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Year: 2012
Much Ado About Something: Brocade’s Tech Day
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending Brocade’s Tech Day for Analysts and Press. Brocade announced the new VDX 8770, discussed some VMware announcements, as well as discussed strategy, vision and direction. I’m going to dig in to a few of the topics that interested me, this is no way…
Digging Into the Software Defined Data Center
The software defined data center is a relatively new buzzword embraced by the likes of EMC and VMware. For an introduction to the concept see my article over at Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com/data-center/the-software-defined-data-center-dissect/240006848.) This post is intended to take it a step deeper as I seem to be stuck at 30,000…
Thoughts From a Tech Leadership Summit
This week I attended a tech leadership Summit in Vail Colorado for the second time. The event is always a fantastic series of discussions and brings some of the top minds in the technology industry. Here are some thoughts on the trends and thinking that were common at the event….
Forget Multiple Hypervisors
The concept of managing multiple hypervisors in the data center isn’t new–companies have been doing so or thinking about doing so for some time. Changes in licensing schemes and other events bring this issue to the forefront as customers look to avoid new costs. VMware recently acquired DynamicOps, a cloud…
Private Cloud: An IT Staffer’s Guide To Success
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…
Chargeback/Trackback: Yes You Need It
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 definition… To read the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/private-cloud/240003313 Related posts: Thought Experiment…
The Biggest Threat to Your Private-Cloud Deployment: Your IT Staff
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….
SDN – Centralized Network Command and Control
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a hot topic in the data center and cloud community. 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…
Private Cloud Infrastructure Design: Go Beyond Best Practices
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…