and from work, a practice know as bring your own device (BYOD). These workplace dynamics have created IT challenges around data security and compliance, cost containment,and endpoint/image management.
The path forward is one that requires business transformation -transformation into an integrated enterprise. An integrated enterprise is an organizational structure that recognizes that a business operates best as a coordinated unit, and not as a mere collection of individual departments. Efficiency is achieved because focus is placed on processing transactions and information throughout the the enterprise. An ERP system is a prerequisite to the achievement of enterprise integration.
You data center is constantly becoming more complicated. The proliferation of virtualization has added an all-new layer of complexity to the picture. But there's a better way: New techniques, new technologies, and new solutions exist not only to make data protection easier, faster, and more reliable but also better to integrate the independent tasks of physical and virtual machine protection.
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Many of the mysteries of equipment failure,downtime, software and data corruption are the the result of a problematic supply of power. There is also a common problem with describing power problems in a a standard way. This white paper will describe the most common types of power disturbances, what can cause them, what they can do to your critical equipment, and how to safequard your equipment, using the IEEE standards for describing power quality problems.
Thin, light and perfectly portable, the ASUS VivoBook S400 is the perfect mobile companion you can take anywhere. The instant-on technology makes VivoBook always ready when you are, and its brilliant multi-touch display responds instantly to your fingertips, giving you a rich and intuitive Windows 8 experience.
This document provides solutions for deploying IT equipment in small spaces like server rooms, network closets, and non-dedicated IT areas. It summarizes 11 solutions that address challenges such as optimizing newly consolidated spaces, deploying equipment offsite, and installing equipment in tight spaces. Integrated InfraStruxure solutions from APC by Schneider Electric include enclosures, power distribution and backup, cooling systems, and remote management software to optimize space and protect equipment in small IT environments.
The ScanSnap S1300i is a document scanner for the PC or Mac user
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This certificate acknowledges Kingfin Enterprises Limited as a registered partner in the Symantec Partner Program for 2013. Symantec Corporation is pleased to recognize Kingfin Enterprises Limited's participation and partnership in the Symantec Partner Program for that year. The certificate is signed by Jason Ellis, Vice President of Channel Sales at Symantec Corporation.
This document discusses an IoT connectivity management solution suite that includes:
1) A connectivity management platform that provides real-time visibility and control over SIMs, guaranteed connectivity, and works with any SIM or connection type.
2) A virtual enhanced packet core that provides a robust and cloud-native network optimized for IoT.
3) An IoT business support system that enables customized billing plans, self-management of products and workflows, and consolidation of inputs from multiple operators.
4) A patented SIM-agnostic applet called floSIM that provides greater flexibility and control over connectivity at a lower cost than eUICC-based solutions.
5) A device management system that allows automated
Hosted video solutions store video data with a third party provider over the internet rather than onsite. This eliminates the need for companies to purchase, maintain and manage their own video storage equipment. Hosted video provides benefits such as lower costs, higher security, simple plug-and-play installation, and the ability to access video remotely from any internet connection. It is well suited for businesses that lack large IT budgets and staff but have security monitoring needs.
The document discusses key considerations for companies evaluating cloud-based email solutions. It outlines various factors companies should examine, such as cost, availability and service level agreements (SLAs), data protection, compliance, security monitoring, archiving policies, and industry experience. Specifically, the document advises assessing the true total costs, understanding what is and isn't included in pricing, examining backup strategies and availability guarantees in SLAs, evaluating data encryption, asking about security monitoring practices, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, and reviewing industry experience supporting companies of similar size and needs.
This document discusses IBM's new System x M5 server portfolio and its partnership with Lenovo. Some key points:
- IBM introduced its new System x M5 servers featuring up to 18 cores and improved security, efficiency, and reliability.
- IBM is divesting its x86 server business to Lenovo but remains committed to supporting partners and customers through the transition.
- The partnership with Lenovo will provide partners with new opportunities and a more complete solution portfolio while maintaining IBM's service and support leadership.
The world’s most secure, easy to use and affordable USB flash drive. Advanced Encryption Standard 256-bit hardware encryption. Advanced government-level security certification FIPS 140-2. Brute force hack defence mechanism.
The iStorage Desktop Secure Hard Drive is the world's first portable hardware encrypted hard drive with PIN code access and capacities of up to 3TB. It utilises military grade AES 256-bit hardware encryption, which encrypts all data stored on the drive in real time
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Discover what occurs when a VoIP call is placed and received
Understand the key technical terms and learn the issues that affect bandwidth and call quality Learn three issues to consider when defining VoIP call quality
Today's workplace is rapidly changing. Workers are increasingly mobile. Over 52% of employees carry at least three devices for work, and may bring their own devices to and from work, a practice know as bring your own device (BYOD). These workplace dynamics have created IT challenges around data security and compliance, cost containment,and endpoint/image management.
The path forward is one that requires business transformation -transformation into an integrated enterprise. An integrated enterprise is an organizational structure that recognizes that a business operates best as a coordinated unit, and not as a mere collection of individual departments. Efficiency is achieved because focus is placed on processing transactions and information throughout the the enterprise. An ERP system is a prerequisite to the achievement of enterprise integration.
You data center is constantly becoming more complicated. The proliferation of virtualization has added an all-new layer of complexity to the picture. But there's a better way: New techniques, new technologies, and new solutions exist not only to make data protection easier, faster, and more reliable but also better to integrate the independent tasks of physical and virtual machine protection.
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Many of the mysteries of equipment failure,downtime, software and data corruption are the the result of a problematic supply of power. There is also a common problem with describing power problems in a a standard way. This white paper will describe the most common types of power disturbances, what can cause them, what they can do to your critical equipment, and how to safequard your equipment, using the IEEE standards for describing power quality problems.
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This document provides solutions for deploying IT equipment in small spaces like server rooms, network closets, and non-dedicated IT areas. It summarizes 11 solutions that address challenges such as optimizing newly consolidated spaces, deploying equipment offsite, and installing equipment in tight spaces. Integrated InfraStruxure solutions from APC by Schneider Electric include enclosures, power distribution and backup, cooling systems, and remote management software to optimize space and protect equipment in small IT environments.
The ScanSnap S1300i is a document scanner for the PC or Mac user
capable of scanning up to 12 pages per minute / 24 images per
minute. The 10 page ADF can cope with a mixed variety of single
or double sided documents ranging in different size and thickness
as well as colour or black and white.
This certificate acknowledges Kingfin Enterprises Limited as a registered partner in the Symantec Partner Program for 2013. Symantec Corporation is pleased to recognize Kingfin Enterprises Limited's participation and partnership in the Symantec Partner Program for that year. The certificate is signed by Jason Ellis, Vice President of Channel Sales at Symantec Corporation.
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especially true at Host Europe, the third-largest hosting
provider in the market in Germany. Since 1997, Host
Europe has delivered a highly available and secure
environment to customers across the continent, with
more than 200,000 business and residential customers
relying on its services today.
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“Now customers Director at Host Europe and has
developed one of Europe’s most
have a strong partnership. Dell not
only worked with Microsoft to develop
can adjust the environmentally friendly datacentres. Hyper-V, but demonstrated a lot of
“We’ve developed a green datacentre, experience in this sort of migration.”
virtual servers to which consumes 30 per cent less
Host Europe ran tests internally with
their needs within energy than a conventional datacentre.
Now our main challenges are systems
VMware, Hyper-V and its existing
infrastructure, before confirming the
minutes and only management, data security and
decision to move to Hyper-V. Host
improving our customer offering,”
pay for what they he says.
Europe saw that a three-way project
including Dell and Microsoft was the
use. A virtual Host Europe mainly hosts private best approach, and so brought Dell
servers for customers, giving and Microsoft together to design
private cloud is the them complete control over their
perfect solution for environments, including the operating
system. This empowers customers,
customers that need but makes tight data security essential.
Technology at work
Severin Braun, Head of Managed
flexibility.” Hosting Services, Host Europe, Services
Severin Braun, says: “Customers can break things
Dell Consulting Services
Head of Managed Hosting Service, unintentionally, and there’s always a risk
Host Europe that someone might try to sabotage our Dell ProSupport Enterprise-
environment. We wanted customers Wide Contract
to share a single platform, but to be – Service Delivery Manager
separated from one another without
Hardware
compromising each other’s access to
the virtual machines.” Dell™ PowerEdge™ R810 servers
with Intel® Xeon® processors
Braun decided to move Host Europe L7555
from its previous virtualization
environment to Hyper-V™ virtualization Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV
storage area networks (SANs)
technology from Microsoft. He says:
“We looked at the Microsoft solution and
Software
it offered significantly better security for
individual virtual servers. Plus, Microsoft Dell Management Console
brings out useful updates and patches – Dell Performance and Resource
for our environment.” Optimisation Pack (PRO-Pack)
Microsoft® Dynamic Datacenter
Working in partnership inspires Toolkit for Hosters
confidence in project success
Microsoft System Center
For more than six years, Host Europe
Operations Manager
has worked with Dell for its IT
infrastructure and spoke to the Dell Windows Server® 2008 R2
Consulting team about changing – Hyper-V ™
the environment. Braun says: “We’ve
always had a great relationship with
3. and deploy the environment. Braun Strong project management keeps
the deployment on track
says: “We quickly realised that due to
our long-term relationship with Dell – As the deployment progressed, the
“I think that over
plus its strong ties with Microsoft – a value of Dell’s expertise was proved the next year or
three-way partnership with Dell doing to Braun. The team received on-the-
the project management was likely to job training and also had access to two, we’ll provide
create the most successful outcome.” experts from Intel. “Dell consultants are
experienced in a variety of technologies
around 20 per cent
Tested hardware delivers up to 100 and the Dell Project Manager helped of services through
virtual servers per host system us to keep on schedule. We were
Host Europe, Dell and Microsoft put impressed with the contact among Dell, this model. It’s better
together an environment consisting
of Dell™ PowerEdge™ R810 servers
Microsoft and Intel. They addressed all
our concerns and helped us put a great
value for customers
with Intel® Xeon® processors L7555, solution together,” says Braun. due to Microsoft’s
connected to Dell EqualLogic
PS6000XV storage area networks Host Europe’s customers can competitive
concentrate on what they do best
(SANs). Hyper-V provides server
virtualization and the environment With the new environment in place,
licensing model
is managed with Microsoft Dynamic customers can order their own virtual for Hyper-V.”
Datacenter Toolkit for Hosters. Braun machines, scale resources as needed
says: “The PowerEdge R810 servers and benefit from up-to-the-minute Severin Braun,
allow us to operate a high density of billing. Host Europe has direct access Head of Managed Hosting Service,
virtual machines. With them, we can to Microsoft System Center Operations Host Europe
run about 100 virtual machines per Manager through Dell Performance
physical server. We tested the Intel and Resource Optimisation Pack (PRO-
Xeon processors and the performance Pack), part of the Dell Management
was excellent.” Console. This gives administrators an
overview of the hardware, operating
Foundation for 10,000 virtual system and applications hosted by
servers Host Europe. Braun says: “We have
The virtualized servers form the basis customers that want to move away
for Host Europe’s new virtual private from a rigid service to a more flexible
cloud model. With PowerEdge architecture. This environment will
servers connected to EqualLogic give customers administrator rights for
SANs, Host Europe expects to launch their virtual servers, without the cost or
approximately 5,000 virtual servers hassle of an in-house system.”
within a few months, and around
Braun explains: “In the past, it was
10,000 within 12 months, as demand
difficult for customers to cover load
for this type of model grows. Braun
peaks. Now customers can adjust the
says: “We’ve had a great experience
virtual servers to their needs within
with Dell EqualLogic storage. The more
minutes and only pay for what they
EqualLogic units we add to the system,
use. A virtual private cloud is the
the higher the performance – it’s the
perfect solution for customers that
opposite with most other products.”
need flexibility.”