May the Best Cloud Reference Architecture Win!
Question: How can the cloud standardize on a reference architecture when there are so many different ones? In our work, clients often ask for a cloud reference architecture. They see it as a holy...
View ArticleCloud Hardware – Sacrificing system efficiency for low cost
Question: Is the cloud really hardware agnostic? The wonderful thing about cloud architectures is that they are designed to be cost effective at massive scales. The major cloud providers are...
View ArticleMagic Quadrant IaaS Market Confusion
Just what is IaaS anyway? Based on what was written in Gartner’s just published edition of Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, the answer is defined by Amazon as primarily a service...
View ArticleOpenStack Take 3: Technology Overview
Question: Is there anything new about OpenStack’s underlying technology? As I mentioned my previous post on the recently concluded OpenStack Summit held in San Diego October 2012, OpenStack needs to be...
View ArticleThe Enterprise Finally gets Cloud
Yes, it is a bit trite to say it now, but Cloud Computing has become a multi-billion dollar business which really has revolutionized Information Technology consumption for both the consumer and...
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