February 2014

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  New CTO previews VMware hybrid cloud strategy beyond DRaaS

  VMware's vCloud Hybrid Service ramps up with more to come, as the company seeks to integrate private and public clouds for enterprise workloads.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Cloud Foundry foundation prompts open source PaaS debate

  A new Cloud Foundry foundation provokes debate about the fate of OpenStack-based PaaS efforts.  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Cloud, database admin roles blur as IT attempts to house more big data

  As big data analytics proves its enterprise BI value, cloud admins will see their jobs bleeding into more traditional database admin responsibilities.  Continue Reading

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Can the cloud brand live up to its original promises?

  Cloud computing has long battled with the IT market to prove its ROI. As PaaS climbs into the ring, can the cloud brand keep its original promises?  Continue Reading

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Platform services could signal cloud strategy shift

  As IaaS spending is still lackluster in the enterprise, is the cloud market ready for a strategy shift toward platform services?  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  IBM’s revamped cloud offers developers PaaS control through BlueMix

  IBM BlueMix, a DBaaS acquisition and other major cloud advances may give Big Blue a leg up into the hyper-competitive cloud services space.  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  IBM Cloudant buy signals cloud arms race with NoSQL DBaaS

  IBM opened its checkbook once again to add a database as a service to its SoftLayer cloud, but must keep the pedal to the metal to win IT developers.  Continue Reading

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Are you using your cloud broker to its full potential?

  As the role of a cloud broker remains muddy, enterprises aren't capitalizing on all they have to offer beyond helping to choose a cloud provider.  Continue Reading

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Verizon accused of limiting bandwidth for Netflix streaming

  Netflix streaming is suspiciously slow for Verizon customers. In this podcast, David Linthicum discusses whether we should be paranoid about that.  Continue Reading

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  IBM claims it's cloud revenue front-runner, but is it cloud washing?

  IBM is no rookie at blasting AWS. But with IBM's history of cloud washing, are its recent revenue claims valid? Also in the podcast: Oracle's future.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Cloud security tools only half the battle against shadow IT

  A majority of businesses reported they bypass corporate IT departments to deploy cloud services; what are IT pros to do?  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Brave new IT world: Cloud revolution centers on people, not technology

  IT people fear public cloud computing will replace their jobs, but there could be a brave new world even after cloud adoption.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Networking costs swell pay-per-use public cloud bills

  Pay-per-use cloud billing means enterprises need to monitor usage to stay in budget, but unpredictable networking costs can complicate this task.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Reducing network latency means focusing on location, location, location

  As the real estate motto goes, what matters is 'location, location, location.' The same goes for your data when it comes to network latency.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Is networking infrastructure the Achilles' heel of cloud computing?

  The network is a complicated piece of the data center puzzle and can often be a stumbling block for IT pros, although crucial for cloud success.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  VMware vCHS, vCAC show cloud commitment, but raise questions

  With recent moves, VMware is staking its claim on the cloud market. But with new directions and services, enterprise IT has some lingering questions.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  IBM SoftLayer vital to Big Blue's software, hardware success

  SoftLayer holds the key to IBM's enterprise hardware and software success -- as long as its competitive strategies work against AWS, Google and Azure.  Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  AWS platform services emerge from Microsoft's PaaS failures

  Amid signs that Microsoft's PaaS commitment isn't working, cloud pros are concerned about profit beyond IaaS. Reigning leader AWS may have found it.  Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Can a new Microsoft CEO raise the provider to the cloud elite?

  Microsoft has a new CEO, but David Linthicum still isn't convinced about its future success. He and his guest discuss this and IBM's cloud chances.  Continue Reading

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  Amazon DynamoDB, Accumulo access controls secure big data in the cloud

  Amazon DynamoDB and other databases are popular choices for big data analytics in the cloud, but how can you secure the private data they contain?  Continue Reading