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

“Hybrid” Clouds are Half-Baked

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud, enterprise, hybrid, standards, vmware | 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

VMware vs. Amazon … ROUND ONE … FIGHT!

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Randy Bias

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 →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged amazon, api, aws, cloud, commoditization, enterprise, infrastructure, standards, vcloud, vmware | 32 Comments

Bifurcating Clouds

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Randy Bias

There will soon be two major paths for cloud computing providers: commodity and premium.  If you read my series, Cloud Futures, you’ll know that I broke down cloud service providers into three major categories: service clouds, consumer clouds (previously ‘commodity’)[1], … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged api, cio, cloud, enterprise, GoGrid, infrastructure, open, saas, scaling, standards, summary, vmware | 9 Comments

The ‘Cloud’ Is NOT Outsourcing

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Randy Bias

There was recently a small brouhaha on twitter regarding whether a ‘private’ or ‘internal’ cloud is really a ‘cloud’.  There was a very high level of chatter including a ton of the clouderati such as @jamesurquhart, @samcharrington, @boblozano, @jesserobbins, @ITKLcameron, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Automation, cio, cloud, definitions, enterprise, vmware | 29 Comments

Cloud Futures Pt. 4: The Culling

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Randy Bias

Like the advent of the commercial Internet before it, cloud computing is likely to have a similar ‘bust’.  In parts 1 (Service Clouds), 2 (Commodity Clouds), and 3 (Focused Clouds), I covered the types of clouds most likely to survive.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud, cloud futures series, history, iaas, Internet, vmware | 3 Comments

Deep Dive on VMware vCloud by Orran Krieger

Posted on April 26, 2009 by su

Discovered, by happenstance, an interesting presentation by VMware’s Orran Krieger on vCloud.  Really great information in here about VMware’s perspective on cloud computing, their cloud trajectory, and the vCloud architecture.  This looks like a recent undiscovered gem for folks trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing, Technology | Tagged Automation, cloud, infrastructure, Storage, Virtualization, vmware | 3 Comments