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Opscode, Chef and Automation: Jesse Robbins Video

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Robert Cathey

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing, Technology | Tagged Automation, Chef, Cloud Connect, opscode | Leave a comment

Cloud Computing Came to a Head in 2011

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged amazon, Asymco, Automation, aws, cloud futures series, cloudscaling, commoditization, EC2, enterprise, iaas, infrastructure, OpenStack, predictions, scaling, vmware, web-scale | 17 Comments

@Cloudscaling CEO @randybias on #VMworld & #Interop 2010

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged amazon, Automation, aws, cloud, cloudscaling, commoditization, conferences, enterprise, infrastructure, scaling, vmware | 6 Comments

Interview with Cloudscaling CEO on Cloud in the Mid-market

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Automation, cloud, cloudscaling, commoditization, decentralization, enterprise, infrastructure, predictions, presentations, scaling | 2 Comments

More Economies of Scale: Efficiency, Head Count and TCO

Posted on May 19, 2010 by andrew

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Automation, cloudscaling, devops, Internet Operations, Total Cost of Ownership | 2 Comments

Understanding Cloud Datacenter Economies of Scale

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged amazon, Automation, aws, cloud, cloudscaling | 14 Comments

Join Cloudscaling, the Power Behind the Cloud

Posted on April 23, 2010 by patsharp

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing, Technology | Tagged Agile development, Automation, aws, Big Data, cloud, cloudscaling, devops, Eucalyptus, hypervisors, iaas, jobs, Networking, OpenNebula, paas, Rackspace, Virtualization | 1 Comment

Debunking the “No Such Thing as A Private Cloud” Myth

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Automation, aws, centralization, cloud, cloudscaling, commoditization, decentralization, private cloud | 20 Comments

Infrastructure-as-a-Service Builder’s Guide v1.0

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Automation, cloud, cloudscaling, iaas, infrastructure, scaling, vmware, whitepapers | 11 Comments

State of the Cloud – Cloud Camp in the Clouds

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Randy Bias

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 →

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