6th Annual Conference. June 04, 2014. San Francisco

How would you define "big data"? To Sonian, "big data" is a cloud-powered data repository designed to manage. But it took a long time to get to this point - "big data" has taken a significant journey over the past few years. We've seen it morph into various themes; a big career opportunity for data scientists; the system of record; how the cloud can be used to effectively solve the data problem; and many others. Regardless of the form "big data" takes, it seems as though there are endless possibilities to success.

Cloud computing is about business agility. For IT enterprises everywhere, cloud adoption means that subject matter experts (SME’s), whose core competencies have not traditionally included technology, are now able to develop and manage their own IT applications and processes. As such, the future of the cloud is all about business enablement and the freedom that organizations now have to integrate applications into the cloud, and use the cloud to gain economies of scale that will enable them to rapidly respond to market conditions.

The ease to set up a cloud deployment--done with little more than a credit card and an internet connection-- has resulted in a decentralization of IT management for many enterprises. This booming “Shadow IT” environment creates a host of management and cost issues for enterprises and usually leaves IT departments holding the bag. Very quickly, IT departments find themselves without control or even insight into the services being consumed, or even under-utilized, within their own organization.

The potential benefits of cloud computing are overwhelming. However, attaining these benefits requires that each aspect of cloud environment support the key design principles of the cloud model. One of the core design principles is dynamic scalability, or the ability to provision and decommission servers on demand. The efficient data processing is a fundamental and vital issue for almost every business organization. Unfortunately, the majority of today’s database servers are incapable of satisfying this requirement.

Mobility is pushing the limits of IT agility, capacity, and security. This session case study will detail EMC's journey leveraging cloud based models to deliver secure mobile management and tools to the global EMC workforce. A best practices based discussion will include cloud application stores, process automation, and security frameworks. Key Takeaways will include: Solving real world mobile security challenges leveraging cloud based SaaS offerings.
Understanding the implications of mobile application deployment using cloud storage and vitalization technologies.

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