Thu, 18 February 2010
The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion comes in conjunction with The Open Group’s Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference held earlier this month in Seattle. We assembled a panel to examine service-oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud computing -- the relationships, the inter-reliance and the realities. Three years ago, the IT transformation poster child was SOA, and now we're well into the hype curve around cloud computing, but has one actually given way to the other? Are they linear in their relationship, or perhaps mutually dependent in some ways, and to what degree? We’ll explore now whether SOA has found new value and relevance as a foundation and perhaps catalyst for cloud computing, especially for so-called private clouds. And, we'll see how the emergence of SOA and cloud may be happening in different places inside of enterprises. Shouldn’t one hand get to quickly know what the other is up to and perhaps even work together? There are a series of podcasts from The Open Group conference: on cloud computing, enterprise architecture, business architecture, Archimate, and cloud security. Here with us now to plumb the depths of how SOA and cloud computing do or don’t come together, are Dr. Chris Harding, director of the SOA Work Group at The Open Group; Stephen G. Bennett, Senior Enterprise Architect at Oracle, and Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Search for Salesforce.com. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: The Open Group.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-SOA_and_Cloud_Combined_Marks_an_IT_Turning_Point.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:57am EDT |
Thu, 11 February 2010
Smart Grid for Data Centers Better Manages Electricity to Slash IT Energy Spending, Frees-Up Wasted Capacity
Nowadays, CIOs need to both cut costs and increase performance. Energy has never been more important in working toward this productivity advantage.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Smart_Grid_Concept_Comes_to_Data_Centers.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:24am EDT |
Mon, 8 February 2010
Improved data center productivity now appears to be a natural progression from converged infrastructure. Many enterprise data centers have embraced a shared service management model to some degree, and now converged infrastructure applies the shared service model more broadly to leverage modular system design and open standards, as well as to advance proven architectural frameworks. For more information on virtualization and how it provides a foundation for Private Cloud, plan to attend the HP Cloud Virtual Conference taking place in March. To register for this event, go to:
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-A_Focus_on_Converged_Infrastructure.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:14pm EDT |
Sun, 7 February 2010
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The next BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Volume 49, hones in on the predictions for IT industry growth and impact, now that the recession appears to have bottomed out. We're going to ask our distinguished panel of analysts and experts for their top five predictions for IT growth through 2010 and beyond. This periodic discussion and dissection of IT infrastructure related news and events with a panel of industry analysts and guests, comes to you with the help of our charter sponsor Active Endpoints, maker of the ActiveVOS business process management system. To help us gaze into the IT trends crystal ball we are joined by our panel: Jim Kobielus, senior analyst at Forrester Research; Joe McKendrick, independent analyst and prolific blogger; Tony Baer, senior analyst at Ovum; Brad Shimmin, principal analyst at Current Analysis; Dave Linthicum, CEO of Blue Mountain Labs; Dave Lounsbury, vice-president of collaboration services at The Open Group; Jason Bloomberg, managing partner at ZapThink, and JP Morgenthal, independent analyst and IT consultant. The discussion is moderator Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. [Disclosure: The Open Group is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.] Read a full transcript or download a copy. Charter Sponsor: Active Endpoints. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at www.activevos.com/insight.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Analysts_Name_Top_2New_IT_Trends_Vol_49.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:24pm EDT |
Sat, 6 February 2010
Security may be the hottest topic in IT. But it's also one of the least understood.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-IT_Security_Standard_Gains_Traction.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:50pm EDT |
Thu, 4 February 2010
ArchiMate Gives Business Leaders and Architects a Common Language to Describe How the Enterprise Works
Our next podcast discussion looks at ArchiMate, a way of conceptualizing, modeling, and controlling enterprise architecture (EA) and business architecture.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Archimate_Advances_IT_Architecture.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 11:53pm EDT |
Thu, 4 February 2010
'Business Architecture' Helps Business and IT Leaders Decide On and Communicate Changes at the New Speed of Business
What's the difference between enterprise architecture (EA) and business architecture (BA)? We pose the question to Tim Westbrock, Managing Director of EAdirections, as part of a sponsored podcast discussion coming to you from The Open Group’s Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Seattle, the week of Feb. 1, 2010.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Enterprise_Architect_Role_Gains_Stature.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:50pm EDT |
Thu, 4 February 2010
This live event podcast discussion comes to you from The Open Group’s Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Seattle, the week of Feb. 1, 2010.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Best_Definition_of_Enterprise_Architecture.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 6:02pm EDT |
Thu, 4 February 2010
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Welcome to a special BriefingsDirect dual webinar and podcast presentation, Real-Time Web Data Services in Action at Deutsche Börse.As the culmination of a four-part series on web data services (WDS), we're here to examine a fascinating use-case for data services with Deutsche Börse Group in Frankfurt, Germany. An innovative information service recently created there highlights how real-time content and data assembled from various online sources scattered across the Web provides a valuable analysis service. The offering supports energy traders seeking to track global fluctuations and micro trends in oil and other related markets. But, the need for real-time and precise data affects more than energy traders and financial professionals. More than ever, all sorts of businesses need to know what's going on in and what's being said about their respective markets, products, and services. In this series with Kapow Technologies, we've examined the need for WDS and ways that WDS and related tools can be used broadly to solve these problems. Now, we are going to learn the full story of how Deutsche Börse took web data resources, and not only efficiently assembled knowledge from automated robots, cleansing tools, and analytics management, but from these capabilities they also created high value and focused WDS offerings onto itself. Thanks for joining us, as we take an in-depth look at how the market for WDS has shaped up and then hear directly from the leader of the Deutsche Börse project, as well as from a key supplier that supported them in accomplishing their web services goal. So, to learn more about WDS as a business, please welcome our guests, Mario Schultz, director of Energy Facts at Deutsche Börse Group, and Stefan Andreasen, CTO at Kapow Technologies. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. Read a full transcript or download the transcript. Learn more. Sponsor: Kapow Technologies. Register to view a video version of this presentation with slides and demonstration of the application.
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Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Web_Data_Services_in_Action.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:31pm EDT |
Wed, 3 February 2010
What are the likely directions for cloud computing? Based on the exploration of expected cloud benefits at a cutting edge global IT organization, the future looks extremely productive.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-CERN_on_Potential_for_Cloud_Computing.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:42pm EDT |
Wed, 3 February 2010
The latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Volume 50, focuses on the fallout from the Google’s threat to pull out of China, due to a series of sophisticated hacks and attacks on Google, as well as a dozen more IT companies. Due to the attacks late last year, Google on Jan. 12 vowed to stop censoring Internet content for China’s web users and possibly to leave the country altogether. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at www.activevos.com/insight.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Analysts_Probe_Google_China_Tiff-Vol_50.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:13am EDT |
Tue, 2 February 2010
BriefingsDirect now presents a sponsored podcast discussion on the ongoing activities of The Open Group’s Cloud Computing Work Group. We'll meet and talk to the new co-chairmen of the Cloud Work Group, learn about their roles and expectations, and get a first-hand account of the group’s 2010 plans.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Open_Group_Cloud_Work_Group_Mission.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:32pm EDT |
Tue, 2 February 2010
The growing interest and value in PC desktop virtualization strategies and approaches has its roots in both technology and economics. Recently, a lot has happened technically that has matured the performance and economic benefits of desktop virtualization and the use of thin-client devices.
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Desktop_Virtualization_Ready_for_Enterprise_Uptake.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:49am EDT |
Mon, 1 February 2010
The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion delves into proper planning and implementation of data-center virtualization to gain strategic level advantage in enterprises. For more information on virtualization and how it provides a foundation for private clouds, plan to attend the HP Cloud Virtual Conference in March. Register now for this event:
Direct download: BriefingsDirect-Strategic_Approach_to_Virtualization_Services.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:53pm EDT |
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