Doch kein Fehler, sondern System: Amazon verschlechtert für Fire-TV-Besitzer die Übersichtlichkeit in ihrem eigenen Videodienst. Denn die typischen Prime-Banderolen wurden systematisch entfernt und kommen auch nicht wieder. (Amazon Prime, Amazon)
Quelle: Golem
In my capacity as a Cloud Advisor, I’ve had several discussions with clients in the travel and transportation (T&T) industry over the past 18 months.
During one initial discussion with a large airline, the client’s enterprise architect posed a targeted question to the IBM team: “What are the industry disruptors and what can we do as an organization to put us in an industry-leading position?”
I answered the question by saying how a cloud strategy should encompass speed to market, agility and the need to be innovative. I discussed our open by design strategy, industry best practices and industry expertise. I talked about our agnostic approach to partner with them in developing a cloud strategy. In essence, I was saying, “We will partner with you to be that trusted advisor as you start your cloud transformation journey.”
I continue to meet with large airline carriers in the T&T industry. Most are looking to develop a transformational cloud strategy that differentiates them from their competitors. These changes impact all levels of IT organizations as they struggle to keep pace with the changing needs of the business while maintaining IT operational demands amid continually shrinking IT budgets. With the perpetual progression of technology and consumer expectations, IT organizations need agility and speed to keep pace with industry disruptors.
Industrial hybrid cloud
With increasing pressure from the business, IT organizations are retooling to operate in two modes: a traditional delivery model and an agile delivery model for speed and agility. Cloud facilitates the ability for organizations to operate in a bimodal environment by consuming infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) cloud capabilities. This enables organizations to build industrial hybrid cloud solutions to adjust to the changing demands of the business.
Cloud transformation is impacting more than just IT. To be successful, a cloud transformation strategy must change all parts of the organization from IT, marketing, to HR and the customer. This journey will change the way things are done across the enterprise. Organizations will work to introduce disruptive technologies as part of their strategic direction to stay competitive..
What cloud advisors do
We work very closely with account teams to partner with clients and socialize the IBM hybrid cloud and DevOps strategies that align with the client’s long-term strategic initiatives.
We continuously work with clients using both “top-down” and “bottom-up” cloud transformation strategy approaches. This allows IBM to partner with clients at all levels of the organization to develop a cloud strategy designed to addresses the ever-changing, accelerated delivery needs of the organizational leadership team, while creating a grassroots environment that fosters innovation, speed and agility at the team level throughout the enterprise.
As technology continues to evolve and the demands of business increase, companies experiencing the T&T technology renaissance will continue to leverage cloud technologies as an essential part of their overall enterprise strategies in an industry where consumer demand continues to drive innovation.
See how an IBM Cloud Advisor can help your organization.
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Quelle: Thoughts on Cloud
Netflix zahlt an Liberty Global, um seine App auf die Settop-Boxen des Kabelnetzbetreibers zu bringen. Der Vertrag gilt auch in Deutschland bei Unitymedia, muss aber konkret noch ausgehandelt werden. (Netflix, Kabelnetz)
Quelle: Golem
“Unbegreiflich”, “halbherzig”, “hochproblematisch”: Die Pläne der EU-Kommission für eine Reform des Urheberrechts stoßen bei der IT-Wirtschaft auf starke Ablehnung. Auch die Verbraucherschützer warnen vor einem EU-weiten Leistungsschutzrecht. (Leistungsschutzrecht, Urheberrecht)
Quelle: Golem
The CloudForms 4.1 release (June ’16) delivered a new format for the CloudForms appliance: as a container in docker format. CloudForms has led the way by offering the appliance in several different virtualization and cloud formats, such as:
Red Hat Virtualization
Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Google Cloud Platform
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft SCVMM (Hyper-v)
VMware vSphere
With the new CloudForms container you can now host CloudForms on:
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
Red Hat Atomic Host (7.2 or higher)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.2 or higher)
Anywhere using docker
This is really ground breaking for a cloud management platform, as Container technology brings additional levels of portability, scalability and security.
Another great benefit is the simplicity to instantiate the container.
NOTE: Red Hat CloudForms 4.1 availability as a container image is currently a TECHNICAL PREVIEW, therefore is UNSUPPORTED for production use. See Technology Preview Features Support Scope for more information. You can obtain the Red Hat CloudForms container image from https://registry.access.redhat.com.
Here are the various ways you can instantiate CloudForms across the different container platforms available.
Red Hat Atomic Host
Install Red Hat Atomic Host.
Log in via SSH to your Atomic Host.
Download the CloudForms container:
# atomic install cloudforms/cfme4:latest
Run the CloudForms container:
# atomic run cloudforms/cfme4:latest
Alternatively you can also use the docker command to run the CloudForms container:
# docker run –privileged -di -p 80:80 -p 443:443 cloudforms/cfme4:latest
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Log in via SSH to your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Register your system with Red Hat:
# subscription-manager register –username=<rhnuser> –password=<pwd>
# subscription-manager list –available
# subscription-manager attach –pool=<pool_id>
# subscription-manager repos –enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
# subscription-manager repos –enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
Install docker and needed dependencies:
# yum install docker device-mapper-libs device-mapper-event-libs
Start the docker service:
# systemctl start docker.service
Enable the docker service:
# systemctl enable docker.service
Run the CloudForms container:
# docker run –privileged -di -p 80:80 -p 443:443 cloudforms/cfme4:latest
Login using a browser to http://<hostname>
Anywhere with docker
Install docker.
Edit /etc/sysconfig/docker and amend the Red Hat registry to the ADD_REGISTRY key:
ADD_REGISTRY=’–add-registry registry.access.redhat.com’
Restart the docker service.
Execute the following command:
# docker run –privileged -di -p 80:80 -p 443:443 cloudforms/cfme4:latest
Lastly….SSH Access
Execute the following command to obtain a bash prompt on the CloudForms container to do things like import items or view log files:
# sudo docker exec -i -t <container ID/name> /bin/bash
You will be given access under /var/www/miq/vmdb path.
Quelle: CloudForms
Mit dem Echo und dem Echo Dot bringt Amazon seine ersten Alexa-fähigen Geräte nach Deutschland. Die Echos dienen als zentrales Steuerungselement für das smarte Haus und werden nur über die Sprache bedient. Sie sollen alle möglichen Fragen beantworten können und das stellt Amazon vor eine Herausforderung. (Echo, Amazon)
Quelle: Golem
Vertrauliche medizinische Daten von US-Sportlern stehen im Netz. Angeblich russische Hacker haben mehrere Datensätze veröffentlicht, die Unregelmäßigkeiten bei Dopingkontrollen beweisen sollen. Die Wada ist entsetzt – und spricht von legalen Ausnahmegenehmigungen. (Security, Phishing)
Quelle: Golem
Die digitale Wirtschaft gehört zu den Prioritäten von EU-Kommissionspräsident Juncker. Allerdings scheint er sich bei digitalen Fragen nicht immer so gut auszukennen wie beim Thema Steuertricks. (Netzneutralität, Internet)
Quelle: Golem
Samsung will die Akkukapazität des Galaxy Note 7 auf maximal 60 Prozent limitieren. Mit diesem Software-Update sollen offenbar die letzten Nutzer dazu gedrängt werden, ihr Gerät einzuschicken. Grund ist eine Brandgefahr beim Laden des Akkus. (Galaxy Note 7, Samsung)
Quelle: Golem
Teslas Autopilot bekommt Konkurrenz: Der Hacker Geohot hat sein System für autonomes Fahren zur Serienreife weiterentwickelt und will es auf den Markt bringen. Es soll funktionieren – aber mit starken Einschränkungen. (Autonomes Fahren, Technologie)
Quelle: Golem
