Margaret Dawson has more than 20 years of experience in global leadership for both start-ups and Fortune 500 technology companies, including Microsoft and Amazon.com. An avid speaker and technologist, she is a frequent author and presenter on cloud computing, data management, network security, integration and other business and technology themes, and is on the Cloud Connect Advisory Council. She is currently Vice President of Marketing for Symform, a cloud storage and backup provider. Prior to Symform, she ran product management and marketing for Hubspan, a B2B cloud integration provider. While at Microsoft, Dawson led a product management team for two network security products. She is also an active member of CloudNOW, a non-profit consortium of the leading women in cloud computing.
We are living in a world of unprecedented growth in the digital universe. In
just over a decade, the Internet and the creation and utilization of digital
data has gone from nascent to a vital part of everyday life. This is why
electronic data is growing at rates that make Moore's Law appear tame, with a
forty-four fold increase expected in data between now and 2020. That would
put the total amount of electronic data somewhere in excess of 35 zettabytes,
according to IDC.
To manage and store all this data, we are also seeing an unprecedented global
build out of massive data centers. From co-location providers like Savvis to
Internet giants Google and Facebook to enterprises across industries,
billions of dollars are being spent to increase the data center footprint and
house this tsunami of data. In fact, Industry leaders estimate that nearly
450 billion dollars is ... (more)
Hubspan Session at Cloud Expo
The benefits of doing things "as-a-Service" (aaS) and leveraging cloud-based
technologies are well-known and documented, such as a low barrier to entry,
reduced capital outlay and infrastructure, easy scalability, and
device/location independence. Many companies also appreciate the reliability
of service and the ability to leverage specialized domain knowledge expertise
from an experienced aaS provider.
However, there is still a great deal of confusion about the many different
types of aaS and questions remain over how much companies should rely on t... (more)
With today's global and distributed commerce, organizations of all sizes are
having to collaborate and exchange information with a growing ecosystem of
divisions, partners and customers. Most companies want to communicate
electronically and in real time, but beyond email, managing the exchange of
data, messages and documents can be challenging and expensive.
Traditional EDI, networks or point-to-point integration systems are not
providing the interoperability, agility and real-time information exchange
businesses need to compete. In addition, companies need to do more than
merel... (more)
Margaret Dawson has more than 20 years of experience in global leadership for both start-ups and Fortune 500 technology companies, including Microsoft and Amazon.com. An avid speaker and technologist, she is a frequent author and presenter on cloud computing, data management, network security, integration and other business and technology themes, and is on the Cloud Connect Advisory Council. She is currently Vice President of Marketing for Symform, a cloud storage and backup provider. Prior to Symform, she ran product management and marketing for Hubspan, a B2B cloud integration provider. While at Microsoft, Dawson led a product management team for two network security products. She is also an active member of CloudNOW, a non-profit consortium of the leading women in cloud computing.
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