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Private Cloud Infrastructure Design: Go Beyond Best Practices
Of all of the possible benefits of a private cloud infrastructure, one of the most…
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The Stack Wars: OpenStack vs. CloudStack
The industry is moving up the stack. We’re migrating from a focus on Layer 1…
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Consider Cloud Computing Services Before Your Users Do
Cloud computing is here, get over it. Services are being used, business value is being…
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The Ugly Breakup: Time for Your Apps to Part
The marketing is there, and has been for some time. Buzzwords have been coined and…
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Zero to Private Cloud in 8 Steps
Here are eight steps for going from zero to private cloud. Note that I didn’t…
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Private Cloud Lessons You Can’t Learn From Amazon, Google, Etc
When discussing private cloud, questions often come up about how the big boys are doing…
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Blades are Not the Future
Kevin Houston, Founder of Blades Made Simple and all around server and blade rocket surgeon,…
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Cloud Success Factor: Rethink Application Development
You’ve been driving a perfectly suitable family sedan for the last ten years. It’s highly…
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Hypervisors are not the Droids You Seek
Long ago, in a data center far, far away, we as an industry moved away…
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Build For IT Nirvana
In many data centers large and small there is a history of making short-term decisions…