Cloud Computing -- Where Are We Today? Clearing Up the Fog.
In this webinar, you'll learn about where cloud computing is at today and what’s predicted to happen over the next several years. And learn about the pros and cons, the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing for today’s businesses.
So You Need To Build A Private Cloud. What Now? Best Practices For Building Y...Dell World
Moving from infrastructure-centric IT to efficient, software-driven private or hybrid cloud requires more than gluing together knobs and gears. In addition to the infrastructure considerations, special attention needs to be paid to tying business workflows and organizational processes to IT processes to optimize application delivery and increase productivity for your users and customers. How you approach cloud-building to make it really usable by the business is the key to success.
Servicedesk and IT Support Show, London 2017
Audio from the presentation:
https://soundcloud.com/diversifieduk/sits-2017-is-devops-really-changing-it-support-jon-hall-bmc
Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud ComputingTechSoup Global
What is cloud computing and why should you understand it? This presentation defines the different types of cloud computing, discusses how it is impacting nonprofits, outlines some criteria for use, and mentions some challenges of which you should be aware
So You Need To Build A Private Cloud. What Now? Best Practices For Building Y...Dell World
Moving from infrastructure-centric IT to efficient, software-driven private or hybrid cloud requires more than gluing together knobs and gears. In addition to the infrastructure considerations, special attention needs to be paid to tying business workflows and organizational processes to IT processes to optimize application delivery and increase productivity for your users and customers. How you approach cloud-building to make it really usable by the business is the key to success.
Servicedesk and IT Support Show, London 2017
Audio from the presentation:
https://soundcloud.com/diversifieduk/sits-2017-is-devops-really-changing-it-support-jon-hall-bmc
Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud ComputingTechSoup Global
What is cloud computing and why should you understand it? This presentation defines the different types of cloud computing, discusses how it is impacting nonprofits, outlines some criteria for use, and mentions some challenges of which you should be aware
The cloud is not just a change in technology but also a change in the economics of technology solutions. This session will dive deep into different models highlighting how leveraging cloud solutions not only shifts costs from capital to operational but also impacts time to market.
Companies increasingly look at cloud-based technologies as a means of delivering the next generation of IT via a low cost, dynamic and flexible resource platform.
So you’ve bought into the concept of “cloud” technologyCisco Canada
This presentation will discuss research based on various customer interviews and surveys, insights into what customers found to have worked well versus what they might have changed or done differently, answers to concerns that may exist around the concept of deploying a cloud solution within your environment.
Client solutions for the modern workforceDell World
Businesses and end users today are not just looking for the latest devices or software developments in isolation – they are looking for solutions to help them remain secure, productive and connected in a simple and integrated manner. It's with this insight that Dell is developing innovative client solutions by integrating our range of capabilities, from tablets to PCs and virtualization solutions. Join us in this session as we will discuss how Dell uniquely enables customers to protect data, drive efficiencies in systems management, and deliver a reliable end user device all while saving IT time and money to focus on more strategic projects that can help companies grow.
How To Break “The Cycle” and Move To Hyperconvergence
In this webinar, Storage Switzerland's George Crump and SimpliVity's Adam Sekora compare and contrast the suitability of SANs vs. hyperconverged architectures; examine the benefits of consolidating and reducing the number of discrete IT devices in lieu of hyperconverged infrastructure; and discuss the merits of simplified IT and its impact on technology refresh initiatives.
Sample of workshop given at CloudAsia 2012. Workshop is 700 slides, so this is just a small sample to give a feel for the content, depth and independent approach.
The mainstream of technology pros are still well and truly wedged in the past relative to the strategic behaviors of cloud computing. All but a few are embracing cloud as “just another technology”, leaving choices on what way to implement, own and administer to engineers. To get the maximum business value from your cloud investments enterprises need to appreciate that it is NOT a technical judgment but it’s a strategic one.
However, don’t get me wrong. It’s necessary for technical people to be involved. But let’s be crystal clear, any enterprise strategy will collapse before first execution if it doesn’t embrace beyond I.T departments.
Webinar: Improving Time to Value for Enterprise Big Data AnalyticsStorage Switzerland
In this webinar Storage Switzerland, Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade discuss why enterprises need to invest in big data analytics, how they can make that investment and what are some of the key requirements in designing a system.
The cloud is not just a change in technology but also a change in the economics of technology solutions. This session will dive deep into different models highlighting how leveraging cloud solutions not only shifts costs from capital to operational but also impacts time to market.
Companies increasingly look at cloud-based technologies as a means of delivering the next generation of IT via a low cost, dynamic and flexible resource platform.
So you’ve bought into the concept of “cloud” technologyCisco Canada
This presentation will discuss research based on various customer interviews and surveys, insights into what customers found to have worked well versus what they might have changed or done differently, answers to concerns that may exist around the concept of deploying a cloud solution within your environment.
Client solutions for the modern workforceDell World
Businesses and end users today are not just looking for the latest devices or software developments in isolation – they are looking for solutions to help them remain secure, productive and connected in a simple and integrated manner. It's with this insight that Dell is developing innovative client solutions by integrating our range of capabilities, from tablets to PCs and virtualization solutions. Join us in this session as we will discuss how Dell uniquely enables customers to protect data, drive efficiencies in systems management, and deliver a reliable end user device all while saving IT time and money to focus on more strategic projects that can help companies grow.
How To Break “The Cycle” and Move To Hyperconvergence
In this webinar, Storage Switzerland's George Crump and SimpliVity's Adam Sekora compare and contrast the suitability of SANs vs. hyperconverged architectures; examine the benefits of consolidating and reducing the number of discrete IT devices in lieu of hyperconverged infrastructure; and discuss the merits of simplified IT and its impact on technology refresh initiatives.
Sample of workshop given at CloudAsia 2012. Workshop is 700 slides, so this is just a small sample to give a feel for the content, depth and independent approach.
The mainstream of technology pros are still well and truly wedged in the past relative to the strategic behaviors of cloud computing. All but a few are embracing cloud as “just another technology”, leaving choices on what way to implement, own and administer to engineers. To get the maximum business value from your cloud investments enterprises need to appreciate that it is NOT a technical judgment but it’s a strategic one.
However, don’t get me wrong. It’s necessary for technical people to be involved. But let’s be crystal clear, any enterprise strategy will collapse before first execution if it doesn’t embrace beyond I.T departments.
Webinar: Improving Time to Value for Enterprise Big Data AnalyticsStorage Switzerland
In this webinar Storage Switzerland, Hitachi Data Systems and Brocade discuss why enterprises need to invest in big data analytics, how they can make that investment and what are some of the key requirements in designing a system.
Developing a cloud strategy - Presentation Nexon ABC EventNexon Asia Pacific
In this SlideShare you will learn about the cloud for modern business, moving to the cloud - what to expect, digitise datafy and differentiate, bringing it all together with Nexon ABC.
While many CIOs point to cost savings as the primary driving force of their Cloud initiatives, a growing number are seeing broader benefits that are focusing their team on delivering greater business value. Hudson CIO Mike Whitmer, and Trex CIO Kirby Miner presented a webinar on migrating to the Cloud and the ramifications on their budgets, their business and their people.
Topics include:
• Real-world Cloud ROI calculations: benchmark your potential for cost savings
• The business case for migrating to Cloud: to share outside the IT department
• How to get started with a hybrid approach: so you can see immediate benefit
• How the Cloud will impact your staff: key issues to address within your organization
There is a lot of talk in technology circles about 'the Cloud' these days. Wondering what it means for you and your business systems? While this new era of cloud computing can bring benefits to your organization these need to be weighed against the risks.
Learn from experts what is really happening today and what you should be considering for the future.
Businesses of every shape and size are using cloud to gain rapid access to world class IT capabilities (resource pooling, rapid elasticity,measured service, cost predictability, agility, rapid implementation, etc). Integrating a cloud solution with existing systems can be one of the most complex, costly and time-consuming aspects of cloud adoption.
Cloud services are critical sources of speed and agility, and have evolved beyond the simple benefits of cost reduction. Cloud helps companies profit from disruption by allowing innovation in both the front and back office.
This Digital Realty webinar features Michael Bohlig (@bohlig), KC Mares (@kcmares) and Forrester Principal Analyst Dave Bartoletti (@davebartoletti).
For more information visit http://www.digitalrealty.com
AWS May Webinar Series - Industry Trends and Best Practices for Cloud AdoptionAmazon Web Services
If you are interested to know more about AWS Chicago Summit, please use the following to register: http://amzn.to/1RooPPL
Forrester estimates that cloud adoption will soar 91% from $100 billion to $191 billion in 5 years. The next phase of cloud adoption will feature more diverse workloads, more applications that bridge public clouds and private data centers, and a greater emphasis on cost efficiency. In this webinar, we’ll discuss the impact of cloud adoption on the industry and on your business, including realignment of tech budgeting and applications, retooled staffing to enhance the skill sets of your internal teams, and the role of specialist firms in accelerating your progress. Join Vikram Garlapati, Manager of Solutions Architect, AWS, Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst John Rymer, along with Amit Khanna, VP of Cloud Services at Virtusa, to gain insight into the state of cloud adoption and to learn the lessons and best practices gained from multiple engagements that helped customers transform their application landscapes. Learning objectives: 1) Understand overall trends in cloud adoption 2) Learn best practices for migrating diverse workloads – to take full advantage of cloud services
Hudson CIO Series: 6 Reasons for Cloud Computingguest51aa87
Hudson Global CIO, Mike Whitmer, discusses how mid-size companies can realize the benefits of cloud computing. Includes real-world cloud ROI calculations and suggested Hybrid approach to getting started. Bottom line - don't fall behind your competition! CIOs should be leveraging the cloud now.
Delivering Reliable Telephony via Desktop as a Service, Artisan InfrastructureAlan Quayle
Delivering Reliable Telephony via Desktop as a Service
Brian Hierholzer
Head Cloud Craftsman
Artisan Infrastructure
Marc Corinth
Cloud Craftsman
Artisan Infrastructure
The market for DaaS is growing at 28% annually and will reach $5.6B by 2016. There are mature offerings available from multiple reputable vendors, however there is one big gap. Telephony. Lync/Skype for Business and other competitive offerings that work well on regular desktops are barely useful on DaaS. Why? This session will explore this major gap and discuss Artisan's solution.
Presentation to customers at HP Tech@Work in Singapore 2010, discusses the technology and transformational approach to implementing a Converged Infrastructure
As an organization it is time to define potentially new strategies in light of new opportunities. We find ourselves in a constantly changing media world with constantly changing consumer behavior. Our offerings need to change with the changing needs of our clients. At the same time the cause of those changes, computing and communications technology, is morphing at a breathtaking rate. The result is a dramatic change in behavior.
Softchoice is helping companies reach their goals of having a modern, enabling IT organization. We help customers by enabling end users, enabling hybrid IT, enabling asset management and enabling procurement.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024
Harvey Nash USA Webinar: Cloud Computing
1. Cloud Computing—Where Are We Today?
Clearing Up the Fog with Harvey Nash
Hosts: Anna Frazzetto & Lance Hendrix of Harvey Nash USA
Featured Guest: Alfonso Perez of Beezag
2. Your Harvey Nash Presenters
Anna Frazzetto
• VP of Technology Solutions
• 20+ years in IT
• Offshoring & outsourcing road warrior
• Published author & industry presenter
Lance Hendrix
• Practice Director, Technology Solutions
• 20+ years in IT
• Primarily focused on IT architecture
• Guides large and small companies in leveraging and
implementing new and existing technologies
3. Our Special Guest
Alfonso Perez
• Head of Technology, Beezag
• 15+ years in technology leadership roles
• Responsible for turn-around and
optimization of several technology
departments at small and Fortune-ranked
companies
4. About Harvey Nash
Unique portfolio of services
Executive Search
IT Professional Services
IT Staffing
Strong track record, founded more than 20 years ago
13 years on the London Stock Exchange
2009 revenues: over $750 million
Global footprint: USA, Europe, Asia
Over 5,000 people working across 37 offices worldwide
4,800 resources in Vietnam
Serving leading global enterprises, small and mid-size businesses,
governments and global institutions
6. Poll Question #1
How much is your business leveraging the
Cloud today?
Not at all
A little bit
Some substantial work with plans for more
We use it exclusively
7. Cloud Computing Is Front & Center
―In as little as four years, Gartner
expects 43% of companies to
have most of their IT running in the
Cloud.‖
CIO Insight, Feb 2011
Cloud Computing ranks as the No. 1
technology priority for 2011.
Gartner Research, "Reimagining IT: The 2011 CIO Agenda"
9. About Beezag
Global, game-changing, patent-pending system for targeted
advertising to:
Mobile devices
Social media
Interactive TV
Consumers rewarded for time and attention with REWARDS
that generate brand affinity:
Offers
Specials
Cash
A suite of patent-pending systems confirm if completed view
has been achieved or not
10. Where We Began
What: Dedicated servers
Where: Shared hosting provider
11. The Challenges
Monitoring: Not mature or sophisticated enough for
Beezag
Costs: Expensive to scale up or down
Lack of Flexibility: Ramping up was not easy in terms
of people or hardware resources
Achieving Systems Performance Goals: Takes time to
set up operations side and to manage infrastructure
effectively
12. Goals in Moving to the Cloud
Increase monitoring capabilities despite limited IT
resources
Better ensure uptime and performance
Increase the speed and reduce the cost of scaling
infrastructure resources up or down
Manage IT costs while expanding capabilities and
capacity
13. The Migration to the Cloud
Laid out the approach
Established the infrastructure:
A couple of load balancers
A few web servers
A couple of database servers
Development environments
Load testing environments
Turned off all local and hosted hardware
Moved 100% to the Cloud 1Q 2010
15. Cloud Advantages – Example
The Challenge: TV Advertising Blitz
Company was giving away a car
during a TV show
IT knew traffic was going to
spike to unseen levels
IT needed to scale server
capacity far beyond existing
thresholds for a very limited
time period
16. Cloud Advantages – Example cont.
The Cloud solution allowed Beezag to…
Successfully and strategically prepare for a mission-critical
company push
Cost effectively conduct load and stress tests on the system
Instantaneously expand capacity
Seamlessly manage a record-breaking increase in traffic—more
than two orders of magnitude—without a single performance
issue or challenge
Immediately reduced capacity back to normal levels once the
effects of the TV show subsided, to bring costs back in line with
daily demand
17. Tips for Cloud Success from Beezag
Focus on the Simplicity
Internal stakeholders can get overwhelmed/frightened by the
concept
• Where does the data reside?
• Who is accountable when something goes wrong?
Look at it like data center leasing
Hardware is still sitting somewhere, ownership has changed
Maintain Rigorous Provider Due Diligence
Do they understand your industry?
Do they get your unique security challenges and concerns?
Are they providing the right resources, support and data access?
18. Poll Question #2
If you are using the Cloud today, how are you
using it?
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
We aren’t using the Cloud today
I’m not sure
20. Defining Cloud Computing
Pay Only for What You Use
End of the Physical (device independent)
IaaS – IT infrastructure provided virtually, on demand and as a service
SaaS – Software on demand and as a service
PaaS – Platforms on demand and as a service
Internet-based Service Provision
Scalability
Virtualized servers scale vertically or horizontally to meet demand
Shared Resources
Financial benefits also derived from shared resources (storage, RAM,
etc.)
21. Cloud Models & Providers
Public & Private Clouds
Public: Services and infrastructure provided off-site over the
Internet
Private: Services and infrastructure maintained on a private
network (Purists will say “that is not the Cloud”)
Hybrid Clouds
Combination of public and private over a variety of providers
Cloud Solution Providers
Amazon, Google, AT&T, VMware, Rackspace, Salesforce.com,
Facebook, Microsoft Azure, IBM, 3Tera, etc.
22. Who’s Using the Cloud?
Large Enterprises
Adoption is slow and cautious but every big business is ―trying it out‖ according
to NY Times
Example: Netflix moving its Web services to rival Amazon
SMBs – primary adopter
Adoption is much faster
4 out of every 10 small businesses expect to leverage at least one Cloud service
by 2014 –Microsoft SMB Cloud Adoption Study
Startups – primary adopter
Many are starting in the Cloud – Infrastructure is a thing of the past
Government
Federal government's Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) has a ―Cloud
First‖ policy
Emerging Markets
23. Cost: Before You Get Too Excited…
Compare ALL the Elements
Storage
Compute units
Network Infrastructure
Bandwidth
Etc.
Total: Different for Every Business
Size
Industry
Workforce
IT structure and demand
Vision
24. Points to Remember
Cost Savings: Think Short- & Long-term
No significant capital outlay, but ongoing costs are greater
Speed: It’s an Advantage
Data center for Cloud is up and running quickly; it could take
months for something you own and operate
Cloud Risk: It Can Be Mitigated
Hybrid Cloud
Multiple vendors
Architecting Apps: It’s Different
Apps architected on your infrastructure today might not transition
smoothly to the Cloud
25. Let’s Discuss.
Questions & Ideas?
Anna Lance Alfonso
Frazzetto Hendrix Perez
• VP, Technology • Practice Director, • Head of
Solutions Technology Technology
• Harvey Nash Solutions • Beezag
• Harvey Nash
26. Mark Your Calendar
The iPad Goes to Work
When: Thursday, June 23, 2011; 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT
Host: Anna Frazzetto, VP of Technology Solutions,
Harvey Nash USA
What: A dynamic and fun look at the complexities as well as the
opportunities that come with developing apps for the iPad
27. Contact us with Questions
Have more questions?
Want to discuss Cloud Computing further?
Email us at: info@harveynash.com
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www.twitter.com/harveynashusa
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