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May 30, 2013  4:05 PM

Tablecloth as a Service: Covering Surface Area with Solutions



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, Open Clouds

I had a very interesting conversation with a partner last week about the concept of solutions as surface area.  Think about an organization as a flat surface, a table for instance.  On the surface of this table are all the...

May 9, 2013  1:33 PM

DevOps: Operation Lessons from Factories, Marathons and Snowmen



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, DevOps, Open Clouds, PaaS

A few weeks ago we had the privilege of talking with Gene Kim on The Cloudcast (.net) about his new DevOps book,


April 27, 2013  12:30 AM

Is PaaS the Gateway Tool for Enterprise Cloud?



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Operations, Open Clouds, OpenShift, PaaS, Red Hat

I had some great conversations with the Red Hat folks at the OpenStack Summit last week.  Even though the focus of the event was around IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) and OpenStack specifically, I sat down with the Red Hat OpenShift PaaS...


April 26, 2013  6:25 PM

Impressions From the OpenStack Summit



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, IaaS, Open Clouds, OpenStack, PaaS, Red Hat

Yes, I know this is a little late, it's been a long week... openstack-summit-portland-logo

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April 10, 2013  10:58 AM

Will “THE Cloud” Always Be Just Out of Reach?



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Amazon, AWS, Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, CloudStack, Google, Hybrid Cloud, IaaS, Open Clouds, OpenStack, PaaS, RackSpace, VMware

I've been having some great discussions with customers recently that led to this interesting title.  Too many customers are looking for "THE Cloud" (as in the one and only technical solution) and want to know how to compare one cloud against another.  Because they are looking for...


March 28, 2013  4:26 AM

Cloud Applications & Vanishing Software Generations



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, Open Clouds

I’m often asked if cloud computing provides so many great benefits, why aren’t more organizations taking advantage of cloud computing throughout the entire organization?  To answer this question let’s step back for a moment and explore why and how most organizations develop and operate their...


March 21, 2013  3:48 AM

Will Clouds Ever Be Open?



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Amazon, AWS, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, Google, HP, IaaS, Open Clouds, OpenStack, RackSpace, VMware

A few news articles and a podcast that posted over the last few weeks got me thinking about how open clouds are today. How "open" are clouds of any type these days?  Let's take a look at a few examples and see where they stand: "Closed Clouds" - Amazon / Google / VMware -...


March 12, 2013  10:13 PM

Impacts of Cloud Workload Consolidation



Posted by: Aaron Delp
Cloud Applications, cloud computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Operations, Consolidation, IaaS, Noisy Neighbor, Open Clouds

While speaking on a Cloud Computing panel recently for some government centric customers the concept of cloud consolidation impact came up.  We explored this topic for a bit and I believe the resulting outcome was worth sharing. One of the many advantages of cloud computing today is the...