What happens when your cloud provider has multiple datacenters and has the ability to move your code around based on their need (read: not your need)? One thing that any enterprise IT buyer knows how to say is “who’s throat do I choke?” When you have a composited application, who exactly are you going to be calling? The cloud providers have yet to address the myriad of problems which can, and will, arise.
If you think your network is safe from the new strains of content security threats, think again. Today’s cybercriminals use sophisticated attacks that multiply quickly and thwart traditional defenses, rendering conventional security ineffective and unmanageable. To protect your data, your network and your customers, you need enterprise security that can stop new threats before they impact your business. In this Webinar, Christian Christiansen, vice president of IDC’s Security Products and Services Group will use real-life examples to illustrate how quickly an attack can result in damaged infrastructure and revenue loss, and why traditional security solutions are no match for these insidious programs.
David Linthicum, the highly popular SOA thought leader and practitioner, will be keynoting in San Jose, CA, on November 19 at the SOA World Conference & Expo 2008 West. ‘While everyone wants to do SOA right the first time, the typical results are not always stellar,’ says Linthicum. ‘The pitfalls of building any complex architecture, including SOA,’ he adds, ‘are something that the SOA practitioners must contend with, and most are ill-equipped.’
The cloud is coming of age. Amazon took another huge leap forward when it announced that EC2 is now out of beta, together with an SLA that is evidence of Amazon’s commitment to provide top-notch service. Their uptime has been stellar, and they are now standing behind their offering contractually in a much stronger way, and signaling how customers can set their expectations. The advent of Windows on EC2 is welcome news too.
Although the term “Web 2.0″ does not have a rigorous definition, it is commonly used in at least two ways. First, it refers to Web applications that encourage social interaction or collective contribution for a common good. Second, it refers to Web programming techniques that lead to a rich and user-friendly interface. These techniques sometimes go by the name Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), though many implementations don’t use XML at all.
For a long time we have known that corporate use of PCs is inefficient and overly expensive: analysts estimate that a typical PC costs around three times as much as its purchase price to manage over the PC’s lifetime. But, until recently, there has been little that organizations could do to change the situation while still delivering acceptable service. Virtualization has changed this in a number of important ways: the physical PC need no longer be the key delivery mechanism and, hence, images can be hosted pretty much anywhere.
Cloud Computing is the newbuzzword in the technology industry. But even industry insiders don’t agree on exactly what the term means. We shouldn’t be surprised that mainstream business is approaching it with caution. Businesses have many concerns about moving their data to the cloud, some legitimate and some irrational. All these concerns need to be overcome in order for a widespread adoption of Cloud computing to occur. This session will discuss the obstacles to getting customers to embrace the concept of cloud computing and how to over come them. This session will cover topics such as the dangers of preaching to the converted, why “better” isn’t good enough when moving customers away from the familiar, and communicating the benefits without getting lost in the technical details.