Evaluating Cloud Computing Services – Part 2
Question: As a mid-sized enterprise customer, can I trust that the cloud is ready to be added to my portfolio of IT services? What should I be looking for in cloud products that will meet my...
View ArticleThe Evolving Role of the IT Manager – Part 1
Question: With emerging cloud technologies and more outsourcing than ever, how can IT executives benefit from understanding the forces that are shaping the new paradigms of IT service delivery? As the...
View ArticleTangled Up in Clouds — Interdependency lessons from the AWS outage
Question: Amazon’s recent AWS outage affected a surprisingly large number of sites. What can we learn about cloud resiliency and how can we minimize these outages in the future? AWS, Amazon’s hosted...
View ArticleThe Big Enterprise Technology Disconnect
Question: How can we reconcile the rapid uptake of cloud, social networking and mobile communications in the consumer market with the cautious approach of the risk adverse enterprise? Are big...
View ArticleCloud High Availability Take Two – Supporting Rack Level Failure
Question: I am concerned that the network is the weakest link in my private cloud. What will happen if any of my network hardware components fail? In a previous discussion of cloud high availability,...
View ArticleOpenStack Take 3 – Business Overview
Question: Is OpenStack a flash in the pan or is it for real? After four extraordinary days of immersion into all things OpenStack at the just concluded OpenStack Summit in San Diego, I can heartily say...
View ArticleMagic Quadrant IaaS Market Confusion
Just what is IaaS anyway? Based on what was written in Gartner’s just published edition of Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, the answer is defined by Amazon as primarily a service...
View ArticleOpenStack Take 3: Technology Overview
Question: Is there anything new about OpenStack’s underlying technology? As I mentioned my previous post on the recently concluded OpenStack Summit held in San Diego October 2012, OpenStack needs to be...
View ArticleThe Enterprise Finally gets Cloud
Yes, it is a bit trite to say it now, but Cloud Computing has become a multi-billion dollar business which really has revolutionized Information Technology consumption for both the consumer and...
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Cat or Cow Clouds – Which do you have?
Think of IT infrastructures as either Cats or Cows. Traditional enterprise infrastructure has always been treated like pampered and spoiled pet cats that require expensive care and feeding. Cloud...
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