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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

Webinar: Web-Scale Cloud Building with Arista Networks and Quanta

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Robert Cathey

We spend a lot of time on stage at conferences talking about building web-scale clouds. This Friday, we’re partnering with Quanta and Arista to deliver a webinar for engineers and anyone else wanting to dig deeper into the details of architecture, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing, Technology | Tagged Arista, cloud, cloudscaling, infrastructure, Quanta, scaling, web-scale | Leave a comment

Cloud FAQs: OpenStack Storage (Swift) – Basics Q & A

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Joe Arnold

We get a lot of inquiries from clients, potential clients, friends of the family, and strangers, particularly about cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).  Recently, we had someone ask us a series of questions about OpenStack Storage (Swift).  Given that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloudscaling, faq, iaas, infrastructure, OpenStack, S3, Storage, Swift | 3 Comments

AWS Feature Releases, Enterprise Clouds, and Legacy App Adoption

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Add new tag, aws, cio, cloudscaling, enterprise, infrastructure, Virtualization | Leave a comment

Grid, Cloud, HPC … What’s the Diff?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Randy Bias

It’s always nice when another piece of the puzzle comes into focus.  In this case, my time speaking at the first ever International Super Computer (ISC) Cloud Conference the week before last was well spent.  The conference was heavily attended … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged amazon, aws, cloud, cloudscaling, commoditization, conferences, grid, hadoop, hpc, hsc, iaas, infrastructure, performance, scalability, scaling | 7 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

Building A Commodity Cloud with EMC?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud, enterprise, horizontal scaling, infrastructure, vertical scaling | 1 Comment

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

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Automation, cloud, cloudscaling, commoditization, decentralization, enterprise, iaas, infrastructure, predictions, presentations, scaling | 5 Comments ← Older posts