IT Services

HP Q&A: Converged Cloud is company's chief initiative

Saar Gillai, named head of Hewlett-Packard's Cloud operations in January, is on the hot seat.

By Joab Jackson | 10 May, 2013 20:39

Tags: cloud computing, internet, Infrastructure services, Hewlett-Packard

Clarifying the role of software-defined networking northbound APIs

With software-defined networking the control of the network is pried out of the data handling devices and centralized on a controller that uses a common protocol, OpenFlow, to direct the switches on the southbound side. That much has been established. But what of the oft-mentioned northbound APIs that will let applications tell the controller what they need from the network? What kind of progress is the Open Networking Foundation making on that front? Network World Editor in Chief John Dix put the question to Robert Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch Networks and head of the ONF's Architecture and Framework Working Group, which is responsible for multiple things, including the creation of these northbound APIs.

By John Dix | 02 May, 2013 23:26

Tags: Open Networking Foundation, SDN, Big Switch Networks, Networking, Robert Sherwood, software defined networking, OpenStack, LAN & WAN, OpenFlow, northbound API

NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle

NetSuite is one of the SaaS (software as a service) market's pioneers, having sold its growing family of ERP (enterprise resource planning), e-commerce and other applications since 1998. The vendor's results have been beating Wall Street's predictions, and may yet again in a few weeks, when NetSuite is expected to announce its fourth-quarter and year-end results.

By Chris Kanaracus | 09 January, 2013 20:59

Tags: business issues, Zach Nelson, Internet-based applications and services, netsuite, SAP, software, cloud computing, business management, internet, Oracle, personnel

The Grill: Orlando Health CIO Rick Schooler's vision of healthcare IT

Orlando Health VP and CIO Rick Schooler talks about how analytics is transforming healthcare. Insider (registration required)

10 questions for Freeborders CFO Paul Machle

Name: Paul Machle

10 questions for WellDoc CFO Jon Brilliant

Name: Jon Brilliant

Red Hat CEO: We're the cloud leader -- with Linux

Jim Whitehurst says it's not just Red Hat's products, but its philosophy that place it at the forefront of cloud computing

10 questions for Plug Power CFO Gerry Anderson

Name: Gerry Anderson

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor on implications of 'the mobile wave'

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor's big interest these days is "the mobile wave," which refers to a re-ordering of technology and modern life through the proliferation of iPads, smartphones and the increasingly sophisticated software that runs on them.

10 questions for Symplified founder and CTO Darren Platt

Name: Darren Platt

Epicor CEO Pervez Qureshi talks company's renewal, SaaS and growth plans

Following last year's merger with Activant Solutions, ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Epicor is closing in on US$1 billion in revenue, a figure that belies the vendor's relatively low profile compared to giants such as Oracle and SAP.

10 questions for Recall Senior VP and CFO Allison Aden

Name: Allison Aden

10 questions for CHR Solutions CFO Mark Vance

Name: Mark Vance

10 questions for Gehry Technologies CFO Michael Lin

Name: Michael Lin

10 questions for Hortonworks CTO Eric Baldeschwieler

Name: Eric Baldeschwieler

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst weighs in on strategy, Oracle and growth

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst is coming up on his five-year anniversary at the helm, following his arrival in December 2007. Under Whitehurst's leadership, Red Hat's revenue has grown from US$523 million in its fiscal 2008 to more than $1.1 billion in its fiscal 2012, without deviating from its core strategy of open-source infrastructure software.

10 questions for Agencyport Software CFO Rick Gilbody

Name: Rick Gilbody

10 questions for ownCloud CFO Dan Curtis

Name: Dan Curtis

10 questions for The Children's Center CFO Michael Miligan

Name: Michael Milligan

Google's software-defined/OpenFlow backbone drives WAN links to 100 per cent utilization

Google, an early backer of software-defined networking and OpenFlow, shared some details at the recent Open Networking Summit about how the company is using the technology to link 12 worldwide data centers over 10G links. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up with Google Principal Engineer Amin Vahdat to learn more.