It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the peak of inflated expectations, it was the trough of disillusionment, it was an epoch of unicorns and rainbows, it was an epoch of engineers and
Category Archives: Cloud
Discussion: Is the Public Cloud Market Destined to Become An Oligopoly (like the airlines)?
At some point public IaaS offerings become a matter of cost and scale as consolidation and economic realities take over and opportunities to differentiate are reduced. Gartner’s Magic Quardrant for IaaS currently ranks the top 15 IaaS players by market
Human Action and the Cloud
I came across a passage today from Ludwig von Mises‘ classic treatise, “Human Action” which I thought might have some relevance in cloud computing as well. I’ll just start by quoting the passage, with the understanding that the context here
VMware Pursues SDN With Upcoming NSX Offering
Earlier this week VMware announced VMware NSX – an upcoming offering that takes network virtualization to new levels. NSX appears to be somewhat of a fusion between Nicria’s SDN technology (acquired last year by VMware) and vCloud Network and Security
Uncovering Value And Opportunity With Utility Computing
I recently wrote a blog post for my employer in which I discuss: how utility computing can change procurement and create value companies should focus on their apps, data and business — not running a datacenter VMware has introduced a new value
Moving On Up (in the stack)
This time of year a lot of folks are making their 2013 goals and/or predictions. I do happen to have a professional goal that happens to be somewhat of a prediction as well – moving up in the stack. What
“What Is Cloud Computing” Revisited One Year Later
Almost exactly a year ago, I made a post on “What Really Is Cloud Computing?”. We hear so much about private vs. public vs. hybrid and what is or is not “cloud”. Yes, sometimes trying to define cloud computing seems
Rainbows and Unicorns Will Not Appear Until You Truly Believe
I read an excellent post from Mark Thiele this morning and It inspired a few thoughts I was going to tweet, and then I thought “why not make it a quick blog post even if it’s only a few short
“Dude! Where’s my Server?” – Firewall Edition
Remember when server virtualization was still new and untested and we (endearingly) referred to the skeptics as “server huggers”? You know the type. They’d walk into the server room and say “which server is mine?” You could always answer in
Not going to VMworld? Register for VMware NOW on Monday August 27th
If you’re like me and unable to attend VMworld this year, you can still “virtually” attend the conference with on-demand access to keynotes, new product overviews, demos and more. I’m especially excited about this year’s VMworld as not only is there
