Cloud Fusion has three defining attributes:
• It delivers advanced integration of multiple clouds – interconnecting the clouds of today to deliver the “cloud of clouds” for business
• It enables actionable insights from big data, analyzed and aggregated to support real-time business navigation
• It delivers extended services from the cloud for distributed applications which handle mobile devices/sensors and provides all necessary resources/services in an on-demand self-service model.
The document discusses enabling education through cloud computing. It describes how online courses can expand reach, and how big data and learning analytics can enable personalized learning environments. Mobile devices are becoming primary learning tools, and social learning/content sharing support collaboration. The cloud benefits education by providing standardized IT infrastructure, a central content repository, and standards for information exchange/sharing. The document advocates for education institutions to work with national research networks to leverage economies of scale in cloud adoption.
The document introduces cloud computing and provides definitions from various sources. It describes cloud computing as IT services delivered over the internet, allowing users to access technology resources without knowledge of or control over the underlying infrastructure. The document also outlines different types of cloud computing and services, benefits of cloud computing for businesses and consumers, and challenges and opportunities for cloud adoption.
Chancen, Herausforderungen und Trends des Cloud ComputingJensNimis
Presentation at "Virtualisierungs- und Cloud Computing Kongress 2010" (http://www.vcc-kongress.de/)
Title "Chancen, Herausforderungen und Trends des Cloud Computing"
* Chancen des Cloud Computing am Beispiel des SAP-Landscape as a Service
* Welchen Herausforderungen muss sich Cloud Computing in naher Zukunft stellen?
* Welche Entwicklungen sind zu erwarten und beobachten?
(Slides in English...)
IBM Global Financing can tailor financing solutions to your specific IT needs. For more information on great rates, flexible payment plans and loans, and asset buyback and disposal
Cloud Computing Building A Framework For Successful Transition Gtsijerry0040
The document discusses cloud computing and provides a framework for government agencies to successfully transition to cloud solutions. It defines cloud computing and outlines its key characteristics and deployment models. The benefits of cloud computing for government include increased capacity at lower costs, reduced IT operating costs and resources, and improved collaboration. The document proposes a five step Cloud Computing Maturity Model for agencies to follow: 1) consolidation of servers and resources, 2) virtualization, 3) automation, 4) utility or on-demand access, and 5) full adoption of cloud solutions. Each step builds upon the previous to help agencies maximize benefits while mitigating risks of the transition.
AusLUG - Australian Lotus User Group - "Social Business at Work" by Ed BrillEd Brill
Ed Brill's keynote presentation at the Australian Lotus User Group, 29/30 August 2011 in Sydney. Covers high level themes of social business, Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.3, and future directions for Lotus Notes/Domino.
The document discusses enabling education through cloud computing. It describes how online courses can expand reach, and how big data and learning analytics can enable personalized learning environments. Mobile devices are becoming primary learning tools, and social learning/content sharing support collaboration. The cloud benefits education by providing standardized IT infrastructure, a central content repository, and standards for information exchange/sharing. The document advocates for education institutions to work with national research networks to leverage economies of scale in cloud adoption.
The document introduces cloud computing and provides definitions from various sources. It describes cloud computing as IT services delivered over the internet, allowing users to access technology resources without knowledge of or control over the underlying infrastructure. The document also outlines different types of cloud computing and services, benefits of cloud computing for businesses and consumers, and challenges and opportunities for cloud adoption.
Chancen, Herausforderungen und Trends des Cloud ComputingJensNimis
Presentation at "Virtualisierungs- und Cloud Computing Kongress 2010" (http://www.vcc-kongress.de/)
Title "Chancen, Herausforderungen und Trends des Cloud Computing"
* Chancen des Cloud Computing am Beispiel des SAP-Landscape as a Service
* Welchen Herausforderungen muss sich Cloud Computing in naher Zukunft stellen?
* Welche Entwicklungen sind zu erwarten und beobachten?
(Slides in English...)
IBM Global Financing can tailor financing solutions to your specific IT needs. For more information on great rates, flexible payment plans and loans, and asset buyback and disposal
Cloud Computing Building A Framework For Successful Transition Gtsijerry0040
The document discusses cloud computing and provides a framework for government agencies to successfully transition to cloud solutions. It defines cloud computing and outlines its key characteristics and deployment models. The benefits of cloud computing for government include increased capacity at lower costs, reduced IT operating costs and resources, and improved collaboration. The document proposes a five step Cloud Computing Maturity Model for agencies to follow: 1) consolidation of servers and resources, 2) virtualization, 3) automation, 4) utility or on-demand access, and 5) full adoption of cloud solutions. Each step builds upon the previous to help agencies maximize benefits while mitigating risks of the transition.
AusLUG - Australian Lotus User Group - "Social Business at Work" by Ed BrillEd Brill
Ed Brill's keynote presentation at the Australian Lotus User Group, 29/30 August 2011 in Sydney. Covers high level themes of social business, Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.3, and future directions for Lotus Notes/Domino.
1) The document discusses community cloud computing as an alternative model to the centralized vendor-driven cloud computing model. It proposes combining cloud computing with principles from grid computing, digital ecosystems, and green computing.
2) Key concerns with centralized cloud computing include lack of privacy, dependence on large data centers which harms resilience and sustainability, and lack of user control over their data and services.
3) The proposed community cloud computing (C3) model utilizes spare resources of networked personal computers to provide cloud-like services in a decentralized manner, addressing the concerns with centralized clouds.
Cloud Computing: IT evolution or revolution ? Answers from an European Commun...Francesco Mondora
“We’re moving from this monolithic, ‘one provider does everything’ model to an ecosystem. We’re moving toward a more distributed, open world, and toward more customized services. We believe there will be a large number of mid-sized providers.”
Brent Stineman is a national cloud solution specialist with nearly 20 years of IT experience. He gave a presentation on cloud computing that discussed what the cloud is, the different types and delivery models of cloud computing, the benefits of using the cloud for organizations and customers, factors to consider in determining when an organization is ready to use the cloud, how to identify cloud opportunities within an organization, and took questions at the end.
The document discusses the European Cloud Computing Strategy. It aims to (1) enable faster adoption of cloud computing across Europe to boost productivity and growth. Key actions include cutting through standards jungle, developing safe contract terms, and forming a European Cloud Partnership between public sectors and industry. The strategy addresses challenges like lock-in but sees opportunities in lowering costs and facilitating IT for startups.
Considerations for cloud computing in charitiesDatabarracks
Mark Thomas, Solutions Architect at Databarracks, talks to former CIO of Save the Children UK Andrew Brenson about his recent research into cloud computing in the charity sector. They cover the common issues that charities face, and the best practice in overcoming these.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing from a federal IT security perspective. It discusses the benefits of cloud computing including potential cost savings, increased flexibility and capabilities. It also examines some of the key security challenges for federal agencies in moving to cloud computing environments, such as ensuring proper security controls are in place with cloud vendors and understanding changes to responsibilities. Several federal cloud computing initiatives are also highlighted from agencies such as NASA, VA and DISA. Overall the document presents cloud computing as an evolving model that could modernize federal IT if security risks are adequately addressed.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing, including its history, models, types, advantages and recent developments. Some key points:
1) Cloud computing originated from network diagrams depicting the internet as a cloud. Major companies like Amazon Web Services, Google, and IBM launched cloud services in the mid-2000s.
2) There are three main models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides basic storage and computing resources, while PaaS and SaaS provide higher-level services.
3) The four main types of cloud are public, community, hybrid, and private clouds
Internal presentation for the Enterprise 2.0 Observatory (October 2007). Topics: Enterprise 2.0, Open Innovation, Mobility, Crowdsourcing, Social Network, and more...
Mobile Multimedia Cloud Computing and the WebDejan Kovachev
Mobile multimedia services are in high demand, but their development comes at high costs. The emergent computing paradigm cloud computing has great potential to embrace these issues. In fact, we are at the early stage of the coalescence of cloud computing, mobile multimedia and the Web. Motivated by the tremendous success story of the Web based on its simplicity principles, we argue for a comprehensive review on current practices of web and mobile multimedia cloud computing techniques for avoiding frictions. We draw on experience from the development of advanced collaborative multimedia web applications utilizing multimedia metadata standards like MPEG-7 and real-time communication protocols like XMPP. We propose our i5CLoud, a hybrid cloud architecture, which serves as a substrate for scalable and fast time-to-market mobile multimedia services. This paper demonstrates the applicability of emerging cloud computing concepts for mobile multimedia.
Cloud computing is a large-scale distributed computing paradigm that delivers dynamically scalable and virtualized resources as a service over the Internet. While cloud computing shares similarities with grid computing in aggregating computing power, it differs in offering abstracted, on-demand services on a massive scale driven by economies of scale. Key differences relate to business models, architecture, and resource management, though both paradigms face challenges in data-intensive applications and security.
The document discusses a cloud multimedia platform and its applications. It begins with an agenda that covers cloud computing concepts, multimedia in the cloud, case studies, and a summary. Case studies include multimedia processing and metadata, social network analysis in the cloud, and mobile multimedia elastic cloud applications. The summary states that cloud computing provides on-demand scalability, drives new data processing systems, allows fast development of scalable multimedia services, and has benefits for multimedia systems by offloading heavy tasks to cloud services. It asks what types of tasks are reasonable to implement in the cloud.
Faced with depressing predictions of looming budget cuts cloud computing has come to the fore of discussions to uncover relatively short-term economies in IT functions within the public sector. But how much of the cloud story is hype? How different are cloud architectures to the web-server farms that organizations have had the means to access for well over a decade? And how realistic is it that core business systems will move out of the data centre to the cloud?
The document discusses the motivation and goals of the Collaborative Networks Task Force. The task force aims to establish a scientific basis for collaborative networks and contribute to reference models on the topic. It plans to organize existing concepts of collaborative networks, identify new challenging application domains, and recognize research needs. The initial work will include developing a taxonomy of collaborative network forms and promoting involvement in related events and publications.
iStart hitchhikers guide to cloud computingHayden McCall
Many pundits agree that
2011 is set to become the year of
The Cloud and that IT professionals
need to prepare themselves. While everyone
seems to be talking about “The Cloud” in excited
tones, do we really understand what it’s all about?
iStart helps demystify what it all means and
navigates a clear path through all the hype.
What are the implications of ‘going public’
and staying private? By Chris Bell
http://www.istart.com.au
The document discusses the evolution of cloud computing strategies from early portrayals focusing on centralized cloud services to more hybrid models. It describes four emerging strategies - leveraging local devices, browsers, on-premise applications, and platforms. The author introduces TCS iON's strategy of "The Fourth Game", which represents the next evolution by offering IT-as-a-Service and commoditizing a wide range of IT capabilities and services to optimize local devices and deliver maximum benefits to SMB customers.
Exploring a Cloud Based Approach to IT InfrastructureReadWrite
A key part of cloud-based information technology is the ability to deliver benefits to the business and to the overall technology infrastructure for the organization.
This briefing explores the ways to build a cloud-based IT infrastructure that allows for a dynamic environment that supports business needs.
Is Cloud Computing Right For You Wp101305Erik Ginalick
1. The document discusses whether cloud computing is right for businesses. It examines infrastructure as a service (IaaS), which allows businesses to access computing resources like servers and storage over the internet. IaaS provides benefits like reduced costs, increased flexibility and scalability, and faster deployment of applications and services.
2. While IaaS provides advantages, not every application is suited to the cloud. Businesses must evaluate each application to determine if factors like security, performance, and data sensitivity are compatible with cloud sourcing. They must also choose an IaaS provider that meets their specific needs in terms of services, expertise, and security capabilities.
3. In conclusion, IaaS can simplify IT infrastructure
The introduction of cloud computing and cloud sourcing requires an appropriate cloud governance strcuture to ensure a secured computing environment and to comply with all relevant organizational information technology policies. As such, organizations need a set of cloud governance capabilities that are essential when effectively implementing and managing cloud services.
Seagate Press Conference - Sourcing from the CloudAndre Kiehne
Fujitsu presented on the key drivers for cloud adoption including resource availability, departmental enablement, and mobile device proliferation. Storage plays an important role in the cloud across the SaaS and IaaS layers for functions like online storage, collaboration, and supplementing compute activities. Fujitsu has one of the world's strongest cloud portfolios backed by over 3,000 customers, 700 business customers, 50+ partners, and 70+ apps. Case studies showed how Fujitsu's cloud solutions have helped customers and partners reduce costs and gain business agility.
The document discusses cloud computing trends from 2010 and predictions for 2011 and beyond. In 2010, cloud computing moved from hype to reality as enterprises acknowledged its strategic advantages. Private clouds gained momentum as enterprises deployed them to improve resource utilization. The document predicts that in 2011 and beyond, enterprise adoption of public clouds will increase through hybrid cloud models. As public clouds mature and enterprises become more comfortable with cloud services, more workloads will move from private to public clouds.
The Cloud! Oh how we love this IT catchword!
Yet many IT professionals still find themselves wondering what exactly it can do for their unique enterprise. Sure it offers agility, flexibility and cost savings, but how about seeing it in action in today’s businesses?
In this exclusive resource, check out real-world, surprising cloud computing observations on the following topics:
How IT departments are actively employing these services
The reactions to both public and private cloud initiatives
What the cloud means for future IT decisions
And more
Fujitsu IT Future 2013 : Touching the Cloud par Joseph Reger CTO Fujitsu Tech...Fujitsu France
The document discusses how cloud computing is reshaping business and society by enabling new mobile and data-driven services. It provides examples of Fujitsu's cloud services for agriculture and healthcare that leverage big data, cloud infrastructure, and mobile access to improve farm management and ensure access to medical data during disasters. The document advocates that organizations embrace cloud-first strategies to quickly develop new applications and services, gain insights from data, and engage customers in novel ways through mobile and consumer technologies.
1) The document discusses community cloud computing as an alternative model to the centralized vendor-driven cloud computing model. It proposes combining cloud computing with principles from grid computing, digital ecosystems, and green computing.
2) Key concerns with centralized cloud computing include lack of privacy, dependence on large data centers which harms resilience and sustainability, and lack of user control over their data and services.
3) The proposed community cloud computing (C3) model utilizes spare resources of networked personal computers to provide cloud-like services in a decentralized manner, addressing the concerns with centralized clouds.
Cloud Computing: IT evolution or revolution ? Answers from an European Commun...Francesco Mondora
“We’re moving from this monolithic, ‘one provider does everything’ model to an ecosystem. We’re moving toward a more distributed, open world, and toward more customized services. We believe there will be a large number of mid-sized providers.”
Brent Stineman is a national cloud solution specialist with nearly 20 years of IT experience. He gave a presentation on cloud computing that discussed what the cloud is, the different types and delivery models of cloud computing, the benefits of using the cloud for organizations and customers, factors to consider in determining when an organization is ready to use the cloud, how to identify cloud opportunities within an organization, and took questions at the end.
The document discusses the European Cloud Computing Strategy. It aims to (1) enable faster adoption of cloud computing across Europe to boost productivity and growth. Key actions include cutting through standards jungle, developing safe contract terms, and forming a European Cloud Partnership between public sectors and industry. The strategy addresses challenges like lock-in but sees opportunities in lowering costs and facilitating IT for startups.
Considerations for cloud computing in charitiesDatabarracks
Mark Thomas, Solutions Architect at Databarracks, talks to former CIO of Save the Children UK Andrew Brenson about his recent research into cloud computing in the charity sector. They cover the common issues that charities face, and the best practice in overcoming these.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing from a federal IT security perspective. It discusses the benefits of cloud computing including potential cost savings, increased flexibility and capabilities. It also examines some of the key security challenges for federal agencies in moving to cloud computing environments, such as ensuring proper security controls are in place with cloud vendors and understanding changes to responsibilities. Several federal cloud computing initiatives are also highlighted from agencies such as NASA, VA and DISA. Overall the document presents cloud computing as an evolving model that could modernize federal IT if security risks are adequately addressed.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing, including its history, models, types, advantages and recent developments. Some key points:
1) Cloud computing originated from network diagrams depicting the internet as a cloud. Major companies like Amazon Web Services, Google, and IBM launched cloud services in the mid-2000s.
2) There are three main models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). IaaS provides basic storage and computing resources, while PaaS and SaaS provide higher-level services.
3) The four main types of cloud are public, community, hybrid, and private clouds
Internal presentation for the Enterprise 2.0 Observatory (October 2007). Topics: Enterprise 2.0, Open Innovation, Mobility, Crowdsourcing, Social Network, and more...
Mobile Multimedia Cloud Computing and the WebDejan Kovachev
Mobile multimedia services are in high demand, but their development comes at high costs. The emergent computing paradigm cloud computing has great potential to embrace these issues. In fact, we are at the early stage of the coalescence of cloud computing, mobile multimedia and the Web. Motivated by the tremendous success story of the Web based on its simplicity principles, we argue for a comprehensive review on current practices of web and mobile multimedia cloud computing techniques for avoiding frictions. We draw on experience from the development of advanced collaborative multimedia web applications utilizing multimedia metadata standards like MPEG-7 and real-time communication protocols like XMPP. We propose our i5CLoud, a hybrid cloud architecture, which serves as a substrate for scalable and fast time-to-market mobile multimedia services. This paper demonstrates the applicability of emerging cloud computing concepts for mobile multimedia.
Cloud computing is a large-scale distributed computing paradigm that delivers dynamically scalable and virtualized resources as a service over the Internet. While cloud computing shares similarities with grid computing in aggregating computing power, it differs in offering abstracted, on-demand services on a massive scale driven by economies of scale. Key differences relate to business models, architecture, and resource management, though both paradigms face challenges in data-intensive applications and security.
The document discusses a cloud multimedia platform and its applications. It begins with an agenda that covers cloud computing concepts, multimedia in the cloud, case studies, and a summary. Case studies include multimedia processing and metadata, social network analysis in the cloud, and mobile multimedia elastic cloud applications. The summary states that cloud computing provides on-demand scalability, drives new data processing systems, allows fast development of scalable multimedia services, and has benefits for multimedia systems by offloading heavy tasks to cloud services. It asks what types of tasks are reasonable to implement in the cloud.
Faced with depressing predictions of looming budget cuts cloud computing has come to the fore of discussions to uncover relatively short-term economies in IT functions within the public sector. But how much of the cloud story is hype? How different are cloud architectures to the web-server farms that organizations have had the means to access for well over a decade? And how realistic is it that core business systems will move out of the data centre to the cloud?
The document discusses the motivation and goals of the Collaborative Networks Task Force. The task force aims to establish a scientific basis for collaborative networks and contribute to reference models on the topic. It plans to organize existing concepts of collaborative networks, identify new challenging application domains, and recognize research needs. The initial work will include developing a taxonomy of collaborative network forms and promoting involvement in related events and publications.
iStart hitchhikers guide to cloud computingHayden McCall
Many pundits agree that
2011 is set to become the year of
The Cloud and that IT professionals
need to prepare themselves. While everyone
seems to be talking about “The Cloud” in excited
tones, do we really understand what it’s all about?
iStart helps demystify what it all means and
navigates a clear path through all the hype.
What are the implications of ‘going public’
and staying private? By Chris Bell
http://www.istart.com.au
The document discusses the evolution of cloud computing strategies from early portrayals focusing on centralized cloud services to more hybrid models. It describes four emerging strategies - leveraging local devices, browsers, on-premise applications, and platforms. The author introduces TCS iON's strategy of "The Fourth Game", which represents the next evolution by offering IT-as-a-Service and commoditizing a wide range of IT capabilities and services to optimize local devices and deliver maximum benefits to SMB customers.
Exploring a Cloud Based Approach to IT InfrastructureReadWrite
A key part of cloud-based information technology is the ability to deliver benefits to the business and to the overall technology infrastructure for the organization.
This briefing explores the ways to build a cloud-based IT infrastructure that allows for a dynamic environment that supports business needs.
Is Cloud Computing Right For You Wp101305Erik Ginalick
1. The document discusses whether cloud computing is right for businesses. It examines infrastructure as a service (IaaS), which allows businesses to access computing resources like servers and storage over the internet. IaaS provides benefits like reduced costs, increased flexibility and scalability, and faster deployment of applications and services.
2. While IaaS provides advantages, not every application is suited to the cloud. Businesses must evaluate each application to determine if factors like security, performance, and data sensitivity are compatible with cloud sourcing. They must also choose an IaaS provider that meets their specific needs in terms of services, expertise, and security capabilities.
3. In conclusion, IaaS can simplify IT infrastructure
The introduction of cloud computing and cloud sourcing requires an appropriate cloud governance strcuture to ensure a secured computing environment and to comply with all relevant organizational information technology policies. As such, organizations need a set of cloud governance capabilities that are essential when effectively implementing and managing cloud services.
Seagate Press Conference - Sourcing from the CloudAndre Kiehne
Fujitsu presented on the key drivers for cloud adoption including resource availability, departmental enablement, and mobile device proliferation. Storage plays an important role in the cloud across the SaaS and IaaS layers for functions like online storage, collaboration, and supplementing compute activities. Fujitsu has one of the world's strongest cloud portfolios backed by over 3,000 customers, 700 business customers, 50+ partners, and 70+ apps. Case studies showed how Fujitsu's cloud solutions have helped customers and partners reduce costs and gain business agility.
The document discusses cloud computing trends from 2010 and predictions for 2011 and beyond. In 2010, cloud computing moved from hype to reality as enterprises acknowledged its strategic advantages. Private clouds gained momentum as enterprises deployed them to improve resource utilization. The document predicts that in 2011 and beyond, enterprise adoption of public clouds will increase through hybrid cloud models. As public clouds mature and enterprises become more comfortable with cloud services, more workloads will move from private to public clouds.
The Cloud! Oh how we love this IT catchword!
Yet many IT professionals still find themselves wondering what exactly it can do for their unique enterprise. Sure it offers agility, flexibility and cost savings, but how about seeing it in action in today’s businesses?
In this exclusive resource, check out real-world, surprising cloud computing observations on the following topics:
How IT departments are actively employing these services
The reactions to both public and private cloud initiatives
What the cloud means for future IT decisions
And more
Fujitsu IT Future 2013 : Touching the Cloud par Joseph Reger CTO Fujitsu Tech...Fujitsu France
The document discusses how cloud computing is reshaping business and society by enabling new mobile and data-driven services. It provides examples of Fujitsu's cloud services for agriculture and healthcare that leverage big data, cloud infrastructure, and mobile access to improve farm management and ensure access to medical data during disasters. The document advocates that organizations embrace cloud-first strategies to quickly develop new applications and services, gain insights from data, and engage customers in novel ways through mobile and consumer technologies.
The document discusses the findings of a survey conducted by IBM in 2009 regarding cloud computing adoption. Some key findings include:
- Over a third of organizations surveyed were considering cloud computing, but less than a quarter felt ready with necessary service management capabilities.
- Respondents preferred private clouds over public clouds for most workload types at the time, citing security and control concerns with public clouds.
- While many were familiar with private and public cloud models, there was lack of consistency in how cloud computing was defined and understood across organizations.
- Adoption drivers included speed of IT provisioning and increased efficiencies, while barriers were security, control and changing existing service management processes. Considerations included workload suitability and
The document discusses the findings of an IBM survey on cloud computing adoption. Some key points:
- The survey defined public, private, and hybrid cloud models and polled over 1,000 IT and business leaders globally.
- It found that while many organizations are considering cloud computing, most currently favor private clouds. Less than a quarter of respondents said they have the necessary service management capabilities for cloud.
- Preferences and readiness for public versus private clouds varied by workload type. While analytics workloads were seen as more suitable for public clouds, infrastructure services were viewed as better in private clouds.
- Key adoption factors included improving agility and reducing costs, while security and control concerns posed barriers. Organizations
In recent years, cloud computing environments have been gaining popularity. In the IBM Global CIO Study 2009, when asked about their most important visionary initiatives, cloud computing was cited by more than one-third of CIOs as being among the most important.
The document discusses the results of a survey on cloud computing adoption conducted by IBM in 2009. Some key findings:
- 64% of respondents found private cloud delivery appealing vs. 38% for hybrid and 30% for public cloud.
- The top drivers for public cloud adoption were cost savings and faster time to value. Data security concerns were the main barrier.
- Workload preferences varied between public and private clouds. Data/analytics workloads were most considered for private clouds while collaboration tools were favored for public clouds.
- Adoption rates were already high for some workloads in private clouds like service desks and email, though consideration rates were also very high across all workloads.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing, including its evolution, architecture, and deployment models. It discusses how cloud computing enables users to access shared computing resources like storage, software, and data via the internet rather than local machines. The architecture involves a front-end with user interfaces and back-end cloud infrastructure. Deployment models include public, private, community, and hybrid clouds that vary access levels and security. While the cloud offers benefits like reduced costs and access from anywhere, security and privacy concerns still make some companies hesitant to fully adopt cloud services.
Cloud Computing: Overview and its Deployment ModelIJERA Editor
We live in the era of gigantic complexity. With the daze elevation in technology, the IT infrastructure has remoulded to the core. However, in the fullness of time the epoch of cloud computing is now arising also acknowledged as on-demand computing. It provides marketability, fidelity, coherence, high-performance and adequately low-lying cost conceivable way out as compared to dyed-in-the-wool infrastructure .Aloft the internet, it is the technology yielded in the form of service and these services are furnished with the hardware system in the data centres .This paper gives the meticulous outlining for cloud and focuses on the primarily outlook of Cloud Computing. In the long run, this paper comes to light to render the service modal, types of cloud computing : IaaS , PaaS, SaaS , ways of cloud computing as well as advantages and disadvantages of Cloud Computing. The future of this technology is at top of ladder. It is the next generation and can be of tremendous value to the worldwide companies.
Exploring Cloud Deployment Models for 2023.pdfCiente
Cloud computing is at the heart of technological advancement in 2023. Discover the top cloud development models that are the right fit for your organization.
The document discusses the rise of shadow IT and consumerization of IT. It notes that over the last 3 years, user-driven IT has added more to productivity than corporate IT. Reasons for the rise of shadow IT include rigid corporate IT policies, lack of choice and fun usability. The document outlines how IT is evolving to become more flexible and driven by end user needs, including accepting bring your own device (BYOD) and moving to cloud-based solutions. It argues that standardization will mean creating a more dynamic IT environment that removes technology constraints and allows self-service options.
The document discusses the history and development of cloud computing. It covers:
- Early concepts in the 1960s-1970s using time-sharing systems on mainframes.
- Virtual private networks in the 1990s providing cheaper access to servers.
- Amazon launching EC2 in 2006 and Google releasing App Engine in 2008, driving cloud adoption.
- Open source projects like OpenStack in 2010 making cloud technologies more accessible.
- Major tech companies increasingly offering cloud services and platforms through the 2010s.
Exploring Cloud Deployment Models for 2023.pdfCiente
Cloud computing is at the heart of technological advancement in 2023. Discover the top cloud development models that are the right fit for your organization.
This paper summarizes the results of our research around data center transformation, and discusses the kind of metrics and visibility you will need to successfully migrate and manage applications in a true, high-performance Infrastructure Anywhere environment.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD)IJERD Editor
journal publishing, how to publish research paper, Call For research paper, international journal, publishing a paper, IJERD, journal of science and technology, how to get a research paper published, publishing a paper, publishing of journal, publishing of research paper, reserach and review articles, IJERD Journal, How to publish your research paper, publish research paper, open access engineering journal, Engineering journal, Mathemetics journal, Physics journal, Chemistry journal, Computer Engineering, Computer Science journal, how to submit your paper, peer reviw journal, indexed journal, reserach and review articles, engineering journal, www.ijerd.com, research journals,
yahoo journals, bing journals, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, google journals, hard copy of journal
The document discusses opportunities for cloud computing in enterprises. It defines cloud computing and describes different types of clouds like internal, external, and hybrid clouds. It discusses concerns around cloud adoption like security, performance, loss of control, and transitioning production systems to the cloud. It also describes how enterprises can reduce IT bottlenecks by adopting internal clouds and using cloud bursting to leverage external cloud services during high demand periods. Adopting the cloud computing model can help enterprises improve IT efficiency and agility.
Cloud computing: Advantages and challenges in the software industry and mobil...Annie Pham
Through the majority of publications and studies, this writing presents the understanding and assessment of changes in the mobile business under the impact of cloud computing technology.
Similar to Cloud fusion concept fujitsu scientific tech journal april 2012 (20)
Fujitsu Technology perspectives 2013 slidesFujitsu Global
The document discusses Fujitsu's vision of using technology to create a more sustainable society centered around people and innovation. It argues that the convergence of physical and digital technologies unlocks new potential, such as enabling a digital supply chain like the shipping container revolutionized physical supply chains. The document also examines how technologies are advancing core capabilities like high performance computing while catering to insights and productivity, and how measures are needed to track sustainability progress.
Fujitsu ASEAN roadshow - How to leverage information, innovation and insightFujitsu Global
Craig Baty discusses how organizations can leverage three "I"s - information, innovation, and integration - to accelerate into the future. He outlines how exponential data growth and emerging technologies like mobility, cloud computing, social media, and big data are disrupting businesses. Baty argues that organizations must shift their focus from technology ("T") to information ("I") and become business enablers that utilize data to generate value. Fujitsu's vision is to build a human-centric intelligent society where computing seamlessly enhances people's lives through real-time insight and socially interactive technologies.
Low carbon earth summit china alison rowe fujitsu presentationFujitsu Global
Setting the context and analysing Fujitsu's third annual global ICT sustainability benchmark report, looking at organisations in 8 countries. https://www-s.fujitsu.com/global/solutions/sustainability/Fujitsu-Sustainability.html
Fujitsu - Technologies beyond-the-k-computerFujitsu Global
The document discusses technologies beyond the K computer, including Fujitsu's second generation petascale supercomputer PRIMEHPC FX10. It provides an overview of Fujitsu as a company and their history of supercomputer development. Key details about the FX10 system are presented, including its SPARC64 IXfx CPU, memory and networking specifications, and performance comparisons with the K computer. The document aims to outline Fujitsu's HPC hardware and software technologies beyond their current K computer system.
Corporate Senior Vice President, Noriyuki Toyoki, shares Fujitsu’s vision of the increasingly prevalent role technology takes in our daily lives. Everything you ever wanted to know about big data, smart grids, supercomputing and how they can support society through disaster recovery, healthcare ICT and food production - to create a human centric intelligent society.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/solutions/sustainability/ Looking back on Fujitsu’s CSR activities during the previous fiscal year, and a glimpse ahead to 2020 to present a vision of the role that ICT should play. This includes: demonstrating world class technology leadership to step as far as possible into the future, expand the provision of solutions designed to address priorities (food, healthcare, education), achieve our environmental vision of a low carbon, prosperous society. Provide equal opportunities to all people through developing terminals and devices targeting 4 billion internet users, execute businesses that provide opportunities on a global basis, conduct field surveys in developing countries and develop partnerships. Support safe and secure living, by ensuring the stable operation of social ICT infrastructure and cyber security
Fujitsu has a long history of sustainability dating back to 1938. They are now focused on reducing customer greenhouse gas emissions by 30 million tons by 2020 through green ICT solutions. Fujitsu aims to reduce their own emissions (OF ICT) by 3 million tons by 2012 through energy efficient products and design. They also aim to reduce emissions by 12 million tons (BY ICT) by providing solutions like sustainable data centers, cloud computing and smart grids to customers. Fujitsu is a leader in sustainability and is committed to quantifiable improvements for customers and society through 2050.
International Green Awards Asia Pacific Summit Fujitsu Alison RoweFujitsu Global
www.fujitsu.com/global/solutions/sustainability Fujitsu's commitment to ICT sustainability - through supercomputing, cloud computing, smart communities, energy efficiency
Transforming Healthcare - Fujitsu's Dr Lester RussellFujitsu Global
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/solutions/healthcare/ Fujitsu's Global Chief Medical Officer Dr Lester Russell on healthcare IT and the crisis in healthcare
Green and Sustainable ICT - Fujitsu's Alison Rowe at the Korea Australian New...Fujitsu Global
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/solutions/sustainability/ Alison Rowe, Fujitsu's Global Executive Director Sustainability, International Business, on big data, supercomputing and the opportunities for sustainable ICT
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Webinar: Designing a schema for a Data WarehouseFederico Razzoli
Are you new to data warehouses (DWH)? Do you need to check whether your data warehouse follows the best practices for a good design? In both cases, this webinar is for you.
A data warehouse is a central relational database that contains all measurements about a business or an organisation. This data comes from a variety of heterogeneous data sources, which includes databases of any type that back the applications used by the company, data files exported by some applications, or APIs provided by internal or external services.
But designing a data warehouse correctly is a hard task, which requires gathering information about the business processes that need to be analysed in the first place. These processes must be translated into so-called star schemas, which means, denormalised databases where each table represents a dimension or facts.
We will discuss these topics:
- How to gather information about a business;
- Understanding dictionaries and how to identify business entities;
- Dimensions and facts;
- Setting a table granularity;
- Types of facts;
- Types of dimensions;
- Snowflakes and how to avoid them;
- Expanding existing dimensions and facts.
Project Management Semester Long Project - Acuityjpupo2018
Acuity is an innovative learning app designed to transform the way you engage with knowledge. Powered by AI technology, Acuity takes complex topics and distills them into concise, interactive summaries that are easy to read & understand. Whether you're exploring the depths of quantum mechanics or seeking insight into historical events, Acuity provides the key information you need without the burden of lengthy texts.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Digital Marketing Trends in 2024 | Guide for Staying AheadWask
https://www.wask.co/ebooks/digital-marketing-trends-in-2024
Feeling lost in the digital marketing whirlwind of 2024? Technology is changing, consumer habits are evolving, and staying ahead of the curve feels like a never-ending pursuit. This e-book is your compass. Dive into actionable insights to handle the complexities of modern marketing. From hyper-personalization to the power of user-generated content, learn how to build long-term relationships with your audience and unlock the secrets to success in the ever-shifting digital landscape.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
Boost your website's visibility with proven SEO techniques! Our latest blog dives into essential strategies to enhance your online presence, increase traffic, and rank higher on search engines. From keyword optimization to quality content creation, learn how to make your site stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Discover actionable tips and expert insights to elevate your SEO game.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?
Cloud fusion concept fujitsu scientific tech journal april 2012
1. Cloud Fusion Concept
Yoshitaka Sakashita Kuniharu Takayama Akihiko Matsuo
Hidetoshi Kurihara
Cloud is expected to develop from a single-purpose cloud to a hybrid cloud that
links clouds or existing systems, or to a fusion of two or more clouds in the future.
Fujitsu Laboratories named this advanced form of coordination “Cloud Fusion” at
the start of 2010. This paper explains the aim of this coordination and the direction
in which research should head. It goes on to describe the relationship between
Cloud Fusion and Fujitsu’s and Fujitsu Laboratories’ vision—enabling Human-
Centric Intelligent Society. It describes the five pillars of research on Cloud Fusion
and its outline. In particular, it introduces details about the development and
execution environment that is one of the pillars.
1. Introduction 2010.note) i We have conducted research while
Fujitsu Laboratories started working on closely working with the product development
cloud computing (hereafter “cloud”) together division and FUJITSU Family Association/LS
with Fujitsu in the spring of 2007 and started up Research Committee, a customers’ research
the present Cloud Computing Research Center committee, from the beginning. In the process
in April 2009. This organization is an aggregate of studying what to realize with clouds and
of groups engaged in cloud-related research such communicating with customers, we became
as infrastructure control, system management aware that technology capable of linking existing
and development and execution environment. It systems and clouds was necessary. Hence, we
has been launched as a center with the nature started to work on achieving a hybrid cloud
of a cross-laboratory organization. Fujitsu and around the summer of 2009. With this idea still
Fujitsu Laboratories had been researching promoted as Fujitsu’s cloud strategy, we have
themes such as grid computing and virtual proposed the optimum system construction by
system control since before the launch of the linking public and private clouds and existing
center. As an initial achievement, we developed systems and offered products. Subsequently, we
a virtual system control engine, which provides have proposed various types of clouds to give rise
the core of a cloud system.1) The engine was to healthcare, local government and other clouds.
adopted as an in-house practice system of Under the circumstances, Fujitsu Laboratories
the On-demand Virtual System Service. It is felt it was necessary to develop a system linked
capable of providing an infrastructure for the with various clouds and existing systems, and
development of necessary systems such as user named this form of coordination “Cloud Fusion”
management and billing as well as operation and note) i In June 2011, the On-demand Virtual
service design. Moreover, it contributed to the System Service was named as Fujitsu
subsequent start of commercial service in October Global Cloud Platform “FGCP/S5” service
in the Japanese market and Global Cloud
Platform (GCP) service in overseas markets.
FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 143–150 (April 2012) 143
2. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
at the start of 2010. described above, we estimated that a system for
This paper describes the aims and overall linking and mutually using private and public
concept of this Cloud Fusion. clouds would be important in terms of business
as well. We aimed to link various clouds together
2. Aims of Cloud Fusion by Cloud Fusion to link and share information,
In the cloud market, the public cloud and thereby expand the fields of information and
business and software as a service (SaaS) communications technology (ICT) application
business based on it were the mainstream in and create a new market. A similar concept
the initial phase, and we now expect customer- is referred to as “inter-cloud” by the Smart
specific private cloud services will develop. IDC Cloud Study Group of the Ministry of Internal
Japan released a forecast on April 7, 2011 saying Affairs and Communications (MIC).2) While
that the scale of the software market for public similar concepts have been recently announced
clouds and that for private clouds will be almost by other companies as well, we believe that
equal at 145 billion yen in 2012, and the latter Fujitsu Laboratories has taken the lead in this
will overtake the former after that. Meanwhile, research. Furthermore, Fujitsu Laboratories
a form of sharing a cloud by an industry or proposes a way to eliminate companies’ anxiety
community has appeared. At present, we are of being locked in to a specific cloud by using
conducting research on media and engineering Cloud Fusion to link different types of clouds.
clouds as a service in addition to healthcare and As technologies required for realizing these aims
local government clouds. In addition, we are and ideas, we are intensively engaged in R&D
currently linking clouds by using sensors and under the following five themes.
mobile phone handsets as input devices, which • Secure data connection
may be referred to as the Internet of Things. • Big data parallel distributed processing
Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories set forth • Cloud development and execution
a vision of Human-Centric Intelligent Society in environment
the spring of 2010 and have since been working • Cloud mangement
for the construction of a cloud environment • Managed network
that supports this vision. Based on the trends Figure 1 shows the background, concepts
From hybrid cloud to Cloud Fusion, multiple
clouds freely combined for use
Highly-integrated
cloud services
Community
Hybrid cloud Industry Medical
care
Enterprise
Cloud
Media
Engineering
Single cloud Corporate
information
center
Figure 1
Fujitsu Laboratories’ approach to cloud.
Figure 1
144 FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012)
Fujitsu Laboratories’ approach to cloud.
3. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
and major research themes. The following entire system. For that purpose, aside from the
sections describe the R&D for realizing Cloud research group for Cloud Fusion, we have other
Fusion with the focus on the development and groups such as one engaged in research on Green
execution environment. For other themes, see Internet Data Center (IDC), for example, which
the respective papers contained in this special puts together servers, storage, networks and
issue. facilities. Above Cloud Fusion, there is also a
group working on the technologies for enabling
3. Technologies for realizing Human-Centric Intelligent Society, which is
Cloud Fusion Fujitsu’s and Fujitsu Laboratories’ vision. In
An overview of the technologies for realizing this field of research, Cloud Fusion takes charge
Cloud Fusion is shown in Figure 2. of the development and execution environment
Cloud is a synthesis of technologies for high-speed accumulation and analysis of
widely ranging from infrastructures such as various pieces of event data and other big data.
hardware and networks to technologies that Human-Centric Intelligent Society supports
use them to make contributions as business data collection in the actual field and analysis,
and social infrastructure. Accordingly, Fujitsu prediction and proposal for use in the field.
Laboratories does not only conduct world-class The Cloud Fusion group has defined five
R&D in the respective fields of these technologies pillars of R&D as mentioned in the previous
but also links other companies’ technologies and section. The following outlines the respective
open source materials. It does so by vertical pillars of research.
integration in an attempt to sophisticate the 1) Secure data connection
Human-Centric Intelligent Society
Fusion
Cloud Fusion technologies Management
Cross-industry cloud
Secure data
connection
Other company’s cloud Big data PaaS management
parallel distributed Information hiding
processing
Information traceability Infrastructure
Linking Large-scale parallel
integrated visualization/
Development and distributed
Industry cloud Logic movement diagnosis
processing
execution environment between clouds
Group company cloud Development simplification Volume event Predictive fault
processing detection
Data analysis
application
development and Managed
Single cloud integration environment Distributed KVS
network
Other company’s SaaS Application execution Volume batch
environment management processing Increase of throughput
platform
of communication
Public cloud Enterprise mashup between DCs, etc.
technology
Private cloud Test automation/
efficiency improvement Virtual platform control/construction
Existing system
Green IDC Cloud management standardization
Figure 2
Fujitsu Laboratories’ overall technology for Cloud Fusion.
Figure 2
Fujitsu Laboratories’ overall technology for Cloud Fusion.
FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012) 145
4. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
Security, which is said to be a major of IT management, aiming for its standardization.
hindering factor to the application of cloud, may In addition, we have commercialized part of the
have a significant impact if information is leaked technology to comprehensively visualize and
and a system to allow use with more security diagnose the performance of network and server
than before is required. We want customers to infrastructure at the end of 2010. Since the
entrust Fujitsu’s cloud with their information beginning of 2011, we have been aiming to apply
without anxiety. Hence, we aim to be able to predictive fault detection technology to the real
hide information between the existing systems environment. To this end, we have been moving
and clouds and to identify how information has ahead with new research on PaaS management
been used (this function will be commercialized in consideration of application life cycles.
in the middle of FY 2012). In addition, we need 5) Managed network
to be able to process data without handing them In this age of cloud, we believe networks will
to a cloud. Therefore, we have researched and experience a dramatic increase in data volume,
developed a technology to have SaaS applications and this has given rise to demand for research
downloaded to the own center and impose a to address various challenges. For example,
restriction to prevent the applications from research on the performance and management
sending information outside. technology of a network between clouds and
2) Big data parallel distributed processing between clouds and terminals is necessary and a
The essential aim of Cloud Fusion is to new perspective is required.
link and share information to expand the fields
of ICT application and create a new market. To 4. Overview of development and
do this, big data processing is a key technology. execution environment
We are basing our work on technologies such as The essence of cloud is aggregation and
the key value store (KVS) technology, suitable distribution. That is, cloud is intended to
for storing big data, and open source Hadoop, aggregate on a large scale customers’ systems
capable of quickly processing big data. And we and data to realize economies of scale and
are investigating even more advanced parallel their distributed processing by commodity
distributed processing for close linkage with infrastructure (such as servers, storage and
Human-Centric Intelligent Society. networks) to realize cost efficiency.
3) Cloud development and execution In terms of execution environment,
environment aggregating systems on a cloud provides cost
This involves research on technology to and quality benefits. For example, it eliminates
allow customers to easily connect clouds with the need for infrastructure on the customer’s
existing systems and big data analysis platforms. site, makes systems available for use only when
The following section gives the details. and as much as required, and acts as measures
4) Cloud management for disaster recovery by using a backup cloud.
Up to now, we have conducted research Meanwhile, aggregating data on a cloud also
on the efficient control and management of provides cost, quality and efficiency benefits in
virtualization systems. We have also proposed terms of development environment. For instance,
the management interface for On-demand it centralizes the development environment
Virtual System Service. It became commercially and makes it easy to ensure governance on
available in October 2010, and we proposed it to the development processes and results. With
the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), this situation in the background, software
an industry group promoting the standardization development and execution environment on
146 FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012)
5. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
a cloud, or the so-called platform as a service fusion of various application systems will be
(PaaS), has recently been evolving and becoming important including the existing and new
widespread. areas. With general Web applications, linking is
It must be noted that implementing existing roughly classified into linking in the front end in
business applications on a cloud has a scale-out charge of interaction with the user and that in
problem. With the conventional infrastructure, the back end, which takes charge of processing
business applications with large amounts of and interchange with databases according to
accesses and processing are often built by using the access from the front end. One well-known
high-performance servers and databases, which technology of the former is mashup. For the
is called scale-up. On the other hand, clouds are latter, service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a
composed of large numbers of similar commodity popular technology. One important challenge in
servers and databases and cannot be scaled up. such linking is how to effectively use the existing
Accordingly, scale-out is necessary, in which systems. Accordingly, we have developed
processing is distributed among many servers WebAPI creation assistance technology,
and databases. Relational databases (RDBs), which semi-automatically extracts application
which are typical conventional databases, programming interfaces (APIs) from the existing
are good at complicated data retrieval and systems to allow them to be mashed up with
aggregation. However, they take their processing other applications.
steps one at a time so as to maintain consistency, Of these, big data analysis PaaS and
which makes them unsuitable for distributing WebAPI creation assistance technology will be
multiple accesses for parallel processing. In explained in more detail in the following sections.
clouds, on the other hand, new types of data
storage are used such as KVS, which is capable 5. Big data analysis PaaS
of high-speed parallel distributed processing of From now on, it will be important to make
a simple data structure with sets of keys and use of data gathered in large volumes from
values. For this reason, we have developed sensors and terminals to propose new services
optimum deployment technology for data storage. and solutions that could not be readily realized
It automatically selects between multiple types with the conventional ICT. In the analysis
of data storage such as RDB and distributed KVS and development environment based on Cloud
in a cloud system according to the characteristics Fusion, we will need to create new services
of the data or accesses handled. In this way, it together with customers by combining data
appropriately switches data storage accesses across the boundaries of business categories and
from Web applications.3),4) industries starting from the big data owned by
This paper has so far covered the existing customers.
areas of business. New business areas that take However, analyzing big data and developing
advantage of big data such as sensor data and event-driven services requires skills to widely
business logs are being launched. To analyze master and implement various processing
large amounts of data and develop event-driven technologies including data parallel distributed
services, we need a system capable of easily and processing (such as Hadoop), event processing
comprehensively analyzing and developing batch (such as Esper) and analysis processing (such
analysis processing of big data and real-time as Mahout). An analysis and development
processing of event data. We have developed a environment that comprehensively supports
big data analysis PaaS for that purpose. them has not been realized.
In the future, we expect that linking and To address this need, we have test-built the
FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012) 147
6. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
environment shown in Figure 3 that supports We have taken a real case of business as a
the cycle of service planning by data analysis reference to develop cluster analysis processing
[2) in Figure 3], simplified development of and coupon issuing application and evaluated
service applications [3) in Figure 3] and service this environment. We have confirmed that with
evaluation [4) in Figure 3]. In this environment, this environment it is possible to reduce the
batch analysis processing of big data and real- period of time taken to provide the service, which
time processing of event data can be handled in an was conventionally two months, to two weeks.
integrated manner. As an interface, a data flow
diagram (DFD) editor environment (HTML5) is 6. WebAPI and mashup
provided [1) in Figure 3]. The architecture allows technology
the defined DFD to be configured as a program More than one business system is operated
according to Service Component Architecture in an enterprise and a user often needs to
(SCA), a standard component specification, for use multiple systems to perform a series of
deployment and execution. operations. Along with the expansion of cloud,
The data analysis personnel can easily companies now need to link with applications
execute analysis and event processing without provided by external clouds in addition to those
needing knowledge about the individual systems. For this reason, we have developed
implementation technologies, simply by WebAPI creation assistance technology to call
deploying input/output (I/O) data and processing existing systems as Web services without making
components as a DFD and providing execution changes to allow linking by mashup.
parameters. To realize this system, we have Mashup is a technique of combining
developed as a differentiating technology a new multiple Web services published on the Internet
function to convert components into the optimum to build Web applications with new value,
implementation component according to the as exemplified by Google Maps. Application
types of processing and data. developers can easily use functions such as data
Feedback of points of improvement
Evaluation Planning
4) Service effectiveness analysis 1) Analysis process description by DFD 2) Static analysis of large-scale data
Multidimensional Cluster
Effect Service analysis analysis
measurement use Accumulated
data Hive Mahout event data
RDB Hadoop HDFS/MapReduce
HTML5
Service
customization
Simplified Service development
development reflecting business rules
3) Real-time processing by CEP
Service operation
Service
Event Filter Matching notification
Queue CEP engine Queue
CEP: Complex event processing
Figure 3
Outline of PaaS for large-scale data analysis.
Figure 3
148 FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012)
Outline of PaaS for large-scale data analysis.
7. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
acquisition and screen display/operation simply them to be used from mashup applications. With
by executing calls according to the APIs offered this technology, the user’s screen operations on
by Web services. It may be possible to apply this the system are reproduced to obtain the results
mashup technique to enterprise systems to use of processing from the screen, thereby adding
the functions of existing systems and applications WebAPIs without making changes to existing
that meet the needs of user departments. If such systems. Figure 4 shows an overall view of this
an environment can be built easily then higher technique.
operations efficiency can be expected.5) To create an HTTP request queue as
To use system functions by mashup, a reproduction of screen operations, this
however, the functions must be provided as APIs technology has the user execute the operations
and callable from a different system. Existing of the applications concerned and records data
systems in enterprises are often not provided sent and received between the browser and
with such APIs and are unavailable from outside Web applications. This eliminates the need
as components. Making changes to systems to develop a program for generating a request
to add APIs or data-linking function requires queue and operations that need many screens
many person-hours for development and testing. before producing results can be easily turned
This has made it difficult up to now to use the into WebAPIs. In addition, it has a function to
functions of existing systems by mashup. edit the recorded request queue for extraction of
To deal with this challenge, we have parameters to be provided from outside such as
developed WebAPI creation assistance the user ID, password and search key. Hence,
technology. It adds APIs without making authentication information essential to business
changes to existing Web applications to allow systems can be provided by mashup applications.
Developer Enterprise
mashup proxy
1) Execute operations
HTML
Business application
JSON
Communication/response recorder
3) Edit and provide components 2) Record communication log
Communication/response records
Process
SaaS application
executed
GET / HTTP/1.0 according to
GET /login.cgi the records
HTTP/1.0
POST /search
User HTTP/1.0
Key=XXX&id=YYY
Generalized business component
Present development
4)
Mashup by using
components
Figure 4
Overall support technology for making WebAPI.
Figure 4
FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012)
Overall support technology for making WebAPI. 149
8. Y. Sakashita et al.: Cloud Fusion Concept
In a trial using this technology, we have Fujitsu Laboratories intends to continue to lead
confirmed that WebAPI can be created with one- the development of cloud technology so as to help
tenth the person-hours as compared with adding create and pioneer new business.
WebAPI to an existing system by manually
creating a request queue. References
1) M. Kishimoto: Fujitsu’s Trusted-Service
Platform. (in Japanese), Cloud Computing
7. Conclusion Technology to Grasp the Other Side of the World
Fujitsu Laboratories’ approach to the area of Clouds. ASCII, 2009, pp. 58–65.
2) MIC: Smart Cloud Study Group Report—Smart
of cloud presented here is based on the vision Cloud Strategy—(May 2010).
called Cloud Fusion. At the beginning of the http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/
joho_tsusin/eng/councilreport/pdf/
development of On-demand Virtual System 100517_1.pdf
Service in October 2010, it was referred to as the 3) M. Adachi et al.: Fujitsu’s Approach to the Age
of Cloud—Development of Construction and
Service-Oriented Platform. We thought of a “site” Operation Technology for a Cloud System. (in
where information is gathered to conduct new Japanese), ASCII technologies, June Issue, pp.
62–69 (2010).
communication and business as a “platform.” We 4) Y. Mizobuchi et al.: Automatic Optimized Use of
have conducted research based on this idea since Multiple Datastores in Cloud Computing Era.
(in Japanese), IPSJ Special Interest Group on
before the name “cloud” became popular and we Software Engineering Report, Vol. 2010-SE-170,
think that the essence of Cloud Fusion is the No. 14, pp. 1–8 (2010).
5) A. Matsuo et al.: LivePoplet: Technology That
same. In the future, cloud is expected to change Enables Mashup of Existing Applications.
the business, social infrastructure and lifestyles Fujitsu Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 304–312
(2009).
of people in the world more than we can imagine.
Yoshitaka Sakashita Akihiko Matsuo
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Mr. Sakashita is currently engaged in Mr. Matsuo is currently engaged
research strategy and promotion for in research and development of
entire cloud computing. inter-cloud linking technology and
technology to improve efficiency of
software maintenance.
Kuniharu Takayama Hidetoshi Kurihara
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Mr. Takayama is currently engaged Mr. Kurihara is currently engaged in
in research and development of research and development of software
application development and execution development environment and
envi-ronment in cloud. up-stream process technology.
150 FUJITSU Sci. Tech. J., Vol. 48, No. 2 (April 2012)