Multi-Cloud

New Hybrid Cloud Models Emerging

Understanding Cloud Computing Forecasts

Bringing Big Data to Big Projects

10 Questions for the 2013 OpenStack Summit in Portland

Unlocking the 3rd Option – Hybrid Cloud

Almost every aspect of both our personal and professional lives have evolved to the point where a variety of choice is the expected norm. We buy things how we want; we work where it makes the most sense; we personalize how we appear and communicate; and...

Extending the Concept of “Application Tiering” to Cloud

While the discussion about Cloud Computing has evolved over the past few years, far too often it still devolves into a semi-religious debate about Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud. Traditional IT viewpoints say that security and reliability should rule the day, while more progressive viewpoints...

Some Simple SDN Use-Cases

Even though I have deeply ingrained networking DNA from having worked many years at Cisco, I've tried to avoid writing about SDN too much. Does it get a lot of hype? Yes. Is it...

The Dream of Multi-Cloud is Alive in Portland?

As I was getting back into the swing of things after the holidays and reviewing a bunch of news sources, a couple of things caught my eye. The first was the return of Portlandia, which made me think of one of my favorite lines,...