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Laying a Foundation

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Randy Bias

When we first began supporting the OpenStack project, we saw in it something that other open source cloud software projects did not have. OpenStack offered a path forward for companies that wanted to launch open cloud infrastructures in the model … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing, Technology | Tagged OpenStack | 2 Comments

Randy Bias talks with Paul Burns of Neovise

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Robert Cathey

At Cloud Connect earlier this month, Randy Bias spoke with Paul Burns about open clouds, OpenStack, cloud-ready apps and cloud operators finding differentiation in higher layers of the stack rather than in the infrastructure. The 12-minute podcast covers a lot … Continue reading →

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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

CloudBeat 2011: Talking About What’s Next in the Cloud

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Robert Cathey

On November 30, Randy Bias is headed to Redwood City to talk about the future of cloud at VentureBeat’s CloudBeat 2011. Joining him are folks like Allan Leinwand of Zynga, Amit Singh of Google, Thomas Kelly of Best Buy, Adam … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Adrian Cockcroft, CloudBeat, conferences, Lew Tucker, OpenStack, VentureBeat | Leave a comment

“Cloud Management”, CloudStack, and Other Musings

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Robert Cathey

Randy Bias gave an on-camera interview to Steve Levine of TheCloudist TV at Cloud Expo in Santa Clara last week. Known for calling it like he sees it, Randy covers a lot of ground in just a few minutes: “Cloud … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Expo, cloud management, cloudstack, OpenStack, paas | 1 Comment

Carriers Catching on to Commodity Cloud: David Bernstein Talks With Ian Scales

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Robert Cathey

Cloudscaling’s David Bernstein spent some time earlier this week with Ian Scales of Telecom TV while in London to speak at an IEEE event. In the short segment, David and Ian explore the five key points that carriers and large … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged aws, carrier, cloud, commoditization, iaas, OpenStack, scaling, telco, web-scale | Leave a comment

Cloud Philosophy: An Interview with Randy Bias

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Randy Bias

I recently did an interview with Michael Coté of Redmonk. We’ve posted a PDF transcript of the audio interview on our website. It’s a lengthy conversation, so we thought we’d post a text version here, with key parts excerpted. Enjoy! Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud, Cote, OpenStack, Randy Bias, Redmonk | 1 Comment

OpenStack Design Summit 2011 – Schedule

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Randy Bias

There has been a little bit of confusion on the schedule for the upcoming OpenStack Design Summit.  It is running Tuesday through Friday this week in Santa Clara.  The complete schedule can be found at this link.  You can register … Continue reading →

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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

Cloudbuilders At Arms

Posted on March 9, 2011 by andrew

The rising tide raises all boats. Today Rackspace announced a new OpenStack governance model and Cloudbuilders to provide commercial support and training for OpenStack. Rackspace Cloudbuilders gives the OpenStack ecosystem a formal center of gravity for organizations needing help to … Continue reading →

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