The May 24th IDC report on server market share by the IDC validated a technology I’ve been passionate about for some time; Cisco unified Computing System (UCS.) For the first time since UCS’s launch two years ago Cisco reported server earnings to IDC with amazing result – #3 in global…
Month: May 2011
The Power of Innovative Datacenter Stacks
With the industry drive towards cloud computing models there has been a lot of talk and announcements around ‘converged infrastructure’ ‘integrated stack’ solutions. An integrated stack is pre-packaged offering typically containing some amount of network, storage, and server infrastructure bundled with some level of virtualization, automation, and orchestration software. The…
Is Private Cloud a Unicorn?
With all of the discussion, adoption, and expansion of cloud offerings there is a constant debate that continues to rear its head: Public vs. Private or more bluntly ‘Is there even such thing as a private cloud?’ You typically have two sides of this debate coming from two different camps:…
The Cloud Rules
Cloud Computing Concepts: These are Twitter sized quick thoughts. If you’d like more elaboration or have a comment participation is highly encouraged. As I’ve run out of steam on this I’ve decided to move it into a blog rather than a page. 01: Cloud is a fad like computers, the…
The Reality of Cloud Bursting
Recently while researching the concept of ‘Cloud Bursting‘ I received a history lesson in Cloud Computing after a misguided tweet at Chris Hoff (@Beaker.) My snarky comment suggested Chris needed a lesson in Cloud history, but as it turns out I received the lesson. My reference turned out to be…
Innovative Versus Integration Cloud Stacks
The Live Webcast with NetApp and Kingman Tang went quite well with good discussion on private cloud and data center stacks. Check out the recording below. A BrightTALK Channel Related posts: The Power of Innovative Datacenter Stacks Choosing The Right Private Cloud Storage Hybrid Cloud’s Burst Bubble The Difference Between…