Real-Time Computing
- A Network Manager's Utility Belt
The vigilant network manager, like Batman looking down on Gotham, knows that somewhere out there, something bad probably is happening -- something that’s making an application go astray. ExtraHop Networks’ Application Delivery Assurance Appliance doesn’t come with batwings, but it does provide tools to hook the kind of data and insight needed to identify the perpetrators of slowdowns and other snafus clogging up the system. - Has Cloud Computing Found its 'Killer App?'
Most people talk about putting their applications in the cloud, but SOASTA has a different take. The company’s CloudTest offering brings the power of cloud computing to your application. For a fraction of what it would cost with traditional solutions, SOASTA uses VMs across public clouds to simulate hundreds of thousands of concurrent users. - Storage Virtualization: Everybody in the Pool
Relatively speaking, storage virtualization is a simple concept offering low risk and high reward. Studies say that within the next year or two, 47 percent of U.S. companies (and 61 percent in Europe) will have adopted the technology. If only it were that easy ... - Cloud-Powered SaaS Needs No-Nonsense Backend
With its infrastructure-as-a-service model, BlueLock gives its SaaS-provider customers all the IT and management they need to host their applications in the cloud. Fortunately for all involved, BlueLock found F5 Networks to manage traffic, balance load and optimize application delivery. - VKernel Keeps Hershey 'In the Know' on Virtualization
The IT team at Hershey Entertainment and Resorts adopted VKernel’s Capacity Analyzer to monitor shared CPU, memory, network, storage and disk I/O utilization trends across its VMware environment, and Chargeback, which provides details about who is using which resources and the associated costs. - Scalpel or Cleaver: CIOs Can Show CFOs the Light
Unless you secure passage to an alternate, idyllic IT universe, you’ll be hearing frequently about cutting costs in the coming quarters. Apptio brings a few twists that should be appealing in these financially interesting times, including offering its tools on a SaaS platform. - 10 Companies Spurring Enterprise Cloud Computing (Pt. II)
While their customers numbers range from dozens to hundreds of thousands, the one thing these companies all have in common is innovation. From enabling computing in the cloud to encouraging hybrid cloud computing to providing an end-to-end set of cloud products, these companies' technologies strive to make cloud computing as flexible and non-threatening as possible. - 10 Companies Spurring Enterprise Cloud Computing (Pt. I)
There are those who doubt cloud computing will ever permeate large enterprise in any meaningful way. Don't tell that to this group of vendors and providers, who have been supplying IT to the world's largest enterprises for decades. If their robust cloud technology portfolios are paired with determined sales and marketing efforts, these companies could play a big part in making "the big switch" a reality. - Virtual Labs Migrate into the Cloud
Almost everybody seems to agree that the cloud is not ready to house enterprise applications. But that does not mean enterprises cannot leverage the cloud’s myriad benefits. With increasing pressures to lower costs and increase efficiency, the practice of building virtual test labs in the cloud has companies drooling. - Sun's Cloud Computing Wheels in Motion
So, I had a conversation with a“cloud evangelist” at Sun Microsystems, during which I noted his reference to Network.com in the past tense. That’s right, the service is no longer available (except for existing customers). Oh, and did I mention the cloud imagery in the background? Hmm …
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