Comments on: Why Instagram is likely moving on from Amazon’s cloud

By: Keith Townsend

Keith Townsend — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:03:33 +0000

I’ll have to look at SoftLayer. I really like RAX. Their launch of OpenStack is brave. With cable and phone companies buying all the other players (Navisite, Terremark) I fully expected someone to make a play for RAX.

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:53:53 +0000

I think it’s still too early to tell what will happen with OpenStack, but for the meantime Rackspace looks to be in fine position. The only other (non-AWS and RAX) provider I know of with a good number of these type Web 2.0/3.0 that could get bought is SoftLayer.

By: Alexander Haislip

Alexander Haislip — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:56:02 +0000

Really highlights the need to architect for portability, from cloud to cloud and from cloud to on-premise.

By: Keith Townsend

Keith Townsend — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:03:47 +0000

Reblogged this on Virtualized Geek Blog and commented: This reminds me when Google brought Youtube and migrated it's services from Rackspace. Wondering how this will affect smaller cloud providers outside of AWS. I believe Amazon will find plenty of companies to utilize the space given up by Instagram but I don't know how smaller cloud players plan on competing with Amazon in the long run. Specifically Rackspace, as OpenStack stutters with the loss of Citrix does Rackspace have enough runway to get to critical size. Can it remain a standalone company?

By: DeeLee

DeeLee — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:32:16 +0000

What I meant is that it would make sense they go route, I would think. *Sorry for that previous comment.

By: DeeLee

DeeLee — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:23:47 +0000

Hey

By: grogachev

grogachev — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:21:59 +0000

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