The Pervasive Data Center

Latency matters in a hybrid cloud

Gordon Haff — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:38:40 PDT

Especially in a world where we increasingly work with very large data sets, we need to think about data latency when we design hybrid cloud architectures.

What users are saying about open clouds

Gordon Haff — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:15:41 PDT

Market research firm IDC says that data from a new survey shows that "open cloud is key for 72 percent of customers."

With 'bring your own,' a PC isn't just another device

Gordon Haff — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:26:54 PDT

commentary PCs have complexities that smartphones and tablets don't. Therefore, lumping all these together for the purposes of "bring your own device" discussions doesn't make sense.

Data isn't always the answer

Gordon Haff — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:50:11 PDT

Big data gets relentlessly hyped as the answer to any number of problems. But more data isn't always the needed tool.

Innovation in the forecast at 'Cloud' conference

Gordon Haff — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:44:50 PDT

An important challenge for the future of enterprise cloud computing is balancing speed and agility with security, audit, and data controls -- all themes this week at an industry confab, Forecast 2012.

MIT Sloan CIO Symposium takes on mobile, data, clouds

Gordon Haff — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:37:29 PDT

This year's symposium highlights the challenges of dealing with legacy while embracing new computing approaches.

Platform as a service moves into the data center

Gordon Haff — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:42:48 PDT

PaaS got its start as purely hosted offerings. But we're starting to see a lot more discussion about transplanting the approach into the enterprise data center.

Where IT is going: Cloud, mobile, and data

Gordon Haff — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:51:17 PDT

Today's IT world is changing dramatically because of the convergence of cloud computing, mobility, and everything else associated with running apps on the Web, and big data.

The state of 'Bring Your Own Device'

Gordon Haff — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:26:40 PDT

BYOD has gone mainstream with smartphones and tablets. But what will happen with PCs?

Data vs. models at the Strata Conference

Gordon Haff — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:27:11 PST

Ever bigger data makes it increasingly possible to tackle some thorny problems. But it takes the right algorithms, and the intelligent selection of data too.