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Cloud Expo 2011 New York Expands Technical Program

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:00:00 EST

Due to a record increase in the number, quality and breadth of submissions to the Conference Advisory Board, the organizers of 8th Cloud Expo (June 6-9, 2011) - Cloud Expo New York 2011 - have extended the technical program through the addition of an all-new "Telcos in the Cloud" track - to complement the already extensive selection of tracks, including "Enterprise-Level Cloud Computing," "Federal/Government Cloud Computing," "Real-World Virtualization,"Cloud Security," "The Cloud in Practice: Case Studies," and the always-popular "Hot Topics" track.

A Recipe for Cloud Design

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:30:00 EST

The deployment of infrastructure systems to support applications has been a challenge since we first developed a choice beyond the venerable mainframe. To some it’s a simple formula; take a server, toss in a little network and storage, bake for a few weeks and you’re done. If you’re having a few friends over (need a little more) then simply add a few more servers and you’re done.

The Enterprise Cloud Life Cycle

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

“Through effective infrastructure engineering life-cycle management comes an enterprise cloud.” In his general session at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Adaptivity Founder & CEO Tony Bishop outlined how enterprise IT organizations need to institute discipline and automated intelligence on an end-to-end basis across the design, build, run engineering lifecycle that is Cloud Codified. Tony Bishop is the Founder and CEO of Adaptivity. As Chairman and CEO, he leads the team and provides hands-on coaching, thought leadership and executive strategy support for the company's key clients and partners. He is an innovative IT executive, with an excellent track record in strategy, design, and the implementation of business-aligned enterprise technology platforms across large organizations.

Adaptivity Named “Platinum Plus Sponsor” of Cloud Expo 2011 New York

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:45:00 EST

SYS-CON Events announced today that Adaptivity, the IT Blueprint Company, has been named “Platinum Plus Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 8th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6-9, 2011, at the Javits Center in New York, New York. Adaptivity, the IT Blueprint Company, is changing the design and delivery of Enterprise IT as we know it. Adaptivity’s Blueprint4IT Lifecycle Suite allows companies to reduce IT execution risk and more effectively and efficiently satisfy business IT demand. Designing IT systems that meet the specific needs of the multiple business functions supported by IT is very complex Adaptivity addresses this complexity by providing an IT blueprinting software platform that enables companies to codify and embed best practices, IT standards and rules into the infrastructure design and deployment lifecycle with the precision needed to achieve desired outcomes. This is accomplished by providing access to a content rich information repository consisting of a blueprint library, knowledge database and data contributions from its ecosystem partners. Whether your company needs to optimize legacy infrastructure or accelerate the delivery of new IT services, Adaptivity's Blueprint 4IT Lifecycle Suite can help you transform your organization's IT delivery capacity.

The Enterprise Cloud Revolution

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:45:00 EST

Leading enterprises are revolutionizing the delivery of IT today. In his keynote at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, Tony Bishop, CEO of Adaptivity, showcased multiple case studies and lessons learned of Global 2000 organizations that have radically changing the delivery of IT in their organizations by employing Cloud Utility IT models. Tony Bishop is the Founder and CEO of Adaptivity. As Chairman and CEO, he leads the team and provides hands-on coaching, thought leadership and executive strategy support for the company's key clients and partners. He is an innovative IT executive, with an excellent track record in strategy, design, and the implementation of business-aligned enterprise technology platforms across large organizations.

IT Change Management 101

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

IT shops continually struggle with keeping resource documentation up to date. Too often IT departments seem resigned to accept mediocre results, as if the world conspires against them. Resource tracking is a prime example of this. Fundamentally, the different organizational aspects refuse to comply with these manual processes to keep a CMDB updated. Furthermore, advancements in virtualization have made the situation worse, as software resources have been severed from physical resources. Traditional resource tracking methods are further confused as the virtual resources change physical location over time.

CMDBs in the Cloud

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST

As enterprises move inexorably towards the Cloud, a faint murmur in the distance is growing louder and louder. What is it – the security forces objecting…the CFO wondering where their money is going now…business teams clamoring for faster response time? Good guesses, but this group never makes quite that much noise – it’s the operational teams scratching their heads wondering how, particularly given their existing set of challenges, they are going to keep their heads above water trying to manage something as amorphous as a Cloud. They are right to be concerned. After all, when the glamour and excitement of deploying a new Cloud application/environment has passed and the industry fervor shifts to the next Big Thing, they will be the ones left with the responsibility to ensure that business expectations are met for years to come. But just how are they to do that? While impressive advancements have been made with respect to performance monitoring, capacity management, and provisioning, they have mostly been made in independent silos. Although these improvements have provided tangible benefits, it has required human intelligence to integrate and manage. Unfortunately we all know humans make mistakes, and are not very scalable.

Cloud Expo Keynoter on Four Critical Steps to Datacenter Transformation

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:00:00 EDT

A global 2000 Enterprise IT group is caught in a groundswell of chaos. The current economic malaise is forcing a challenge from the business to IT to cut operating expenses by 20 percent or greater while preserving capital ferociously. All this while the IT team is faced with another reality, the main corporate datacenter has six to 18 months left in terms of shelf life.

Enterprise Cloud Computing: Exclusive Q&A with a Cloud Revolutionary

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Founder, Chairman and CEO of Adaptivity, Inc, the company that is putting "IT Blueprinting" on the map of Enterprise IT, is adamant: IT must invest in architecture and engineering, and it must do so right away, here and now in 2010, 2011 and beyond. An innovative IT executive, with an excellent track record in strategy, design, and the implementation of business-aligned enterprise technology platforms across large organizations, before founding Adaptivity Bishop served as SVP and Chief Architect of Wachovia's Corporate Investment Banking Technology Group, where his team designed, built, and implemented a leading-edge service-oriented architecture and utility computing infrastructure. So he knows whereof he speaks. And speak he does, including an upcoming keynote on The Enterprise Cloud Revolution that he is due to deliver next month at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, the seventh in the worldwide Cloud Expo series and the biggest yet (November 1-4, 2010 | Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA). He also blogs and appears on discussion panels, in newspaper interviews, and indeed anywhere that enterprise-grade industry thought leadership is to be found.

Private Clouds: Affords Enterprises Trust & Control While Creating Agility

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EDT

As the debate rages on regarding whether to cloud or not to cloud across enterprise IT, it is important for IT executives and strategists to keep in mind some of the following: What other IT delivery fulfillment strategy is available today that when applied in a proper manner can enable IT to build agility and flexibility into the delivery paradigm while affording greater trust and control? The answer – a private cloud. Trust and Control come when you have effective mechanisms, procedures, policies and processes. Legacy silos that have hard wired systems, hard-coded passwords, no service orchestration, along with lack of integrated virtualization and automation does not equate to trust and control.

Ever Wonder WHY Your VMware Deployment Stalled?

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:15:00 EDT

The past week hosted the increasingly popular VMworld 2010 event at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The title of the conference was “Virtual Roads, Actual Clouds”, but the undercurrent of the show was all about ‘VM stall’ and of course whatever vendor XYZ can do to help you get your VM deployment moving again. While we certainly want to un-stick any optimization effort, it’s often prudent to understand WHY something happened before attempting to fix it. It’s difficult to generalize the reasons for every situation, but we’re willing to venture a guess: failing to understand the workload. The workload is not simply an application name, the programming language it’s written in, and the hardware configuration it runs on today. Those things are a good start, but hardly provide enough information to determine the correct optimization approach. And yes, the implication in the preceding sentence is that there are multiple optimization approaches; that (gasp) the ideal target start may not be within a VM.

Adaptivity VP Tim Waters to Present at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:45:00 EDT

How do you engineer life-cycle management for the cloud? In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Tim Waters, VP of Product Research at Adaptivity, will show how to implement an engineering life cycle for the cloud that links service catalog and delivery to runtime change management. Tim Waters is VP of Product Research at Adaptivity. Cloud Expo Silicon Valley, November 1-4, 2010, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world. The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conferences and exhibitions in Santa Clara November 1-4 and in New York City Spring 2011. The recent Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced, more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!

Enterprise Cloud Business Blueprint at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:15:00 EDT

When building a utility or cloud business plan, Wall Street IT can provide important lessons. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Mike Tardif, President of Adaptivity, will lay out a blueprint for the CIO on how to define, fund and implement a successful transition from siloed IT to a cloud utility model. As the President of Adaptivity, Mike Tardif is responsible for overseeing corporate business and product direction and leading the company to achieve its long-term goals. In this capacity he provides strategic direction on Capital Management, Financial Growth, M&A, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. With over 28 years of direct IT experience as CTO, CIO, Architect, Development Manager, Consultant, Technology Investor, and Board Member, he is considered a thought-leader in the industry.

Adaptivity SVP to Present at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EDT

What is the Enterprise Cloud Living Blueprint? In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Brian Sledge, SVP Solution Architecture and Field Engineering for Adaptivity, will walk delegates through the creation and linkage of a living blueprint concept and how it helps firms realize a cloud delivery model. Brian Sledge is the SVP Solution Architecture and Field Engineering for Adaptivity. He is responsible for both the creative side of the business and for the development of all product and marketing initiatives, strategic brand direction and consistent presentation of the company's brands across all channels of distribution, including direct customers and partners. This is inclusive of product & portfolio definition; messaging and positioning and overall go-to-market strategy and planning.

Adaptivity CTO to Present at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:15:00 EDT

A successful enterprise cloud requires a well-executed CMDB that will enable an enterprise cloud to be operationalized. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Jim Houghton, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Adaptivity, will discuss the execution blueprint components that an enterprise must implement to create an effective CMDB that enables an enterprise cloud to be operationalized. James Houghton is Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Adaptivity. In his CTO capacity Jim interacts with key technology providers to evolve capabilities and partnerships that enable Adaptivity to offer its complete SOIT, RTI, and Utility Computing solutions. In addition, he engages with key clients to ensure successful leverage of the ADIOS methodology.

IT Innovation: From Cost Centers To Sales Enhancers

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:15:00 EDT

IT must innovate - it's the new clarion call in this looming recession. Given the cost pressures required just to keep the lights on, how would IT be able to convince business to let IT innovate beyond a datacenter clean-up focus? The answer lies in the basic principle for any IT investment: Intelligence is king, only now IT needs to be that king in real time. Here are some scenarios to illustrate the power of real-time information correlation that makes IT a sales enabler: A standard insurance company function is to have a service center accept calls about changes to addresses, it is likely that call center is off-shore. The real question is whether anything is done besides registering the address for billing purposes. A new move might mean a new zip code. There are statistics available about the demographics of zip codes, could the people moving be going to a wealthier zip code, a retirement zip code, moving from the city to the suburbs, or empty nesters moving from the suburbs to the city. There is a likely chance that the move is the result of a life event change. It would pay for the insurance company to have an idea about that and reach out to that consumer. It would be an opportunity to upgrade service, cross-sell, etc.

Nine Design Principles of an Enterprise Cloud-oriented Datacenter Blueprint

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:00:00 EDT

An Enterprise Cloud-oriented datacenter is a top-down, demand driven datacenter design that maximizes efficiency and minimizes traditional IT waste of power, cooling, space, and capacity under-utilization while providing enhanced levels of service and control. The following design principles are proven to enable firms to create an enterprise cloud-oriented datacenter.

Accounting for the Cloud

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EDT

The past few weeks we have been discussing some of the mistakes made in early cloud deployments. This week we are discussing a key mistake that occurs fairly often; one that only manifests long after the solution is operational…blindly assuming that Cloud equals costs savings. Blasphemy, you say – how could it possibly not cost less? Let’s take a look at the considerations and components of IT cost, and revisit this question at the end. The unfortunate truth is that most enterprises have well-established IT cost allocation mechanisms, but few of these have any basis in actual consumption. Put simply, can you (or your users) confidently say that your IT bill reflects how much – or little – you use something? Traditional approaches to IT chargeback involve aggregating the net IT cost, and allocating it proportionally to business units based on head count, server count, or some other surrogate for allocating actual cost. This approach (sometimes affectionately referred to as ‘peanut butter’ – you spread it around) has merit in its simplicity, but cannot be allowed to persist as we move toward Cloud operating models.

Adaptivity CEO to Present General Session at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:15:00 EDT

“Through effective infrastructure engineering lifecycle management comes an enterprise cloud” In his general session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Tony Bishop, Founder and CEO of Adaptivity, will outline how enterprise IT organizations need to institute discipline and automated intelligence on an end to end basis across the design, build, run engineering lifecycle that is Cloud Codified.

Who Really Needs a Blueprint?

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:30:00 EDT

A few days ago we facilitated a passionate discussion on the subject of Blueprints (ah, the joys of an emerging market). The gist of the conversation was focused on deciding where limited marketing resources should be applied, and during that exercise a surprising insight came to us. It seemed so counter-intuitive at first, then as we kept exploring it became so blindingly obvious that we questioned our intelligence for not thinking of it before.

The Enterprise IT Economic Model Blueprint for the Cloud

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:55:00 EDT

The Economic Model for Enterprise IT can be thought of as the Business & IT linkage of demand and supply. In particular, it is the interactive dynamics of consumption of IT resources by the business and the fulfillment behavior of processing by IT. An economic model blueprint for Enterprise IT must orientate service delivery (people, process and technology) as a digital supply chain. This supply chain must adhere and be managed against the IT economic model.

SOA + Cloud Computing: Next-Generation Enterprise Computing Blueprint

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:00:00 EDT

Today's IT organizations face a dual challenge of "keeping the lights on" while providing "new services" at unprecedented rates with reduced investment support from the business. At the same time, the very business model of IT is changing – how applications, content, information, and infrastructure are delivered. One of the biggest barriers to business execution and innovation today is managing complexity. This barrier forces the largest IT investment spend to be focused on keeping lights on while containing infrastructure sprawl. IT's inability to focus a majority of its time and investment dollars on innovating and differentiating business through IT leads to missed expectations and disappointment within the business user community.

Adaptivity CEO Tony Bishop to Keynote at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Leading enterprises are revolutionizing the delivery of IT today. In his keynote at SYS-CON's 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, Tony Bishop, the CEO of Adaptivity, will showcase multiple case studies and lessons learned of Global 2000 organizations that have radically changing the delivery of IT in their organizations by employing Cloud Utility IT models. Tony Bishop is the Founder and CEO of Adaptivity. As Chairman and CEO, he leads the team and provides hands-on coaching, thought leadership and executive strategy support for the company's key clients and partners. He is an innovative IT executive, with an excellent track record in strategy, design, and the implementation of business-aligned enterprise technology platforms across large organizations. He most recently served as SVP and Chief Architect of Wachovia’s Corporate Investment Banking Technology Group, where his team designed, built, and implemented a leading-edge service-oriented architecture and utility computing infrastructure.

Back to the Future: Monitoring the Cloud

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EDT

This week, we’re exploring the problems associated with leveraging traditional monitoring solutions in a Cloud delivery paradigm. There is a common assumption that leveraging a Cloud operating model will save money. We won’t debate the accuracy of this statement (tune into our next installment for that discussion!). For the purposes of this discussion, we’ll assume it’s true. But if that’s the only benefit who, besides your CFO, really cares? Everyone wants to save money, but if you told a critical business customer that you were going to adopt a new computing model that would save money but introduce risk, do you think they would be supportive? Probably not: they wouldn’t find the risk/reward ratio acceptable. In order to shift that ratio, you need to improve the quality of the service(s) offered; otherwise you’ve simply lowered the cost of an increasingly commoditized service.

Enabling Enterprise Cloud Models

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EDT

In moving to the cloud, Enterprise IT needs to get their arms around the cause/effect and limitations that existing datacenter infrastructure design has on their agility to adopt and exploit cloud-computing models. Previous datacenter design choices have resulted in not meeting the needs of the business. In particular, these design choices have resulted in complexity, waste, performance barriers, and cost models that don't work for the business. Lack of understanding and transparency of what has been done in the past will continue to create misalignment with business needs if not addressed. Moving to an enterprise cloud model without understanding the datacenter infrastructure mistakes is like automating and extending an already bad process.

Can You Depend on the Cloud?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Okay, so the title is a shameless attempt to grab your attention – glad it worked! But in truth this week’s blog is actually about what your applications depend on, and understanding what impact deployment in a Cloud environment may have. As we continue the discussion about the potential mistakes with Cloud (see here), this week we are diving into Service Dependencies. What do we mean by Service Dependencies? Anyone who’s had the pleasure of doing a sizable data center move or consolidation project knows exactly what we mean. They are the annoying little links between applications and/or services that seem to defy documentation and slip from the memory of the application development team when interviewed. They are the reason most data center move projects end up significantly over budget.

Enterprise Cloud Unified Footprint – Network Ensemble(s)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:30:00 EDT

A complex system such as an enterprise network is subjected to many kinds of stresses from a large variety of business applications that have different demand profiles. Dig deeper into any large network and you will see that one solution doesn't solve all problems. Pockets of point solutions are installed to solve problems as they arise; this is rarely efficient in a large network. The big question for IT is whether it is possible to be forward thinking when deploying these solutions through the use of network ensembles which are essential for migrating the enterprise networked footprint to the cloud. What is a network ensemble? A network ensemble is an integrated collection of services and functions that are engineered to work together to optimize specific behavior.

Building the Cloud Blueprint for Enterprise IT

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EDT

The “root cause” of IT delivery limitations is directly linked to how systems are designed, built and implemented. Designing and implementing cloud in an enterprise requires a multi-dimensional design approach. In his general session at Cloud Expo East, Tony Bishop, Founder and CEO of Adaptivity, walked through how to create a tailored Cloud blueprint for Enterprise IT. You wouldn’t build a building without a blueprint, right? So why would you build a Cloud for IT without a blueprint?

Adaptivity Named “Platinum Plus Sponsor” of Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Adaptivity, the IT Design Company, has been named “Platinum Plus Sponsor” of SYS-CON’s 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Adaptivity, the IT Design Company, has changed the delivery of Enterprise IT as we know it. Adaptivity’s Blueprint4IT Lifecycle Suite and Blueprinting as a Service were created to address the design & lifecycle challenges of costs, performance and efficiency across Enterprise IT Delivery. The Adaptivity approach creates a “living blueprint” links open industry standards with IT disciplines of architecture, engineering, system operations and IT audit into a repeatable design & governance formula that continually optimizes quality of delivery while enhancing the economic model of Enterprise IT.

Virtualization Does Not a Cloud Make

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EDT

In a previous post we discussed the positive shift in the Cloud Computing discourse towards actionable steps rather than philosophical diatribes on definitions. And to support that discussion we offered the following list of things not to do. Cloud Computing is not about any particular technology, but rather is a new operational model for the delivery of IT services. Make no mistake: technology and implementation decisions have the potential to radically change your IT financial models by increasing IT efficiency. But this does not mean that specific technologies are requisite components of a Cloud.

The Workload Is the Secret to the Cloud

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

IT has struggled to solve the business needs that have surfaced due to a mismatch in service expectations between business and the delivery that IT has accomplished. IT is being forced to restructure itself by offering IT as a service, which changes the mind-set of the datacenter as an infinite resource to the datacenter as a utility, with service levels tied to costs that the business can relate back to growth. The business cannot do that now, and the reasons are worth explaining. There are a variety of applications that support numerous business lines across an enterprise. These applications exhibit a wide range of operational characteristics as they service the diverse business demands. That diversity is the key to business success, but it has consequences.

Business Value and Cloud Computing

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:45:00 EDT

In our last post we discussed the positive shift in the Cloud Computing discourse towards actionable steps rather than philosophical diatribes on definitions. And to support that discussion we offered a list of things not to do. In this installment we are going to focus on the first mistake – failing to understand the business impact of leveraging a Cloud delivery model for a given application or service. What are you trying to do? The first step when evaluating a Cloud delivery option is to define the service: is it new or are you considering porting an existing service? Both options have their advantages and disadvantages. If new, there is a lower financial bar to justify a Cloud model (no legacy infrastructure to write off), but there’s also the downside of having no historical perspective on consumption trends to aid in evaluating financial considerations or performance. We’ll discuss both financial and performance considerations in a future blog, so for now let’s continue and assume we are talking about a new service.

IT Change Management: The Foundation to the Cloud

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:23:00 EDT

IT shops continually struggle with keeping resource documentation up to date. Too often IT departments seem resigned to accepting mediocre results, as if the world conspires against them. Resource tracking is a prime example of this. Fundamentally, the different organizational aspects refuse to comply with these manual processes to keep a CMDB updated. This creates the number one barrier to moving to some form of a cloud-like delivery model. Furthermore, advancements in virtualization have made the situation worse, as software resources have been severed from physical resources. Traditional resource tracking methods are further confused as the virtual resources change their physical location over time.

Cloud Computing: What NOT to Do

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:23:00 EDT

A shift is finally occurring in the Cloud Computing discourse. Topics like “what is it” have been supplanted by more useful questions such as “should I do it?”, “how should I do it?”, and “when should I do it?” In appreciation of this new phase of Cloud Computing adoption, we’d like to offer some thoughts on some of the common pitfalls of both public and private Clouds so that you might avoid them as you evaluate and implement cloud solutions. 1. Not understanding the business value It's important to weigh a Cloud solution versus the traditional approach through the lens of business value. If this is an existing service, can the Cloud truly provide a better solution than what you’re currently doing? If new, what are the important business requirements that may drive you to select a Cloud deployment model? In the event of a service outage or a security breech, what’s going to happen: is your plane going to drop out of the sky or just experience some minor turbulence?

Cloud Expo "Power Panel" Live from Times Square in New York

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Learn about the trajectory of Cloud Computing - where it came from, where it is today, and where it's headed tomorrow - direct from four Enterprise IT industry experts: Greg O'Connor, CEO of AppZero; Tony Bishop, CEO of Adaptivity; K. Scott Morrison, CTO of Layer 7 Technologies; and Marty Gauvin, CEO of Virtual Ark. Moderated by Cloud Expo Conference Chair, Jeremy Geelan, this "Power Panel" was recorded at the Times Square studio of SYS-CON.TV in connection with 5th Cloud Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), held recently in New York City...the Largest Cloud Computing Event in the World.

Realizing Cloud for the Enterprise

Sun, 16 May 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Most organizations today continue to view technology as merely a back-office cost center, a viewpoint that diminishes the breadth of Enterprise IT's impact on a firm's competitive profile. To contribute to strategic growth, IT's role has to be understood as far more than a repository of software and hardware applications. Instead, it should be seen from a meta-IT perspective, a perception that examines and understands the management of IT as a firm-wide service and infrastructure fabric in the cloud that collaborates with business units to respond rapidly, innovatively, and cost-effectively to changing market conditions. Traditional IT strategy and governance models fail because they do not take into account the changing needs of the markets in which businesses operate and the new cloud-enabling technologies that are now available to expedite and facilitate optimized IT management. The strategy to fill this void is the concept of a meta-IT model in which IT is positioned as complementary to other strategies for attaining greater market agility.

IT Must Invest in Architecture and Engineering: Adaptivity CEO

Thu, 13 May 2010 05:45:00 EDT

Adaptivity provides integrated solutions that automate IT Delivery optimization across enterprise computing environments. In this exclusive Q&A for Cloud Computing Journal with Cloud Expo Conference Chair, Jeremy Geelan, Tony Bishop – CEO of Adaptivity – discusses Adaptivity’s “IT Transformation Factory” and their Cloud Computing strategy.

Adaptivity CEO Tony Bishop Expounds on Physics of Cloud at Cloud Expo

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:09:00 EDT

Workloads manifest the demand of the business from applications and services. These workloads have common patterns and known qualities, as do the applications and infrastructure deployment models that support them. During his keynote, Tony Bishop will describe Adaptivity’s systematic and prescriptive approach that combines Fit-for-PurposeTM infrastructure technologies and management capabilities in order to create the optimal economics, environment and autonomics needed for the business to leverage cloud services.

Adaptivity Announces Blueprint4IT™ Design Suite

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:58:49 EDT

Adaptivity - the IT Design Company, today announced the planned general availability release of its Blueprint^4IT™ Design Suite, an intelligent design and blueprinting platform that will revolutionize how IT is designed, built and managed in the Enterprise. The software suite will be available for demo during the Cloud Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC, April 19-21st. The suite will be generally available after May 31^st, 2010.

Cloud Expo Sponsor Adaptivity Named OnDemand Top 100 Winner

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:00:00 EDT

Adaptivity, a leader in IT design for cloud computing and data center transformation, on Friday announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnDemand Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnDemand 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Adaptivity was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. Adaptivity and the OnDemand Top 100 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s OnDemand event on April 19, 2010, at Hewlett-Packard’s Worldwide Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA.

Adaptivity’s Mike Tardif to Discuss the Science Of IT Design in the Cloud

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:30:00 EDT

The “root cause” of IT delivery limitations is directly linked to how systems are designed, built and implemented. Transforming IT Design from an Art to a Science is a critical success factor to enabling the Enterprise Cloud. In his session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, Mike Tardif, Chief Strategist for Adaptivity, will describe how to take the aspects of IT Economics, IT Physics and IT Supply Chain Management and create a systematic design discipline that will enable you to create higher performing and more cost-effective IT solutions for the Enterprise Cloud. You wouldn’t build a building without a blueprint, right? So why would you build a Cloud for IT without a blueprint?

Adaptivity’s Kurt Tatum to Discuss Applying IT Blueprinting Science and Tools

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:45:00 EDT

The “root cause” of IT delivery limitations is directly linked to how systems are designed, built and implemented. In his session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, Kurt Tatum, Chief Infrastructure Architect at Adaptivity, will demonstrate how to profile business demand, IT supply and operations while incorporating aspects of workload, and IT physics that demonstrate a proven method for balancing business performance with an efficient IT solution. You wouldn’t build a building without a blueprint, right? So why would you build a Cloud for IT without a blueprint? Cloud Expo is the world's leading Cloud-focused event since 2007, and is held five times a year, in New York City, Silicon Valley, Prague, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Adaptivity CMO to Present at Cloud Expo East

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:15:00 EDT

The “root cause” of IT delivery limitations is directly linked to how systems are designed, built and implemented. In his session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, Brian Sledge, Chief Marketing Officer for Adaptivity, will review the architectural, engineering and operational components that are necessary for creating a complete blueprint for IT that enables organizations to design, build and run optimized Enterprise Cloud Delivery models. You wouldn’t build a building without a blueprint, right? So why would you build a Cloud for IT without a blueprint? Cloud Expo is the world's leading Cloud-focused event since 2007, and is held five times a year, in New York City, Silicon Valley, Prague, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Adaptivity Co-Founder & CTO to Present at Cloud Expo East

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:00:00 EDT

The “root cause” of IT delivery limitations is directly linked to how systems are designed, built and implemented. With the emergence of Enterprise Cloud Computing, making these mistakes will result in even more pain for your business. In his session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, James Houghton, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Adaptivity, will provide an overview of how to build the right blueprint for building an enterprise cloud based on real-world experience and lessons from the field, including the transformational aspects of changes to IT delivery and execution. You wouldn’t build a building without a blueprint, right? So why would you build a Cloud for IT without a blueprint?

Adaptivity CEO to Present at Cloud Expo East

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:00:00 EDT

The “root cause” of IT delivery limitations is directly linked to how systems are designed, built and implemented. Designing and implementing Cloud in an Enterprise requires a multi-dimensional design approach. In his general session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, Tony Bishop, Founder and CEO of Adaptivity, will walk through how to create a tailored Cloud blueprint for their Enterprise IT. You wouldn’t build a building without a blueprint, right? So why would you build a Cloud for IT without a blueprint?

Cloud Computing Science--and Business

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:56:00 EDT

Workloads manifest the demand of the business from applications and services. These workloads have common patterns and known qualities, as do the applications and infrastructure deployment models that support them. During his keynote, Tony Bishop will describe Adaptivity’s systematic and prescriptive approach that combines Fit-for-Purpose infrastructure technologies and management capabilities in order to create the optimal economics, environment and autonomics needed for the business to leverage cloud services.

Adaptivity CEO Tony Bishop's Cloud Expo Presentation on SYS-CON.TV

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:15:00 EST

The applications in support of an enterprise exhibit a wide range of operational characteristics. That diversity is the key to business success, but it has consequences. Three different perspectives must be accommodated: 1. Enterprise Application Architect – Recognition that a single standard platform configuration is insufficient to meet the behaviors exhibited across the portfolio of applications.

Adaptivity “Platinum Plus Sponsor” of Cloud Expo

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:00:00 EST

SYS-CON Events announced today that Adaptivity, the IT transformation company, has been named "Platinum Plus Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Adaptivity's CEO Tony Bishop will be offering major thought leadership in a Morning Keynote.

Adaptivity CEO Addresses Workloads and Cloud Computing

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:30:00 EST

"Measuring, metering, and monitoring the work, and understand its physics so that you can understand where to move it and how" are mission-critical aspects of analyzing cloud computing processes, he noted. Adaptivity CEO Tony Bishop took his audience through a tour of what the self-described geek thinks is of critical importance when looking at workloads and cloud computing, in general session at the 4th International Cloud Computing Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley.

Adaptivity Named “Gold Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced that Adaptivity, the IT transformation company, was named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.CloudComputingExpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. The event is expected to attract over 1,500 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe.