Google shuns Oracle, joins VMware to offer Java development tools for cloud
By Carl Bagh | 10.27.10 | ibtimes.com Google and VMware have rolled out a host of collaborative enterprise-level Java development tools to help interoperability of applications in the cloud at the SpringOne 2GX development conference. Google shunned Oracle‘s Enterprise Java Beans platform for building and deploying enterprise Java applications but chose VMware’s Spring Java development […]
The Missing Link: CLOUD MONITORING
End-to-end monitoring offers a view from cloud to enterprise Laura Smith, Features Writer | SearchCIO Imagine the “situation room”: IT executives are staring at a wall of screens that depict the real-time performance of applications and transactions. Does this sound like science fiction? It isn’t anymore, as a spate of end-to-end monitoring tools makes its […]
Microsoft takes cloud fight to Google
Google and Microsoft are scrapping to get their office apps into the enterprise cloud By Sharon Gaudin | 10.20.10 | ComputerWorld.com Microsoft officially took its ubiquitous Office suite to the cloud this week with Office 365. And that, say industry watchers, is not good news for rival Google, which has been trying to capture the […]
Humor…
Tech Comics: “The Consultant’s Handbook” – The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder, an IT expert based in Hamburg, Germany.
Disaster recovery strategies for virtual environments
Paul Kirvan | 10.18.2010 | SearchDisasterRecovery.com The fundamental activities in virtualized environments are essentially the same as physical storage environments. You still need to identify critical systems and data, establish backup and recovery capabilities for them, and test and validate the recoverability of identified critical systems and data. However, even if your organization has made […]
IT Careers: Hottest Jobs, Skills in Cloud Computing, Mobile Application Development
The latest IBM Tech Trends survey of IT professionals reveals that cloud computing and mobile application development will provide the most career opportunities, followed by social media and business intelligence. By Meridith Levinson | Mon, October 11, 2010 | CIO.com Want to lock in some job security in IT over the next five years? […]