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MaxiScale on a Roll: Events 2010!

MaxiScale has been on a roll recently! If you haven’t heard—we’ve been named a finalist for the Cloud Connect Launch Pad (special thanks to all of you who voted for our video online). Along with the other three finalists, we will present on the keynote stage on March 17 at Cloud Connect to compete for the top spot. We have also been selected to speak at the upcoming CloudSlam ’10 event in March, which will cover the latest trends and innovations in cloud computing.
 
It doesn’t end there - next month, MaxiScale will present at Under the Radar’s “Commercializing the Cloud” event, as part of the next wave of innovators tackling infrastructure, NoSQL, virtualization, storage platforms, data, and SaaS in the cloud ecosystem. And, to top it all off, we will be showcasing our technology in late June at Velocity’s Web Performance and Operations Conference. We’re excited to attend these events in the next few months and hope to see you there!  
 
Drop us a line if you’d like more details or have any questions (info at MaxiScale dot com), or follow us on Twitter @MaxiScale
 
Cloud Connect, March 15-18, 2010 http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/
CloudSlam ’10, March 23-25, 2010 http://cloudslam10.com/
Under the Radar, April 16, 2010 http://www.undertheradarblog.com/
Velocity 2010, June 22-24, http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2010

Top 5 Steps to the Right Cloud Applications File System

AFCOM published our piece on Top 5 Steps to the Right Cloud Applications File System in this month's data center newsletter. Be sure to check out the full piece here.

Vote for MaxiScale at Cloud Connect

We've been selected as one of 8 semifinalists for the Cloud Connect Launchpad. The next round is based on a video submission. Ours is here...

Please vote for MaxiScale here....voting to open soon.

http://launchpad.cloudconnectevent.com/vote-now/

Deal Radar 2010: MaxiScale

Sramana Mitra has a post today on MaxiScale. Be sure to check it out here.

Cloud Infrastructure Chalk Talk - Online Ad Serving

Online ad serving is a huge market and has been chock full of activity in recent months. First Google bought AdMob for $750 million. Then Apple bought Quattro Wireless for $275 million. In between, Limelight bought EyeWonder for $110 million.

We decided to take a closer look at the infrastructure side of online ad serving. Hope you enjoy it.

For more on how MaxiScale tackles the infrastructure side of online ad serving here: http://www.maxiscale.com/solutions/industries#adserve

Want to take our software platform for a spin? Click here: http://www.maxiscale.com/product/detail/#tryitnow

Enterprise 2.0—Voting Now Open

Community voting for Enterprise 2.0 is now open through January 20, which means that you have the power to shape the agenda for the conference, taking place in Boston June 14-17.

Check out my full submission (and vote it up, if you like it): http://boston2010.e2conf.spigit.com/Idea/View?ideaid=403.

As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I’m proposing a session on the challenges and best practices for building a scalable file serving and storage infrastructure for Web-based enterprise applications. Enterprises deploying cloud applications, and seeking optimal scalability and high performance from their storage systems, are sure to benefit from this discussion.

In addition, there are some really interesting topics being proposed and I’m looking forward to seeing how the conference shapes up this year. Take a look for yourself and cast some votes for sessions that you’d like to see.

MaxiScale Scales Out - from Network World

Deni Connor posted a short piece in Network World on MaxiScale last week. Be sure to check it out here.

Big STORies from 2009 - StorageMojo

Robin Harris of StorageMojo posted his top stories of 2009. Be sure to check out the full list here. My favorite happened to land at #1:

(1) Cloud infrastructure

Unlike some other hype-driven IT trends, cloud infrastructure is here to stay because Google, Amazon, Yahoo and Microsoft have proven it makes economic sense. Which is more than client-server had going for it for many years.

Smart IT people looking to demonstrate added-value will figure out how to leverage that for real competitive advantage over less-nimble foes. It isn’t a quick fix though and enterprises will need to think long term – a skill rusty from disuse.

There is certainly something to be learned by the Internet giants and how they have been able to deliver applications and compute cycles with groundbreaking economics. As Robin indicates there is room for enterprises to capitalize on the value as well...but it will take progressive thinkers and a long-term approach. 

A clear opportunity for scale-out systems in the enterprise

Terri McClure of the Enterprise Strategy Group has a post titled Enterprise NAS Requirements that popped up on her Twitter stream today from earlier this year. It is short, so check out the whole thing...but two highlights:

• ESG‘s file archiving market forecast projects that total worldwide file archive capacity will increase from just over 10,000 petabytes in 2008 to over 62,000 petabytes in 2012—that’s a 55% compound annual growth rate. 
• 21% of those surveyed would not buy a system without a global namespace and 51% strongly prefer a system with one.

Something is clearly in the air with file-based data, and the need to effectively store and manage it. As Terri mentions, not every enterprise feature is available in the scale-out systems currently on the market. But if the volumes of data and management overhead become unbearable, perhaps we'll see enterprises re-order their feature list priorities. It certainly seems like global namespaces are creeping up on the list.

Enterprise 2.0 - cast your vote!

For the Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2010 in Boston on June 14-17, I proposed a presentation on the challenges and best practices for building a scalable file serving and storage infrastructure to support modern day Web-based enterprise applications.

With the recent uptick in cloud applications, that now serve millions of users and billions of objects and files, I thought this would be a relevant guide for enterprises trying to find a solution that can scale to meet new data demands while achieving optimal performance of their systems.

Please take a look at the submission — and feel free to send feedback: http://bit.ly/6frdA0

If you’d like to see this on the conference agenda, please cast your vote. Voting, powered by Spigit, begins in January 2010 and is open to the public.