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Cloud is tops for agility but must ‘spin down’ large-scale storage cost, says Sundance Institute
Agility? Check. Efficiency? Check. Cheap Storage? Eh. The cloud may have a lot going for it, but its storage cost might need to come down for some companies with permanently expanding data, such as the Sundance Institute. Sundance has 35 years worth of films, festival footage and other data to save that grows each year, according ...
Perks of containerizing legacy apps: Come for cloud capabilities, stay for cost savings
The debate over whether legacy applications should go into containers is on, with some saying virtual machines are a better fit than the more modular method of containing software. Others argue that businesses benefit from containerizing all applications in ways they may not yet expect. Managed service provider KMicro Tech Inc. was tasked with modernizing a legacy application ...
Could a hardware-cloud mash-up help ensure data privacy?
Company X wants to move to cloud, so it moves its own hardware into someone else’s data center who then connects it to Amazon Web Services while Company X continues to manage it. The method to this madness results in data sovereignty standards compliance or perhaps better connected Internet of Things devices, said Eric Pan (pictured), senior director of global ...
To get the most from containers, go cloud-native or go home, says iguazio
Docker Inc. wants to teach old applications new tricks with its Modernize Traditional Applications program for putting legacy software into containers. But users who believe their legacy applications will reincarnate into cloud-native ones may be disappointed, said Yaron Haviv (pictured), founder and chief technical officer at data analytics platform iguazio Systems Ltd. There is widespread confusion about virtual machines ...
What can’t you put in a container? Analysts review Docker’s newest products
At this week’s DockerCon in Austin, Texas, open-platform provider for application management Docker Inc. charted its desired territory, which straddles open-source and enterprise and reaches far in both directions. While the newly unveiled Moby Project feeds its experimental developer demographic, other announcements promise to bear Docker into large- and medium-sized businesses on the backs of legacy companies. ...
Can Docker’s storage, network coups help it conquer the enterprise?
What better way for Docker Inc. to make its enterprise ambitions known than by bringing customers Visa Inc. and MetLife Inc. on stage at DockerCon in Austin, Texas, according to Stephen Foskett (pictured), organizer in chief of Tech Field Day, days held throughout the year that bring together information technology product vendors and independent thought leaders. “Docker is not only ...
Amazon reveals culture quirks, courts startups at AWS summit 2017
Day one of the AWS Summit in San Francisco, California, leaked some tips for tech companies deciding whether to join or fight the Amazon juggernaut. For competing cloud providers out to imitate Amazon Web Services, there was a glimpse into the culture that has made the company number one. For instance, Amazon.com Inc. revealed that its team ...
AWS cloud turns data center application model on its head, says report
With its “The State of Modern Applications in AWS Report” released last November, Amazon.com Inc. partner Sumo Logic Inc. took it upon itself to be the de facto census bureau for AWS’ huge user community. Its joining with Amazon has opened doors to high profile customers like Pinterest, Twitter and Airbnb, according to Kalyan Ramanathan (pictured), vice president product marketing ...
Can tech that made Google the world’s richest company lure customers from Amazon?
For all the panic about how other cloud providers will compete with market leader Amazon Web Services, the more timely question might be: Why would they want to compete? If the end goal of today’s virtualized cloud infrastructure is to narrow the focus of business onto applications, why not outsource the rest to Amazon.com Inc., asked ...
Rewriting the bottom line: Docker EE and the open-source profit question
Docker Inc., which provides an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship and run distributed applications, is a company sometimes knocked for failing to monetize, is a case study in how the evolving open-source community is rethinking how to drive profit. “Open source today is very different than open source five years, ago, ...