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Archived Cloud Computing Articles
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29 Mar 2012
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Optimal Cloud Computing: The Secret Is not to Mix and Match [25799]
Oracle Delivers the Complete Package from a Single Source
Relying on multiple vendors for a corporation's numerous uses of cloud computing robs that entity of the efficiencies available from a single vendor, Oracle, for example, who can provide the infrastructure required for all the needs of a business and also deliver ample cost savings and efficiencies. This is the argument advanced in the recent Oracle Executive Strategy Brief: Enterprise-Grade Cloud Applications. The brief cites a Symantec survey that found only 47% of corporations enjoying the greater IT agility promised by their several vendors. Optimal use of the cloud, Oracle contends, stems from implementing an infrastructure from a single vendor.
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26 Mar 2012
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Demands of Handling Big Data Whet Appetite for the Cloud Among Western European Utilities [25745]
IDC Energy Insights Survey of IT Decision Makers Finds Greater Acceptance for New Technologies
An IDC Energy Insights survey of Western European utilities on the nature of current cloud environments, future plans for cloud deployments, industry-specific drivers and inhibitors for cloud investments, and delivery model and cloud service type preferences revealed that 46.2% of the respondents are confident that the cloud will prove equal to meeting their IT demands. The survey discovered a subtle shift in attitude toward acceptance of new technologies, including cloud computing. Roberta Bigliani, head of EMEA, IDC Energy Insights summed up the information by observing, "Cloud computing, together with mobile, Big Data, and analytics, is transforming the utilities IT landscape."
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06 Jan 2012
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Migrating to the Cloud: Oracle Client/Server Modernization [25196]
A Guide to the Process by Tom Laszewski and Prakash Nauduri
The responsible parties in any company planning on a database migration, desktop application migration, or that has IT infrastructure consolidation projects, will find the information in "Migrating to the Cloud", the new book by Tom Laszewski and Prakash Nauduri, a useful guide. The book, which focuses on Oracle grid relational database technology and Oracle Fusion Middleware, provides recommendations on tools, strategy and best practices and serves as a guide as an enterprise plans, determines effort and budget, designs, executes and rolls its modern Oracle system out to production.
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12 Dec 2011
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Doorway to the Cloud: Oracle WebLogic Server 12c [24996]
#1 Application Server for Conventional and Cloud Environments
WSJ's MarketWatch reported the release to general availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, which it describes as, " ... the Number 1 application server for conventional systems, engineered systems and cloud environments," with considerable enthusiasm. Market Watch celebrated the innovative new capabilities of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c for building, deploying and running Java Platform, Enterprise Edition Java EE) applications and the capability to leverage Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE7) features in the creation of cleaner, more easily maintainable code.
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01 Dec 2011
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Know What the Cloud Means to Your Enterprise Before You Enter [25000]
Four Distinguishing Characteristics of Cloud Computing
In his post on syngress.com "A Brief Introduction on Migrating to an Oracle-based Cloud Environment," Tom Laszewski prudently begins at the beginning and suggests that his readers do the same: defining what the cloud means to an enterprise. He points out the four characteristics that distinguish the cloud from virtualizing IT infrastructure and making it available on the web. Those characteristics are:
- Provisioning
- Metering and Charge-back capability
- Multi-tenancy
- Elasticity
For further information, Laszewski points his readers to his 400-page book "Migrating to the Cloud" (co-authored with Prakash Nauduri).
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17 Nov 2011
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Building an Infrastructure Cloud with Oracle VM for x86 + Enterprise Manager 12c [24940]
A DIY Approach
Setting up an infrastructure cloud service is a piece of cake, so to speak, blogs Richard Rotter on Oracle Systems Blog Austria. He did it himself, he writes, in a mere three hours -- configuring a complete cloud environment with three x86 servers and a small JBOD. All the process required was Oracle VM for X86, Enterprise Manager 12c and some experience with both those solutions. He outlines the process aspect by aspect, moving from hardware to virtualization and concluding with cloud management. Rotter's post is an ideal place for the relatively uninitiated to begin in familiarizing themselves with the cloud. He promises a technical cookbook on the subject in a matter of weeks.
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