Beth Cohen

Beth Cohen is a cloud strategist for Verizon, helping to develop cutting-edge products for the next generation. Previously, Beth was president of Luth Computer Specialists, an independent consultancy specializing in cloud-focused solutions to help enterprises leverage the efficiencies of cloud architectures and technologies, a senior cloud architect with Cloud Technology Partners, and the director of engineering IT for BBN Corporation, where she was involved with the initial development of the Internet and worked on some of the hottest networking and web technology protocols in their infancy.

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Women in Technology—More Important Than Ever

Women in technology are still far from equal, yet now more than ever the industry needs the diversity and talent that women bring. Beth Cohen analyzes the grim statistics of women in IT and why those in technology fields should encourage the inclusion of more women.

Two Options for Public Cloud and Private Connectivity

Amazon and Microsoft are now offering opportunities to establish connections to their public cloud services over private networks. Beth Cohen looks at the Amazon Direct Connect program and Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute as new connectivity options and who would benefit from them.

Can OpenStack Get Operations Right?

According to many industry pundits—including Forrester—OpenStack is well on its way to becoming a standard, but the platform is still struggling with developing the proper tools to operationalize it. Beth Cohen examines whether or not OpenStack can get operations right.

Software Defined Networking vs. Network Function Virtualization

Two networking abstraction paradigms (SDN and NFV) are emerging to address the need for better tools that provide the greater flexibility and more rigorous control needed to manage the thousands of separate virtual networks used in a public cloud.

Microsoft Office 365—Innovator’s Dilemma?

Microsoft's integrated suite of cloud Office productivity products far surpasses its closest rival—Google Apps—in productivity. But is Microsoft fully committed to a complete cloud-based software delivery model that might well cut into its bread and butter desktop software business?

Bring Your Own Device—We Have Arrived!

In the past eighteen months we have seen a radical shift in the way companies use mobile devices in the workplace. With bring your own device (BYOD) more popular than ever, the pressure is quickly mounting to support BYOD and provide a more flexible, enterprise-friendly mobility solution.

What Is Driving the Growth of Cloud Storage?

Have you ever wondered what is really driving the widespread adoption of cloud services? It turns out that while everyone has been hyping the latest PaaS or IaaS platform, the real growth in cloud usage has been boring old storage—both in the consumer and business market segments.

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