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Private Cloud: An IT Staffer's Guide To Success

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on July 13, 2012

Recently I wrote The Biggest Threat to Your Private-Cloud Deployment: Your IT Staff as a call to management to understand the importance of their IT staff and the changes that will be required to move to a cloud model. That post received some strong criticism from readers who took it as an attack on IT, […]

Chargeback/Trackback: Yes You Need It

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on July 6, 2012

You can't fix, manage or justify what you don't understand. IT chargeback/trackback not only helps end users understand their service utilization, but it also helps IT justify and prioritize spend. Measured service is a requirement of NIST's cloud definitionâ€¦ To read the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/240003313 Related posts: The Cloud Rules Post defining VN-Link Intent […]

The Biggest Threat to Your Private-Cloud Deployment: Your IT Staff

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on July 1, 2012

People are the No. 1 reason why private clouds fail. The traditional IT staff is a tactically driven, deeply technical group of hardware and software problem solvers who aren't familiar with strategic IT thinking and don't have time for it. They aren't accustomed to aligning IT processes with business drivers. They're more comfortable with explaining […]

SDN – Centralized Network Command and Control

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on June 22, 2012

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a hot topic in the data center and cloud community.Â The geniuses <sarcasm> over at IDC predict a $2 billion market by 2016 (expect this number to change often between now and then, and look closely at what they count in the cost.) The concept has the potential to shake […]

Private Cloud Infrastructure Design: Go Beyond Best Practices

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on June 21, 2012

Of all of the possible benefits of a private cloud infrastructure, one of the most valuable is flexibility. With a properly designed private cloud infrastructure, the data center environment can fluidly shift with the business. This allows new applications to be deployed to meet business demands as they're identified, and legacy applications to be removed […]

Why Software-Defined Networking Could Revolutionize Networking

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on June 3, 2012

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a hot topic in the network community. Vendors such as Big Switch, Brocade, Cisco and HP are getting into the mix, and just about anyone in networking is making announcements. Additionally, OpenFlow is an open-source option for building an SDN control plane. To read the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/next-gen-network-tech-center/240001372 Related posts: […]

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