Tag Archives: enterprise
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
AWS Dedicated Instances, Hypervisor Security, and Multi-tenancy
Most everyone in the blog ecosystem has missed both the point and some of the economics of AWS Dedicated Instances that were recently announced. Folks like The Register focus on how a single virtual instance can cost $109,324 for a year … Continue reading
AWS Feature Releases, Enterprise Clouds, and Legacy App Adoption
A couple of weeks ago I posted about Amazon’s continued rapid release cycle and tallied up their releases by year. I think it’s even more interesting to look at where these feature releases are happening by service. The stacked graph … 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
Building A Commodity Cloud with EMC?
Just a quick post to note a recent blog post by Chuck Hollis (@chuckhollis) that discusses some of the issues related to using EMC for commodity clouds. The posting hubs around a conversation I have been having with Chuck trying … 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
Intellum Interview Series with Randy Bias on Cloud
I recently did a very long podcast and interview with Chip Ramsey, CEO of Intellum, on cloud computing. Intellum is an up and comer in the e-learning space and are doing a new series of interviews with thought leaders in … Continue reading
“Hybrid” Clouds are Half-Baked
It’s difficult to throw a stone these days without hitting a so-called ‘hybrid cloud.’ The problem is that the term hybrid, used in this context, appears to mean: “Put any two kinds of clouds together.” In fact, that’s how NIST … 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
VMware vs. Amazon … ROUND ONE … FIGHT!
More and more it’s becoming apparent that VMware and Amazon are headed for a serious collision. Amazon is eager to capture more of the enterprise business market, VMware’s bread and butter. Meanwhile, VMware is actively supporting a new crop of … Continue reading
