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Platform: The Cloud Foundry Conference   is an event for developers and cloud operators that are using the industry's leading Open Source Platform-as-a-Service:  Cloud Foundry . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cloud Foundry is the leading open platform-as-a-service, providing an open ecosystem of developer frameworks and application services. Cloud Foundry makes it faster and easier to build, test, deploy and scale applications. Cloud Foundry is an Apache 2.0 licensed project, stewarded by Pivotal, and available on Github:  https://github.com/cloudfoundry  .  To learn more about Cloud Foundry visit  http://www.cloudfoundry.com/ . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a quick link to all the sessions from #PlatformCF 2013 Pivotal Update -Platform: The Cloud Foundry Conference Welcome b...

I just loved the concept - Hear the Story, See the story .  As they define #EMCBlueprints as -  " EMC Blueprints is a new, innovative way of capturing the big ideas presented at EMC World.  While EMC's executives are giving their keynote addresses, artists trained in the practice of graphic recording will be producing visual transcripts of their talks. This involves listening to each talk, synthesizing the key ideas and recording them in a flow of images and text, all in real time. Hear the story.  See the story " Check them in detail on  http://pinterest.com/search/?q=EMCBlueprints  

This white paper—jointly sponsored by EMC, CSC, and Cisco—describes workload deployment strategies for private and hybrid clouds, enabling IT as a strategic business partner.  White Paper: What's on Your Cloud? Workload Deployment Strategies for Private and Hybrid Clouds from EMC Academic Alliance

Did you know more than 200 colleges in India are part of EMC Academic Alliance   Here are my top reasons to join :  Prepares students on Storage, Cloud Infra, Data Science, Backup and Cloud Security. Offered at Zero Cost Opportunity for students to get certified on these technologies for less than $25 Only technology program from an industry leader, as we don't believe in vendor lock-ins No difference in offerings for academia and  corporate Most social educational program with more than 750K on facebook alone Developer opportunities for students  Fantastic support from Local Center of Excellence for Faculty and student events including visits  Help certified candidates find the right career ( coming soon ) Refer your College or University to EMC Academic Alliance via   http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BPWQQTF

India produces the highest ## of engineers today and quality remains a question mark for all.  A good example from my experience is -  Question : Where does a Facebook/Google store its data                              Answer :  "Hard Disc"                                                                                                       Question : "And where do you think the hard disc is."                               Answer : "Server" Hmmmm....is't that crazy.  Realizing this, we took our  Industry recognized  open  course ( on Stor...

Are you a professional who cannot attend 5 days of training ??  Here is a new solution   for all Cloud and Big Data Analytics lovers - A   One-day course and 90+ minute Executive Module  from  EMC Education Services. On a quick research into the course, some of the key observations are  :   Cloud and ITaaS for Business Transformation Courses -  Provides definitions, concepts, skills and strategies to leverage cloud and ITaaS for agility and efficiency within an organization Data Science and Big Data Analytics for Business Transformation Courses -  Provides the skills and knowledge to implement a Big Data strategy and lead an analytics team to success START NOW with the FREE executive model via  https://education.emc.com/guest/campaign/business_transformation  

From my personal collection of the best sessions from EMC World 2012 : Cloud Architect - Do You Have What it Takes to Lead the Transformation? This session provides an overview of EMC’s highly successful Cloud Architect and Data Center Architect training and certification in addition to both the new Cloud Infrastructure and Services foundation and the Cloud Architect IT-as-a-Service expert level training and certifications. EMC Education and IT experts take you through the industry's hottest open curriculum and certification programs that prepares IT practitioners for the planning, designing, and migration to Virtualized Data Centers (VDC) and Cloud environments. After this session you will be able to: Gain insight into the type of knowledge and skills sought out into planning and designing highly virtualized, cloud-ready information infrastructure. Identify the training and certification paths that will help you transform your IT infrastructure for ...

Big Idea videos from EMC are a great example of how to  Learning can be FUN . These  hand-drawn animations are created and narrated by EMC's Patricia Florissi, VP and Global Sales CTO. An Exhaustive list of these popular videos are below :   How Big is Big Data?  Big Ideas: Simplifying Cluster Architectures  Big Ideas: Demystifying Hadoop  Big Ideas: Simplifying High Performance Computing Architectures Big Ideas: Demystifying Fast Data  Big Ideas: Why Big Data Matters  Big Ideas: Simplifying Big Data Loading Big Ideas: Demystifying the Convergence of Big Data Architectures Big Ideas: When Data Needs Continuous Availability Big Ideas; Big Tech: Continuous Operations for VMware with EMC VPLEX Big Ideas; Big Tech: Continuous Operations for Oracle RAC with EMC VPLEX FLASH In A Flash Big Tech...

Every session to introduce Cloud Infrastructure Services course  ends with a question on how Grid Computing is different from Cloud Computing ?   Most of academia in India speak of Grid and hence i have seen academicians confuse it with Cloud Computing. This post today will share some insight into comparing  Cloud Computing with Utility Computing and Grid Computing Historically, Cloud Computing has evolved through Grid and then Utility Computing.  In  Grid Computing Environment , the workload is distributed or transferred to nodes with needed computing resources. Usually a chain of nodes, such as servers, are networked to form the grid. These nodes are typically clustered and are kept ready to handle the distributed workload. Grid computing enables parallel computing, although its utility is best for large workloads. The emergence of the  virtualization  technology at storage, servers, and network allows organizations to...

Today,  Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), the largest IT degree awarding institute in Sri Lanka, announced it has joined the global EMC Academic Alliance program (EAA). As part of this association SLIIT and EMC will work towards empowering future IT professionals in the following ways -  Offer  industry leading training programs from EMC Education Services on Information Storage & Management Backup Recovery Systems Cloud Infrastructure and Services  Data Science and Big Data Analytics    Special Discount on  EMC Proven Professional Certification  exams Access to EMC Weekly Tech talks   Regional events

EMC Global Services has created an excellent  graphic visualization  on the journey to Cloud Computing and  Big Data. Check them below - 

As a follow up from my earlier post on  International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Analytics #ICCBDA 2013 , we are pleased to invite you to Day 1 event - EMC Academic Forum 2013 -

An EMC-sponsored CIO research study by IDG sampled more than 1,500 participants worldwide through an online survey and in-depth interviews. Here are some excerpts from the same on trends like  Cloud, Big Data, analytics and security— Jim Malone of IDG reports on an EMC-sponsored survey of global CIOs and their priorities for the New Year. Info-graphics  on top-line Global findings of IDG's global CIO research on 2013 investment priorities Additional References The top-line findings of IDG's global CIO research on 2013 investment priorities, Big Data, IT Transformation, and Security in the form of Infographics ( global and region-wise ) can be viewed on  http://pinterest.com/emcacademics/infographics   American CIOs Shift Focus from Cost Cutting to Value Creation Asia-Pacific CIOs Looking to Lead in Big Data and Cloud   European CIOs Drive Value Generation and See Gold in Big Data  

RSA Security, released a special report from the Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC) that assesses how disruptive innovations such as Big Data analytics , cloud computing, enterprise mobility and social media will transform enterprise IT and hammer away at the foundations of information security strategies in 2013.  The Council’s latest report details four strategies to help enterprises adapt information security programs to help enable business innovation over the next 12 months. These strategies include how to boost risk and business skills, court middle management, tackle IT supply chain issues and build tech-savvy action plans. The Council’s guidance will help enterprises face the impact of the technology adoption of cloud computing , social media , mobile and Big Data . The Council also outlines the major impacts of these trends for security teams and how to address them.  Cloud Computing – The accelerated adoption of cloud will push security conc...

The 6th edition of Digital Universe Study was released today. The EMC-sponsored study by IDC, measures and characterizes all the digital data created, replicated, and consumed worldwide in a single year. The 2012 report projects the growth of the Digital Universe through 2020.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here are some of the key findings from the same -   New IDC Digital Universe study, “ Big Data, Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East ”¹ (sponsored by EMC) finds that only a tiny fraction of the world’s Big Data potential is being realized, though the amount of useful data is expanding.  IDC projects that the digital universe will reach 40 zettabytes (ZB) by 2020, an amount that exceeds previous forecasts by 5 ZBs, resulting in a 50-fold growth from the beginning of 2010. This year’s study marks the first time IDC was able to capture where the information in the digital un...

The Essential characteristics of cloud computing, as defined by NIST is as below :   There is no doubt that Cloud Computing will transforms the entire infrastructure - Store - Compute - Network Enter the new - Cloud Infrastructure and Services (CIS) Course, based on 'open' curriculum - focused on virtualization and cloud infrastructure technology concepts and principles applicable to any vendor environment.  Cloud  Infrastructure and Services (CIS)  is based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition of Cloud Computing What does the course cover ?   Pre- Req  Basic understanding of computer architecture, operating system, networking and database Experience in server, storage and network infrastructure will be an added advantage CIS is also aligned to  E20-002 Cloud Infrastructure and Services Exam, under EMC Proven Professional certification...

There is no doubt that Cloud Computing Transforms IT.  What does the Future Look like -  Where is Industry today ? Emergence of new roles How to get Started ? ( Bridging Skill gap thru Training programs ) EMC Proven Professional Certification EMC - Cisco - Vmware Certification Framework Cloud Security Training from RSA