John Suit is Principal Founder and CTO of Fortisphere. John founded Fortisphere in 2006, and is responsible for developing the core technology behind the Fortisphere product suite. Prior to founding Fortisphere, John was the founder and CTO of SilentRunner, a successful company that was ultimately sold to Computer Associates. John has held several leadership positions at both vice president and CTO levels, and he has invented and launched countless new products in the security space. John continues to advise the Department of Defense and Directorate of Central Intelligence in the areas of virtualization security and management, as well as information operations. He can be reached at john.suit@fortisphere.com.
IT organizations struggle with operating at an optimal resource utilization state. When IT resources are underutilized, they cannot artificially create demand to maximize their utilization. When IT resources are overextended, they cannot quickly create new capacity. While the opportunity exists for the overextended enterprise to potentially leverage a publicly available cloud infrastructure, there are quality […]
Clouds make it all seem so easy-a tool that is simple to learn and powerful. As always, the devil is in the details, and some missteps in a cloud can brew the perfect storm. As companies pose this question, it seems timely to share some thoughts and recommendations. We all know that the cloud is […]