Tag Archives: Automation
Opscode, Chef and Automation: Jesse Robbins Video
Reposting is not something we do often, but this was too good to pass up. Jesse Robbins of Opscode gave an exceptional 20-minute keynote at Cloud Connect last month. Check out the video of his keynote on the Opscode blog. … Continue reading
Cloud Computing Came to a Head in 2011
Happy New Year! I hope you are all having a fantastic holiday. This is a year end posting that I think you will find particularly compelling. Rather than predicting the future I thought I would take a look back at … Continue reading
@Cloudscaling CEO @randybias on #VMworld & #Interop 2010
During my most recent trip I was speaking at both VMworld Europe 2010 and Interop NYC 2010 – Enterprise Cloud Summit. This update attempts to provide a candid look at some of the trends, thoughts, and insights that occurred to … Continue reading
Interview with Cloudscaling CEO on Cloud in the Mid-market
A recent interview I did with Alex Bewley of Uptime Software is finally available. Although the podcast is nominally about cloud computing for mid-tier enterprises, we actually cover much broader ground. Alex’s blog posting lists the core topics as: what … Continue reading
More Economies of Scale: Efficiency, Head Count and TCO
James Hamilton’s presentation at Mix 10 illuminated cloud computing economics that few others have direct experience with, but I also believe that this presentation raises interesting questions that didn’t get addressed. (If you haven’t seen James Hamilton’s Mix10 presentation, go watch it … Continue reading
Understanding Cloud Datacenter Economies of Scale
James Hamilton’s recent MIX’10 presentation on economies of scale for large cloud providers was quite impressive. James “gets it” like few others in the industry. If you haven’t watched his hour-long presentation, I suggest you do. I also recommend this … Continue reading
Join Cloudscaling, the Power Behind the Cloud
Innovation and agile development—that’s how we build automated cloud infrastructure for leading global organizations. Our thought leaders and practitioners are building the best tools and processes to build cloud platforms, sharing our knowledge as we grow. We’re hiring the devops … Continue reading
Debunking the “No Such Thing as A Private Cloud” Myth
Once upon a time, a network engineer scrawled an amorphous shape upon a whiteboard and wrote “Internet” thereon. The amorphous circle, a ‘cloud’, soon became the de facto way that we represent “not my problem”, or outsourcing. Hence, the “cloud” … Continue reading
Infrastructure-as-a-Service Builder’s Guide v1.0
Just in time for the New Year, we’re releasing a short 12 page whitepaper on building Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. This whitepaper is targeted at folks building public or private clouds who want to understand our general take on clouds, cloud … Continue reading
State of the Cloud – Cloud Camp in the Clouds
I recently gave a short, 5-minute ‘lightning talk’ at Cloud Camp in the Clouds. This is the first ‘virtual’ (online) event for the Cloud Camp folks. I want to particularly thank the organizers Reuven Cohen, Dave Nielsen, and Sam Charrington for allowing … Continue reading
