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To continue our series, let’s look at SEO and Silverlight.  The vast majority of web traffic is driven by search. Search engines are the first stop for many users on the public internet and is increasingly so in corporate environments as well.  Search is also the key technology that drives most ad revenue.  So needless to say, SEO is important.  But how does SEO work in a Silverlight application where most of the interesting content is dynamically generated?   I will present an application pattern for doing SEO in a Silverlight with the minimum of extra work.  There are three fun-and-easy steps to making your Silverlight application SEO friendly.   Step 1: Make important content deep linkable Step 2: Let the search engines know about all those deep links with a sitemap Step 3: Provide a “down level” version of important content Let’s drill into each of these areas b... (more)

Why the Cloud Makes Sense Economically

Opening Keynote at Cloud Expo At the @Cloud Connect event this week in Silicon Vally, CA, writer and cloud economics guru Joe Weinman, who is also VP of Strategy and Business Development at AT&T, discussed the inevitability of the cloud and its benefits. A few years back, Weinman coined the term “Cloudonomics,”a treatise on why the cloud makes sense economically. I’d like to repeat these 10 commandments, rather, laws, that Weinman came up with in this space because I think many of us in the IT industry need a refresher from time to time. Perhaps we get too caught up in the inse... (more)

Self Serve Security

Security Track at Cloud Expo Education of users has become a hot topic of late. The final keynote at the recent RSA Conference was all about using education to combat cybercrime. This article has statistics showing that, when Small and Mid-Market companies were asked, ‘what would help improve the level of security at their companies,’ 75% (48% for employees & another 25% for senior management) said Security Awareness. And, the recent issue of SC Magazine featured an article where Dan Beard, the Chief Administration Office for the House of Representatives says that organizations... (more)

Fujitsu Rewrites Cloud Computing Price-Performance Rules

Performance Track at Cloud Expo Fujitsu on Wednesday introduced in North America the PRIMERGY Cloud eXtension server. The PRIMERGY CX1000 server provides scale-out capability, ideal for cloud computing environments, and sets new standards in data center economics by optimizing the operating cost drivers of power, heat and space. The PRIMERGY CX1000 server is designed from the ground up to deliver as much computing power as possible per square foot, at the lowest-possible price, packing 38 server nodes into a single rack to provide a minimum savings of 20 percent in power and cool... (more)

McAfee Launches Program for Added Security in the Cloud

Security Track at Cloud Expo McAfee has announced the McAfee Cloud Secure program, a program for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers to add additional security to their cloud deployments. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a pioneer in cloud computing and SuccessFactors, a SaaS provider, are expected be among the first providers to leverage the new program, which combines cloud security certification services, provided by leading certification and attestation providers, with automated auditing, remediation and reporting capabilities provided by McAfee. Register Today and Save $550 !... (more)