Over the last few years we’ve seen a frenzy of interest and buzz around the area of Big Data. Beyond the hype, there is a solid base of growing use cases, which are becoming center stage to most businesses. 2012 was the year of awareness. There was a great amount of sharing from the early core developers of the analytic platforms – showing the rest of the world the capabilities of the tools and platforms that had been developed for special purpose high scale analytics. The big names at the core of open source analytics development include Facebook, eBay, Linkedin, Twitter – all blazing the trail with new approaches. These companies brought along with them a new and expanding interest in leveraging the same technologies for commercial interest.
This talk is focused at how a growing number of enterprises that are already heavily invested in the use cases – but by volume, most customers now have some form of big data proof-of-concept underway. These proof of concepts typically start with a thesis of how competitive advantage can be gained through insight from the data. A proof of concept can quickly validate the theory, and helps sell further investment in the analytics platform, and it snowballs from there.
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We’ve all heard again and again that the cloud enables agility and velocity, and creates independence for business lines within the enterprise. Without coordination and oversight, however, the easy and widespread access to a mix of public, private and hybrid cloud solutions across IaaS, SaaS and PaaS has resulted in unchecked cloud sprawl within organizations. Cloud sprawl is splintering applications, systems and solutions across the enterprise. It has left IT without any visibility or authority, while accountability continues to be firmly placed on their shoulders. This is creating levels of complexities and liabilities that defy business sense. It has also resulted in enterprises missing opportunities, including better cost management.
Lucas Carlson, AppFog’s CEO, will discuss the value of IT not only in ensuring business-critical coordination, compliance and security, as well as cost-savings, but also the role IT can play in championing innovation. He will present systems and solutions that will allow IT to deliver all the benefits of cloud adoption, all the speed and velocity, while maintaining the crucial ability to govern. This keynote is based on AppFog's own experience in meeting the challenges of running a public cloud strategy at scale, without reverting to the traditional and unsustainable option of vendor lock-in. It also draws from AppFog’s deep experience in developing, deploying and managing private and hybrid cloud solutions.
We all know that the world continues its break-neck pace of change, and how those changes are profoundly affecting the world around us. One of the easiest places to spot and understand the impact of such changes is in the field of information technology. We've already seen exponential growth in the amount of data generated year over year. Now we're starting to see acceleration in the form of data analytics--getting our arms around big data using advanced analytics software. In fact, we are starting to see a new generation of applications which ties disparate data and data sources into a cohesive whole...giving businesses a new and unique perspective on their markets, their operations, and their ecosystems.
As Cloud computing is becoming a de facto standard, we are collectively storing massive amount of data in the cloud. Companies are now trying to mine this immense source of information. Assuming everything is stored in the cloud, interesting questions arise. Listen to the thought leaders as they discuss business issues and lessons learnt by companies in Cloud and Big Data space.
How can I benefit from the cloud? I hear about the cloud all the time, but what will it really do for me and my business? These and other questions about “cloud” and IT services are part of the day in the life of every SMB (Small to Medium-sized Business) customer in the U.S. market. The reason they are in business or running a business does not center around Cloud and IT, but on their business. Whether it is keeping the retail sales flowing or food products going out the door, which is why they are in business. A good IT services and Cloud provider is there to provide the support they need to run their businesses more efficiently and effectively so they can truly focus on what they love, their business. Michael Toplisek, the EVP of Marketing and Product at EarthLink will use real customer examples to illustrate how excellent cloud services can help the smb customer lift some of the burdens of their daily business allowing them to do the things they do best.
