From Silos to Services: Cloud Computing for the Enterprise:

Open Source

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May 5, 2013  8:28 AM

What is OpenStack?



Posted by: Brian Gracely
AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Hybrid Cloud, Open Source, OpenStack, Private Cloud, Uncategorized

The OpenStack Summit took place a couple weeks ago in Portland to announce the "Grizzly" (G) release and to begin the design activities for the "Havana" (H) release (due in Fall 2013)....

April 14, 2013  4:35 PM

What Do Enterprises Expect from OpenStack?



Posted by: Brian Gracely
AWS, Cloud Computing, Enterprise, Open Source, OpenStack, Rackspace, VMware

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April 11, 2013  11:21 PM

IT Evolution follows Historical Patterns



Posted by: Brian Gracely
Budgeting, Cloud Computing, CloudStack, Consumerization of IT, Converged Infrastructure, Costs, DevOps, Hybrid Cloud, Lock-In, Open Source, Outsourcing, Shadow IT, Simon Wardley

This past week, a colleague asked a commonly heard question these days:

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March 23, 2013  3:43 PM

Big Data Thoughts from Structure:Data



Posted by: Brian Gracely
Big Data, Data Scientist, DBaaS, Facebook, Google, Hadoop, NoSQL, Open Source, Pivotal, Platform, VMware

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March 23, 2013  12:12 PM

Understanding Cloud Computing Forecasts



Posted by: Brian Gracely
APi, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Data Center, DevOps, Hybrid Cloud, Mission-Critical Applications, Multi-Cloud, Open Source, Overlay Network, SaaS, Security, Shadow IT, SLA, Software-Defined Networking, Virtualization

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March 17, 2013  10:01 AM

Bringing Big Data to Big Projects



Posted by: Brian Gracely
APi, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, iPad, Multi-Cloud, Open Source, Shadow IT, Virtualization

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February 26, 2013  11:11 PM

10 Questions for the 2013 OpenStack Summit in Portland



Posted by: Brian Gracely
Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, CloudStack, HP, Lock-In, Multi-Cloud, Open Source, OpenStack, Rackspace, VMware

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January 6, 2013  1:16 PM

The Dream of Multi-Cloud is Alive in Portland?



Posted by: Brian Gracely
Cloud Computing, Costs, Dell, HP, Lock-In, Multi-Cloud, Open Source, OpenStack, Rackspace, VMware

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,...


December 17, 2012  10:31 PM

Is IT the Last Major Open-Source Project?



Posted by: Brian Gracely
Big Data, Budgeting, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Concierge, Consumerization of IT, Costs, Data Scientist, DevOps, Licensing, Open Source, Shadow IT

Traditionally, internal IT organizations have leveraged proprietary software and public Internet services have been built using open-source software. Some of this behavior was driven by legacy...


December 11, 2012  12:06 AM

Enterprise Cloud Management – Still a Wide-Open Game



Posted by: Brian Gracely
Cisco, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, CloudStack, Data Center, DevOps, Gartner, Open Source, OpenStack, Software-Defined Data Center, VMware

Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the Twitter echo chamber , believing that whatever is good for Google, Facebook or NetFlix must also be good for your Enterprise environment. All new applications, built to scale and running on commodity hardware. But the other end of the spectrum is the...


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